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Electrification

Pennsylvania Senate Advances Transportation Electrification Bill

An electrification bill moving through the Pennsylvania General Assembly, if passed, would support the development of electric vehicle infrastructure in the sta…

CSIRO Identifies Five Key Opportunities for Hydrogen Industry Growth in Australia

A report from the Australian national science agency CSIRO has mapped the critical research steps Australia must take to realize a potential 7,600 jobs and $11 …

Massachusetts Might Replace Natural Gas with Geothermal Heating

A new bill that is being considered by the Massachusetts legislature could lead to geothermal heating in homes. The bill would allow utilities to purchase geoth…

Crude

Why Are Oil Markets Suddenly So Volatile?

The newsfeed this week has been inundated with updates on Aramco’s IPO developments. On the retail side, the Aramco IPO has reached $7.21 billion in subscripti…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Expected To Grant Nuclear Power Plant Operating License In Q1 Of 2020

The $24.4 billion Barakah power plant is the world’s largest nuclear project under construction and will be the first in the Arab world.

Offshore Wind Power

Breaking: BiFab Wins Fabrication Deal for EDF’s £2bn Scottish Wind Farm Project

Scottish manufacturing firm Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) has been announced as a contractor on EDF’s £2 billion Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm.

Alsons Power Invests P4.5B in Hydro Plant

ALSONS Power Group will be investing P4.5 billion for the development of the 14.5-megawatt Siguil Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP), which will harness the water…

Manufacturers, Oil and Gas Industrial Sites Could Get Property Tax Break Under New Bill

A new bill before the legislature would allow municipalities to extend new commercial property tax exemptions to manufacturing, processing and other industrial …

Dasu 4,320MW Hydropower Project Contract Signed for Rs52.5 Billion

The Water and Power Development Authority on Monday signed a contract of Rs52.5 billion with a joint venture of General Electric Hydro China and Power China Zho…

Energy Efficiency Jobs Grow in the Midwest

Regional investments in efficiency have soared to $1.5 billion annually. From small business owners to factory workers, many people in the Midwest are finding w…

Thermal Plant

Turkey Postpones Environmental Requirements for Thermal Power Plants

The Turkish parliament on Thursday approved an article of an omnibus bill postponing the requirement for using chimney filters and chimney gas purification syst…

Nuclear Fuel

Nuclear Waste Bill Gains Traction in the House

The full U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee amended the May 2019-introduced “Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019” by voice vote on Nov. 20.

UK Conservatives Pledge £9.2 bn to Improve The Energy Efficiency of Homes, Schools And Hospitals

Funding will include £6.3 billion to install energy saving measures to cut bills in 2.2 million homes, with a focus on social housing and people in fuel povert…

Energy Storage Battery

BMW Ordered €10 Billion Worth of Battery Cells from CATL, Samsung SDI

German carmaker BMW Group said on November 21 that it has ordered more than €10 billion ($11 billion) worth of lithium-ion battery cells that could cover the r…

Power Construction

NGCP Investing P463 Billion for Power Grid

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is investing P463 billion in the next decade to transform the country’s power grid as …