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Power Construction

Turkey Selects Hitachi ABB Transformers for Grid Expansion

Turkish transmission system operator TEİAŞ has selected Hitachi ABB Power Grid as its partner for a grid expansion project.

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Starts Making Major Components for Xudabao Units

Russia's Atommash has begun the manufacture of major components for the first of two VVER-1200 reactors to be constructed at the Xudabao site in China's Liaonin…

Solar Power Plant

EDP Renováveis Enters Hungarian Market with a 50 MW Solar PV Project

The company has secured a 15-year Contract-for-Difference and the project is expected to be operational starting in 2022.

Power Cable

French TSO Selects Nexans to Supply High-Voltage Cables for Underground Connections

French transmissions system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has selected fiber optic cable manufacturing company Nexans for the provision and ins…

Wind Turbine Blade

GE Firms Win Blade 3D-Printing Grant

GE Renewable Energy, GE Research and LM Wind Power have been selected by the US Department of Energy to research the design and manufacture of 3D-printed wind t…

Oil Field

Equinor Makes Oil Discovery Near Norway's Troll Field

Equinor said in a separate statement that the reservoir is expected to contain between 44 million and 69 million barrels of oil equivalent

Electric Car

Kia Corp. Predicted to Partner with Apple for Electric Vehicle Production

Hyundai Motor Group will reportedly sign an agreement with Apple as early as mid-February to jointly produce the Apple car, an autonomous electric vehicle.

Wind Energy Technology

Diab to Enhance Wind Turbine Blades Using SABIC Technology

The Swedish converter selected the SABIC compound over standard nucleators for production of its Divinycell PY PET foam core series.

OPEC

Oil Prices Rally As OPEC+ Maintains Its Production Policy

The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of the OPEC+ group wrapped up their monthly meeting on Wednesday in record time and, as widely expected, did not make…

Coal Production

Colombian Coal Production Hits 16-Year Low

Mining suspensions and a protracted strike cut Colombia's coal production to a 16-year low in 2020.

Climate Policy

China Launches Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme

The system is expected to eclipse that of the European Union to become the world's largest emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Oil Field

Military Seizes Power in Resource-Rich Burma

The elected leaders of Myanmar have been arrested by the military, sending the resource-rich southeast Asian nation into a fresh political crisis.

LNG Carrier

Demand for Safe Eco-friendly Fuels Rising, LPG-Propelled Ships Expected to Be Built

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on Jan. 31 that it approved the Korean Register of Shipping’s vessel inspection regulations regarding LPG-propel…

LNG

Delta Offshore Energy Signs PPA for Vietnam Project

The plant is expected to be fully operational by 2024.

Electric Car

Siemens and Aral Advance E-Mobility

Aral AG (Aral), a subsidiary of the bp group in Germany, has tasked Siemens Smart Infrastructure with expanding the grid connection at 30 selected petrol statio…