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Crude Oil

Almost Half of South Africa’s Oil Refining Seen Shut Until 2022

South African plants owned by Glencore and Petroliam Nasional that make up 43% of the nation’s oil-refining capacity are expected to stay shut until at least 2…

Nuclear Power Plant

Indian Reactor Connected to the Grid

Unit 3 of the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in India's Gujarat state has been connected to the electricity grid.

Wind Farm

Grenergy Connects the Duna and Huambos Wind Power Plants in Peru

Grenergy Renovables has connected the Duna and Huambos wind farms with a combined capacity of 36.8 MW to the Peruvian grid, the Spanish renewable energy company…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Trade War on Itself Sends LNG Prices Mad

Strong consumer demand, lower-than-expected temperatures across northeast Asia and a severe shortage of prompt LNG supplies and spot tanker availability have co…

Nuclear Power Plant

The World's First Batch of HTGR Nuclear Fuel Elements is Shipped

To provide fuel power for its subsequent grid-connected power generation, providing strong support for China to move from a “nuclear power” to a “nuclear pow…

Hydropower Plant

Government Clears Eight Hydropower Projects On Indus River In Ladakh

At present, there are several small projects, with a collective capacity of 113 MW on Indus in Ladakh, and the new projects will have much more capacity than th…

Energy Storage Battery

Vistra Brings Online its 1200 MWh Battery Storage System in California

Vistra has announced its 1200 MWh Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility was successfully connected to the power grid and has begun operation.

Hydropower Plant

South Korea Expected to Build Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea and the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan had a joint trade committee meeting on Jan. 6.

Natural Gas

Russia Doubles Pipeline Gas Contract Supplies to China

Natural gas deliveries from Russia to China through the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline have risen sharply, doubling contracted pipeline gas supplies to a rate of 1…

Wind Power Project

India is the World’s Fourth Country by Cumulative Wind Energy Capacity – Currently at 38GW

India is the world’s fourth largest country by cumulative wind capacity – currently at 38GW, and installations are expected to reach 53GW by 2024.

CGN

CGN to Take Stake in Kazakh U Mining Company

China General Nuclear is expected to acquire a 49% stake in Ortalyk LLP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kazakh uranium producer Kazatomprom, by mid-2021.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Enel Accelerates Chilean Coal Phase-out with Early Plant Closure

The Enel Group, through its subsidiary Enel Generación Chile, has disconnected and ceased operations at Unit I of Bocamina coal-fired power plant, which is loc…

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Touch Multi-Month Highs as OPEC+ Expected to Hold Output

Oil prices touched multi-month highs on Monday on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February as the coronavirus pa…

Hydrogen Project

India Plans Entry into Post-2030 Green Hydrogen Market

Green hydrogen is expected to start becoming cost competitive with hydrogen from fossil fuels in India by 2030, finds a new report from The Energy and Resources…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-1 Completes Safety Tests

When it was connected to the grid on 9 March 2018, the unit became the second VVER-1200 reactor to start up, following the launch in 2016 of Novovoronezh unit 6…