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Biofuel

Canada Publishes Proposed Clean Fuel Standard Regulations

The government of Canada on Dec. 18 published proposed regulations for its Clean Fuel Standard. Final regulations are expected to be published next year, with t…

Market Analysis

Does Geothermal Energy Have A Future Under The Biden Administration?

The Biden Administration – due to take office January 20th, 2021 – is expected to turn political rhetoric into political action when it comes to the nation’s…

Hydropower Plant

Power China: Uzbekistan Hydropower Project Connected to the Grid for Power Generation

Two units of the Uzbekistan hydropower station transformation project undertaken by China Power Construction Corporation have been successfully connected to the…

Natural Gas

Asia’s Deepest Gas Project Starts Production

First in trio of deepwater gas projects in partnership with Reliance that are expected to help meet India’s rapidly expanding energy needs.

Nuclear Power Plant

Further Two-Year Delay to Japanese MOX Plant

Operation of the mixed-oxide fuel fabrication plant under construction in Rokkasho, in Aomori Prefecture, is now expected about two years later than previously …

Personnel Appointment

Biden to Nominate Regan as EPA Administrator

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Michael Regan as his nominee to serve as administrator of the U.S EPA.

Thermal Plant

Asia's Largest Biomass Power Plant with Installed Capacity Completed and Put into Operation

At present, the annual power generation capacity of the project can reach 1.38 billion kwh, the annual heat supply is 1 million tons, and the annual output val…

Nuclear Power Plant

TVO to Restart Olkiluoto 2 Following Cooling Water Incident

Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima Oyj expects unit 2 of its Olkiluoto nuclear plant to be reconnected to the Finnish grid later this week, after receiving restart a…

Oil & Gas Trade

Egypt And Iraq Sign Landmark Oil Deal

Egypt and Iraq have signed an oil-for-reconstruction plan this December, expected to come into effect once constitutional procedures have been completed.

Oil Shale

U.S. Shale Oil Output to Drop 136,000 bpd to 7.44 million bpd in Jan – EIA

U.S. oil output from shale formations is expected to decline by about 136,000 barrels per day in January to 7.44 million bpd, the lowest since June, the U.S. En…

Joe Biden

Biden to Nominate Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Former EPA Chief Gina McCarthy for Energy and Climate Posts

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to soon announce his choices for two crucial positions in his administration — the Secretary of Energy and the White Hous…

China

Xi Congratulates Complete Success of Chang'e-5 mission

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated the complete success of the Chang'e-5 mission that brings back the country's first samples collected from…

China

China's Spacecraft Brings Home Moon Samples

The return capsule of China's Chang'e-5 probe touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing back the country's first samples collected from the…

Australia

Hydro Tasmania Selects Lake Cethana as First Pumped Hydro Project

Hydro Tasmania has announced that it has selected Lake Cethana as its preferred pumped hydro site, with the project now set to progress to final feasibility sta…

Ultra-high voltage grid

Arctech Supplies SkyLine Tracker to 3.2GW Solar Park in China

Trackers and photovoltaic systems provider Arctech Solar has supplied its SkyLine advanced 1P tracker to a 3.2GW solar park in China.