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Market Analysis

Global Electricity Demand Growth Set to Slow Down in 2021

After experiencing its biggest decline in decades, global electricity demand is expected to rebound modestly in 2021.

Gas power plant

TVA Selects Emerson to Upgrade 980MW Magnolia Power Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected US-based technology company Emerson to upgrade and optimise its 980MW Magnolia natural gas power plant.

Crude Oil

US Energy Agency Revises up Oil Price Forecast

Brent price expected to increase by 2.1%, according to Energy Info. Administration's Short-Term Energy Outlook for December

Oil Shale

Global Shale Industry on a Recovery Path After 8.1% Production Decline in 2020, Says GlobalData

Global shale production has taken a drastic hit in 2020, where shale oil is expected to drop by 11.7% year-on-year and shale gas production may see a 4.5% fall,…

Hydrogen Project

Enel Teams up on US Green Hydrogen Project

Project with NextChem expected to be operational in 2023

Solar Cell

US Scientists Apply Suns-VoC Method to Outdoor PV Tests

Researchers in Arizona have used the Suns-VoC characterization method for indoor solar cell testing to monitor PV installations. The method can also be used wit…

Hydropower Plant

Uganda Launches Facilities of Phase 1 Isimba Hydro Project

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited has commissioned the newly constructed facilities under CDAP project phase I in Kayunga district as part of the 18…

Coal Trade

China Issues Coal Buying Mandate Amid Supply Shortage, Price Gains

The country has an informal coal import quota, as authorities instructed traders and downstream users to maintain total 2020 imports around the 2019 level.

Gas turbine engine

INNIO Gas Engines Installed at Wuhan Waste Project

Wuhan Environmental Investment and Development has selected INNIO Jenbacher’s J320 gas engine technology for the Wuhan Jiangxia Changshankou solid waste landfi…

Solar Power Mexico

Solar Power Mexico is the first exhibition and conference specialized in the energy and solar technology segment, a business with growth rates of over 25% and a…

Coal Production

Cerrejon Prepares to Gradually Restart Coal Production

Colombian coal producer Cerrejon is expected to gradually restart operations on 8 December following a three-month strike, according to Igor Diaz, president of …

Nuclear Power Plant

Paks-II Construction Licence Expected in 2021

Obtaining a licence for the construction of new units at Hungary’s Paks-II NPP is expected by autumn 2021, according to the outcome of a meeting in Budapest be…

OPEC

Next OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting Reportedly Set For January 4

Oil prices are set for a volatile start to the new year, as the next OPEC+ group meeting on production policy is expected to be set for the first trading day, J…

Rooftop PV System

Vietnam's Rooftop PV Solar Installed Capacity will Reach 2GW in 2020

The local media in Vietnam reported on December 4 that even if it was affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Vietnamese solar market still achieved g…

Crude Oil

Fitch Sees Brent At $45 Next Year

Fitch Ratings said it expected Brent crude to average $45 a barrel next year, following OPEC+’s decision to start raising production by 500,000 bpd monthly fro…