Data

China Belt and Road

China's Investment into BRI Countries Expands in Jan.-May

China's outbound direct investment into countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative increased in the first five months, official data showed.

Solar Company

Huawei and Yingli Announce Smart Collaboration

The two brands announced a strategic project at the SNEC solar conference and trade show which will see the establishment of trading and big data centers to hel…

United States

Solar & Wind Are 93.8% of New U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity for 1st Third 2021

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the FERC, wind and solar resources provided nearly all of the new electrical generati…

United States

Tesla to Build Data Centre in China After Backlash, Spying Fears

Chinese authorities in March restricted the use of Tesla cars by the military and employees of state-owned companies over concerns that images from cameras on t…

United Kingdom

Wind Power Sets New Record in the UK

UK wind energy set a new record on 21 May meeting almost two-thirds of electricity demand, according to preliminary data from National Grid ESO.

Solar Power Plant

RWE Teams up with Facebook for 150MW of US Solar

A 150MW solar farm under development in Tennessee, US, is to power Facebook’s data centre in the state.

New Zealand

New Zealand Sees Wholesale Power Price Spike in March Quarter

Wholesale power prices paid by electricity and gas suppliers rose 28.7 percent in the January-March quarter of this year, New Zealand's official data agency Sta…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Power Plant Adds Mitsubishi Power’s TOMONI Intelligent Digital Solutions To Improve Efficiency And Reliability

TOMONI™ intelligent digital solutions at Domo de San Pedro Geothermal Power Station monitor, analyze and model data to optimise the thermodynamic cycle and mi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Energy to Still be Main Source of Electricity in Bulgaria in 2030 – GlobalData

Nuclear power will remain the dominant source of power generation in Bulgaria by 2030, despite the government’s plans to shift toward renewable power.

Romania

Romania's Q1 Energy Output Falls 5.7% y/y - Provisional Data

Romania's energy output fell by an annual 5.7% in the first three months of the year, the statistical office, INS, said on Wednesday.

Australia

Australia to See 118 Oil and Gas Project Starts by 2025

Australia is expected to witness the start of 118 oil and gas projects’ operations from 2021 to 2025, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.

Electrification

Equinor Expands Electrification to Curb Oil and Gas Emissions

Successful commencement of Equinor’s total project pipeline could see the company electrifying over 35% of its total oil and gas production base by 2025 throug…

Energy Technology

Greenpeace Chides Alibaba and GDS on Energy as China Tech Cleans Up

The group blasted China's biggest tech company and its biggest independent data center operator for emissions opaqueness and dearth of renewable commitments.

Crude Oil

China Cuts Saudi, Russia Crude Imports in March

China imported less crude from top suppliers Saudi Arabia and Russia in March compared to a month earlier, while boosting arrivals from Brazil and the UAE, cust…

Carbon Emissions

GlobalData: Petrobras must Invest in Renewables to Meet Emission Targets

Despite a global effort in energy transition, Petrobras has expressed no interest to pivot into renewable energy due to lack of expertise.