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Oil Refinery

Fire Breaks Out at Pdv’s Cardon Refinery

A fire broke out today in the fluid catalytic cracking unit at Venezuela's Cardon refinery, the second major blaze at the site since late December.Operator …

Electric Car

Micro EV Market Expected to Reach $180 Billion Within a Decade

Electric three-wheeler. (Reference image by Amada44, Wikimedia Commons.)The market for electric two-, three-wheelers and microcars will reach around $180 billio…

Net Zero Emission

Us and Africa Join Forces on Climate Change and Just Energy Transition

The United States of America (US) has reaffirmed their commitment to Africa to partner on matters of conservation, climate adaptation and a just energy transiti…

United Arab Emirates

The Arab Green Summit

The current global warming measure of 1.0 – 1.1 °C above pre-industrial level has caused various natural disasters that are significantly challenging to human…

Wind Farm

Delays to Onshore Wind Investment Increase Long-Term Power Prices in Ireland

Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s fourth - ‘All-Island Power Market Outlook to 2030’ – has forecast that energy prices will not retur…

Energy Storage Technology

New Technique to Turn Abandoned Mines Into Batteries

Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections. Credit: Hunt et al.A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Stor…

Solar Power Plant

Ecuador Accepts 511MW in Renewable Energy Bids

Ecuador plans to award contracts for 511MW in 10 solar, wind and hydroelectric projects worth about $800mn in February after all bids opened today came in below…

Hydropower Plant

EWEB Board Approves Plan to Decommission Leaburg Hydroelectric Project

(photo courtesy Eugene Water & Electric Board)The EWEB Board of Commissioners voted to approve a resolution that directs the general manager to develop a Leabur…

Carbon Emissions

DOE Releases Blueprint to Decarbonize US Transportation

The U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 10 released the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, which describes a strategy for achieving net-z…

Solar Power Plant

Union-Built 310-Mw Solar + Storage Project Comes Online in California

Intersect Power started the commercial operation of its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, on December 22, 2022. The Athos III solar proje…

Nuclear waste

IEAE Reports on Indonesia’s Decommissioning and Radwaste Management

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has delivered to the Indonesian National Research Innovation Agency (BRIN) the final report of a peer review of it…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen at Centre of China’s Plans to Win Bigger Share of Green Energy Market

A view of the hydrogen production unit at a SinoPec refinery in Qingdao, eastern China. Feature China / Barcroft Media / Getty ImagesA decade ago, China used lo…

Solar Power Plant

Solar to See Strongest Growth in Japan’s Power Sector

It is expected to rise to 113GW in 2031.Solar power is projected to record the greatest growth in this decade, driven by Japan’s renewables policy support…

Wave Energy

Schneider Explores New Resource for Microgrids — River Currents

A selling point for microgrids is that they can use just about any form of generation, making them able to reap the benefits of local resources.Mostly, however,…

Thermal Coal

INDONESIAN HBA IS SEEING A SPIKE IN JANUARY 2023 INSTEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT FALL IN DECEMBER 2022

Indonesian Coal Price Reference up 8.43% in January 2023.HBA is seeing a dramatic spike in January 2023 instead of a significant fall in December 2022The Indone…