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Microgrid

Groups Announce Renewable Energy Microgrid Project

A joint venture of energy management company Schneider Electric and Huck Capital, a power sector investment firm, has announced a partnership with energy infras…

Vietnam

Trina Solar 210mm Cells are Headed to North American Markets from New Plant in Vietnam

Trina Solar broke ground on its Thai Nguyen plant in December, and completed construction in five months.

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea and United States to Cooperate in Nuclear Power Industry

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in released a joint statement on May 21 and declared that they would cooperate in the global nuclea…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

G7 Countries Agree to Stop International Funding for Coal-Fired Power

Coal is considered unabated when it is burned for power or heat without using technology to capture the resulting emissions, a system not yet widely used in pow…

United States

Enchanted Rock Builds 3.5-MW Microgrid for Texas Manufacturing Plant

Enchanted Rock has developed a 3.5-MW microgrid to provide resiliency for a butene manufacturing plant in Baytown, Texas.

Crude Oil

Saudi Arabia Beats Russia Again To Top Chinese Oil Supplier Spot

Saudi Arabia kept its status as China’s top oil supplier in April, beating Russia for the eighth month in a row as the world’s largest oil buyer imported the …

Net Zero Emission

UK Clean Energy Groups Urge Grid Decarbonisation by 2035

They wrote that, with just six months to go until the UK co-hosts the COP26 summit, Britain’s grid is "dirtier now than it was a year ago", with heavy reliance…

Electric Car

SK Innovation and Ford Sign MOU to Form EV Battery Joint Venture in the U.S.

SK Innovation and Ford announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture – to be called BlueOvalSK – to produce approximately…

EU

EU Begins Discussions on Group II Quota for 2022

The EU Commission and member state representatives will meet today and tomorrow to discuss the Group II base oil import quota for January to December 2022.

Carbon Neutral

Mitsubishi Power and Iberdrola form Decarbonisation Alliance

Iberdrola and Mitsubishi Power have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop competitive, clean, and safe energy solutions based on renewable energy …

Nuclear Equipment

Cyclife to Dispose of 16 German Steam Generators

EDF subsidiary Cyclife Sweden AB has signed a long-term contract with German nuclear operator PreussenElektra for the transport and processing of 16 steam gener…

Oil & Gas Trade

Woodside Joins Chevron in Canada's Kitimat LNG Exit

Chevron, the operator and 50pc owner of Kitimat, put its stake up for sale in December 2019.

Microgrid

Solad Connects Thousands of Nigerian Businesses to Reliable Power

Solad Power Group has across its portfolio of minigrids in Nigeria has connected its 10,000th small business to affordable and reliable power, the company recen…

Microgrid

Thailand’s Largest Private-Owned Microgrid Announced

Thai energy company Impact Solar has announced that it is developing Thailand’s largest private-owned microgrid in Sriracha.

Nuclear Power Plant

KHNP Applies to Dismantle Kori 1

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has applied to the Nuclear Safety & Security Commission for approval to dismantle unit 1 of the Kori nuclear power plant near Busan.…