Dec

Distributed energy

Schneider Electric Unveils the Energy Center for Distributed-Energy-Enabled Homes

Integrated service for solar, batteries, EV chargers and whole-home energy controls is starting to go mainstream.

United Kingdom

UK, EU Working Out Details of Energy Co-Operation

UK gas and electricity transmission system operators need to decide on new working arrangements with EU bodies following the UK's exit from the EU.

Carbon Neutral

IEA Chief: Net Zero by 2050 Plan for Energy Sector is Coming

Global tracking and accountability will be required to address climate change.

Solar Power Panel

Sungrow Ends Year 2020 on High in India Crossing 7 GW PV Inverter Shipments

Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, declared that its cumulative shipments to India raced past 7 GW by the end of 2020, thrus…

Crude Oil

Floating Oil Storage Shrinks Amid Robust Asian Demand

Global floating oil storage declined at a fast pace in December as traders sold crude held on tankers in the absence of price incentives to store it and in orde…

Nuclear Power Plant

Tianwan 4 Handed Over to China as Upgrading of Simulators Begins

Rosatom announced that unit 4 of the Tianwan NPP had been handed over to the customer, Jangsu Nuclear Power Corporation, on 25 December after two years of warra…

Hydrogen Project

Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture Partner on Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production

Aker Carbon Capture and Haldor Topsoe have joined forces to offer a complete solution for the production of low-emission and cost-effective blue hydrogen, as pa…

Crude Oil

IRAQ DATA: Dec Oil Production up 4.7%, Breaching OPEC+ Quota

OPEC's second-largest producer had a 3.804 million b/d quota for December under the OPEC+ deal.

Nuclear Power Plant

China Begins Construction of SanAo Nuclear Power Plant

The concrete was poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 at the SanAo nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced o…

Hydrogen Project

In 2020, China has Build a Total of 118 Hydrogen Refueling Stations

As of the end of December 2020, China has built a total of 118 hydrogen refueling stations.

Oil & Gas Trade

Gladstone December LNG Exports Hit Record High

LNG exports from the three liquefaction plants located on Curtis Island off Gladstone hit a new high in the last month of 2020.

Crude Oil

Russia: Annual Oil Production at Lowest Level Since 2011

Russia’s oil production declined last year for the first time since 2008 and reached its lowest level since 2011 following a global deal to cut output and low …

China

China to Launch Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme Next Month

The ministry issued rules on Tuesday allowing provincial governments to set pollution caps for big power businesses for the first time.

Energy Storage Battery

In November 2020, China Imported 327 million US Dollars of Lithium-ion Batteries

According to my country’s customs statistics, in November, my country’s imports of lithium-ion batteries were US$327 million, a year-on-year decrease of 5.55%…

Hybrid Power Plant

Turbines Operational at Skeleton Creek Wind-Solar-Storage Hybrid Project in Oklahoma

NextEra Energy Resources said in December that wind turbines had been successfully installed and became operational at Skeleton Creek, a hybrid renewable energy…