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Microgrid

Nokia Provides Wireless Network for Microgrid at Siemens Headquarters

Nokia and A1 have provided a private wireless network for a microgrid deployed by Siemens at its Austrian headquarters in Vienna.

Energy-Eficient Building

Three Finnish Companies Join The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

Following WorldGBC's call for leadership to decarbonise the building and construction sector during World Green Building Week 2020, three new Finnish companies …

Biofuel

Battered by Virus and Oil Slump, Biofuels Fall out of Favour

The production of biofuels for transport in 2020 is expected to decline 11.6 percent on 2019 levels, the first fall in 20 years, according to the International …

Blockchain

New Blockchain Use Cases Coming for the Energy Sector

New blockchain use cases are under development for Energy Web’s Decentralised Operating System and the EW Chain.

Crude Oil

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Decrease by 0.8 million Barrels

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels from the previous week.

Japan

Japan’s KHI Exits Nuclear Sector to Focus on Hydrogen

Japanese engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries has decided to withdraw from its nuclear power-related business operations, shifting its focus to hydrogen i…

Carbon Emissions

Pandemic Causes Record Decline In U.S. Carbon Emissions

Last week BloombergNEF published a new report that quantifies the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.

Siemens Energy and Linde Engineering to Decarbonise Petrochemical Sector

A new partnership has been formed by Siemens Energy and Linde Engineering to decarbonise the petrochemical industry.

Paris Climate Agreement

Xi Calls on G20 to Push for Full, Effective Implementation of Paris Agreement

Addressing the Leaders' Side Event on Safeguarding the Planet of the G-20 Riyadh Summit via video link, Xi said, "G-20 should continue to take the lead in tackl…

European Islands Decarbonisation Project Kicks Off

The islands decarbonisation project IANOS has launched with support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.

Oil Field

Repsol Sinopec Preparing for Decommissioning of UK North Sea Field

Oil and gas company Repsol Sinopec has received approval from the UK authorities for preparation work scopes plan relating to the decommissioning of the Fulmar …

Net Zero Emission

IRENA and GWEC Join Forces to Boost Global Renewables Adoption

The International Renewable Energy Agency and the Global Wind Energy Council have signed a cooperation agreement to join efforts to increase the adoption and de…

Gas turbine engine

Leipzig Decarbonises with Gas-to-Hydrogen Turbines

Siemens Energy is supplying two gas turbine packages for a new CHP plant that will produce electricity and district heat for the German city of Leipzig and will…

Microgrid

Cummins Unveils New Product Line for DER Optimisation

Cummins has launched its new PowerCommand Microgrid Control product line for managing, coordinating and optimising distributed energy resources.

Carbon Neutral

India Only G20 Nation on Track to Meet Paris Pact’s 2°C Goal

Though China has declared that it will be carbon neutral by 2060, it is in the 'highly insufficient' category according to the climate action tracker while Indi…