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South African Firm to Study Building 360-MW Ugandan Hydropower Plant

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in Uganda has lifted its objections to a South African firm conducting a study for a 360-MW hydropower plant at Murch…

Industry Groups Urge White House to Finish Overhauling U.S. Environmental Review Process

More than 30 industry groups called on the Trump administration to finish a regulatory overhaul that would make it easier to clear federal environmental approva…

Nuclear Technology

SNC-Lavalin to Conduct Pre-Project Work for Chinese AHWR plant

A subsidiary of Canada's SNC-Lavalin - has been awarded a contract by China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd (CNNP) for pre-project work for a proposed two-unit Ad…

Why the New Energy Efficiency Norms in Electrical Appliances Matter

When it comes to the enforcement of energy labelling norms for the electrical appliances industry, an increase in the window of norms revision from the current …

Nuclear Policy

Australians Support Lifting Nuclear Ban

More Australians support lifting the country's ban on the use of nuclear energy than oppose it, a new poll conducted for the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)…

Oil & Gas Trade

In 2020 OPEC+ Faces Slowing Demand Growth in Rival Production

OPEC and its allies sent mixed signals about whether they were considering deeper production cuts, fanning oil-market speculation before crucial talks in Vienna…

Solar Power Panel

LONGi Solar in Major Deal with Adani to Supply Solar Panels in 2020

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar has signed a framework sales agreement with India's Adani Green Energy to supply up to 1,200MW of its hi…

CCS

Four Major Comapanies Join Dutch Carbon Capture Project

Project Porthos has signed an agreement with Air Liquide, Air Products, ExxonMobil and Shell to collectively work on preparations for the capture, transport and…

CCS

UK Oil Industry Calls for Urgent Action for Carbon Capture, Use And Storage(CCUS)

Investment in the energy sector needs to double from £20-£25bn a year today to £40-£40m if the UK is to meet its net zero challenge.

Liquid Hydrogen

Norled Hydrogen Ferry to Provide Business Opportunity for H2 Production and Transport

In 2021, a Norled hydrogen ferry fueled by liquid hydrogen is expected to be launched into operation in Norway.

EV Technology

'Magic Crystals' to Enable the Future of Electric Cars

CSIRO and Monash University's Matthew Hill will receive the Solomon Award tonight for developing "magic crystals" with dozens of applications from cleaning gase…

For Hydrogen to be Truly 'Clean' it Must be Made with Renewables, Not Coal

Using hydrogen as a clean fuel is an idea whose time may be coming. For Australia, producing hydrogen is alluring: it could create a lucrative new domestic indu…

EV Market

China to Target Quarter of Vehicle Sales to be Electric by 2025

China should adopt a plan that will see electric vehicles make up a quarter of all autos sold in the country in six years' time, the industry ministry said Tues…

Energy Created from Burning Plants And Trees is Soaring in the UK

The number of power stations that are fuelled by burning plants and trees has more than trebled in four years to produce enough electricity for 7.4 million hous…

Drilling has Started for a Geothermal Project in Belgium

Drilling on the first well for a geothermal project to produce heat for a pharmaceutical plant by Janssen Pharmaceutica ( Johnson & Johnson) has started.