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Coal Trade

RWE Brings Coal Exit Forward to 2030

RWE has released the following update regarding its coal activities:Today [11 January], RWE Power will start to demolish the former settlement of Lützerath…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Nikola to Move Romeo Battery Production to Arizona

After acquiring battery maker Romeo Power last year, Nikola Motor is now relocating its battery production from Cypress, California, to Nikola’s own plant…

Hydropower Plant

Komatagawa New Hydro Plant Begins Commercial Operation in Japan

View of the Komatagawa New Power PlantMitsubishi Materials Corporation has commenced commercial operation of the 10.326MW Komatagawa New power plant, the first …

Tidal Energy

US DOE Funds Ocean Energy Systems Research in Guam

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating $400,000 in funding for research at the University of Guam to explore the potential for ocean energy systems…

Solar Power Plant

Australia Connects 3GW of New Capacity in 2022, Must Double That to Reach Renewable Target

Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park. Source: Iberdrola.The Australian Energy Market Operator has published its latest connections data, showing 2.9 gigawatts (GW…

EV Market

The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Employees work at the assembly line of the Volkswagen ID 4 electric car in Emden, Germany on last year. DAVID HECKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGESOne of the most vexing soci…

Oil&Gas Drilling

UK Firm Chosen to Drill Well Offshore Isle of Man

Isle of Man-based Crogga Limited has awarded Aberdeen-based energy services company THREE60 Energy with a contract to drill an appraisal well this year in the C…

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC Stands by 2023 Oil Demand Forecast Amid Improving Outlook in China

Opec says it is holding to its forecast demand for crude this year despite forces arraying against it. ReutersOpec stuck to its global oil demand forecast for t…

Energy Transition

UAE and Japan Sign Agreements to Support Energy Transition

The deals were signed at a meeting between Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE special envoy to Japan, and Yasutoshi Nishim…

Gas power plant

Energy Storage Being Added to California Gas-Fired Peaker Plants

A North Carolina-based group that provides battery energy storage and software technology is set to co-locate 420 MWh of storage at four natural gas-fired facil…

South Korea

South Korean President: Country Needs More Nuclear Power

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his country’s push to be carbon-neutral by 2050 must include construction of more nuclear power generation, in a…

Hydrogen Production

Making Hydrogen Will Consume 2% Of Total Global Renewable Capacity Growth by 2027

25 countries plus the EU have announced big ambitions for renewable hydrogen production. But how much renewable energy will be needed to make the H2 over the ne…

Japan

Japan, Us Partner to Develop Small Modular Reactors

Source: Johannes Plenio (Unsplash)They will also explore other next-generation advanced reactors.The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and the US …

Offshore Wind Power

CIP Enters Irish Offshore Market With Landmark Statkraft Deal

Image by shaunwilkinson on 123rfCopenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired a 50% stake in Statkraft’s offshore wind portfolio in Ireland, a dea…

Solar Power Plant

Dubai’s Amea Power Inks 50MW Solar Ppa in Ivory Coast

AMEA Power has secured the first solar power purchase agreement (PPA) in Ivory Coast in what is a growing presence in West Africa.The 50MW solar PV project with…