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Solar Power Plant

Mexico to Move Ahead on $100 million Sonora Solar Project

Mexico is moving forward with a solar energy project in the northern state of Sonora to provide cheap electricity to the Baja California Peninsula, one of the c…

Hydropower Plant

Nepal Starts Operating Its Largest Hydropower Station

The 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, an engineering marvel, which took 10 years to complete saw massive costs and time overruns.

Hydropower Plant

Bechtel Signs Contract with Albanian Government for Skavica Hydro Project

A critically important hydro power plant which will play a significant role in Albania reaching its ambition of energy self-sufficiency is to be delivered by Be…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Tests Low Speed Turbines for VVER-TOI Reactors

The Leningrad Metal Plant said that it had completed tests on the prototype of a domestic low-speed turbine with a capacity of 1255MWe.

United States

US Oil Prices Soar To 6-Year High In OPEC Standoff

The U.S. benchmark oil price WTI Crude hit its highest level since November 2014 early on Tuesday, after OPEC+ on Monday called off its third attempt to reach a…

Electric Vehicle Battery

China’s Huayou Builds Second NCM Battery Precursor Line

Major Chinese lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese oxide precursor manufacturer Huayou Cobalt has started building its second production facility in Quzhou city in e…

Crude Oil

Oil and Dollars: Why the UAE is Risking a Falling-out with OPEC+

The UAE agreed with the other 22 OPEC+ members that monthly output cuts should be eased by 400,000 barrels a day from August, but said the extension should be t…

Electrification

UN Recommendations to Ensure Global Electrification by 2030

New reports released by the United Nations provide recommendations on how the world can tackle energy poverty and ensure everyone in the world has access to cle…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal-Fired Power Generation Continues to Rise

The weather in some parts of the United States continued to be hot and dry, nuclear power and hydropower production capacity remained low, and U.S. coal-fired p…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Video|Can EV Battery Swapping Take Off In The U.S.?

San Francisco-based Ample has brought electric vehicle battery swapping to the U.S. The company was in stealth mode for seven years before launching recently wi…

Wind Farm

Video | One of Scotland’s and Vestas' Largest Wind Farms

​100 turbines and 950MW will make Moray East one of Scotland’s and Vestas' largest wind farms.

Mexico

Mexican Oil Giant Says No Environmental Damage from Raging Gulf Fire

Just days after video of a massive ocean surface blaze near a Pemex oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico went viral, Mexico's national oil company has declared th…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Jump to Multiyear Highs After OPEC+ Talks Yield No Production Deal

Oil jumped to its highest level in nearly three years on Monday after talks between OPEC and its oil-producing allies were postponed indefinitely, with the grou…

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey Among Fastest-Growing Nations in Geothermal Energy

Turkey is among the fastest-growing countries in terms of geothermal energy as its capacity to produce electricity from geothermal resources has reached 1650 me…

Oil Field

Mud Volcano Explosion Near Major Caspian Sea Gas Fields

An explosion near an offshore field in the Caspian Sea has had media guessing as to what happened, after several shots and videos were released online.