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United States

Biden to Rescind Trump's Last-Minute Rulemaking

President-elect Joe Biden plans to act quickly upon taking office to block pending regulations issued by his predecessor and to rescind executive orders issued …

Oil & Gas Trade

ExxonMobil and Vopak Sign MoU for South Africa’s LNG Feasibility

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on a feasibility study to assess the co…

Wind Farm

Enercon Installs E-138 EP3 Wind Turbines for Metafor Wind Farm in Turkey

The completion of the Metafor project in the province of Bingöl means ENERCON has now installed more than two gigawatts of power in Turkey.

Xebec Announces Acquisition of HyGear, Inmatec

Xebec Adsorption Inc. in December announced the launch of its hydrogen strategy with the acquisition of HyGear.

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Informed by Slovenian Authority that Krško Nuclear Power Plant to Reconnect to Grid Tonight

The power plant automatically shut down yesterday following an earthquake with the epicentre in the town of Petrinja, Croatia, around 80 kilometres away.

Coal Mine

China: Shanxi Shuts 163 Coal Mines

Shanxi, a main coal-producing area in north China, has closed 163 coal mines and abolished 146.05 million tons of yearly coal manufacture capacity over the last…

South Korea

South Korea Plans To Downsize Nuclear & Coal While Quadrupling Renewables By 2034

South Korean President Moon Jae-in previously committed to moving away from nuclear power and toward renewable energy.

Market Analysis

‘2020, an Outstanding Year for Water, Hydropower’

The 2020 proved to be exceptional in terms of launching water and hydropower projects in the country, as Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority hit hist…

Oil Pipeline

Russia Accelerates Nord Stream 2 Project to Beat U.S. Sanctions

Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas …

Nuclear Power Plant

The Main Construction of Unit 1 of Zhejiang San'ao Nuclear Power Project Started

Zhejiang San'ao Nuclear Power Project started site survey in 2007.

Carbon Neutral

Renewable Energy Industry: Policies for Carbon Neutrality Confirmed

Korea’s 5th Renewable Energy Basic Plan has been confirmed.

Crude Oil

Cambodia Starts First Crude Oil Production After Years of Delays

Cambodia has begun extracting its first crude oil from fields in the Gulf of Thailand, in a venture between Singapore’s KrisEnergy Ltd and the government, both…

South Korea

South Korea-U.K. FTA About to Take Effect

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Dec. 30 that the South Korea-U.K. FTA would become effective at 8:00 a.m. Jan. 1.

Nuclear Power Plant

Krško Reactor Closed As Precaution After Earthquake

The Krško nuclear power plant has been shut down as a precaution after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the town of Petrinja, which is 50 km south-east of the…

Brexit

UK Parliament Votes for Brexit Deal

Members of Parliament today approved legislation that will pass the UK-EU post-Brexit deal into UK law, in a vote split 521 in favour and 73 against.