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Coal-Fired Power Plants

Great Britain Sets No-Coal Record as Pandemic Reduces Demand

Great Britain broke the record for the longest period of electricity generation without coal, according to energy data analyst EnAppSys.

Government Reveals Plans to Accelerate Low Carbon Heating Rollout

Proposals to replace RHI include Clean Heat Grants of up to £4,000 for homes and business for heat pumps and other technologies

Climate Policy

Major Corporates Urge EU to Put Net Zero at Heart of Covid-19 Recovery Plans

European Corporate Leaders Group joins EU's independent green finance advisory panel in calling for green coronavirus recovery plan.

Offshore Wind Power

Nestlé UK signs 15-year PPA Agreement with Ørsted

Nestlé UK has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Danish renewable energy company Ørsted.

Solar Technology

BNEF Says Solar and Wind are now Cheapest Sources of New Energy Generation

Solar PV and onshore wind are now the cheapest sources of new-build generation for at least two-thirds of the global population. Those two-thirds live in locati…

Solar Power Plant

World’s Largest Solar Project Will Also Be Its Cheapest

Abu Dhabi has set a global record-low solar price as authorities confirmed the winning bid in a 2-gigawatt tender. Upon its expected completion in mid-2022, it …

Nuclear Technology

Japan's Tepco, Chubu, Hitachi, Toshiba to Collaborate on Nuclear Plants

Tokyo Electric Power, (9501.T) Chubu Electric Power, (9502.T) Hitachi (6501.T) and Toshiba (6502.T) have agreed to consider cooperating on their nuclear plant b…

Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. Oil Futures Plunge Nearly 25 Pct Amid Fears of Filled Storage

Oil prices fell significantly on Monday with the U.S. benchmark down nearly 25 percent amid fears over a growing scarcity of oil storage space.

Energy Storage Material

China's Export of Rare Earth up 19.2 Pct in March

China's export of rare earth increased by 19.2 percent year on year to reach 5,551 tonnes in March, according to data from the General Administration of Customs…

Oil Price

Canada’s Oil Firms Set To Curtail Output By At Least 1 Million Bpd

Companies in Canada have already reacted to the oil price plunge, but analysts and investors will be looking for further clues in the earnings reports about how…

Nuclear Power Plant

Czech Republic Aims for Dukovany Progress This Summer

Czech utility ČEZ applied to the State Office for Nuclear Safety on 25 March to construct two new reactors at its Dukovany nuclear power plant.

Poland to Help Energy Groups Hit by Lower Demand by Easing Rules

Poland plans to help energy groups free up capital by easing some rules on electricity sales on the power exchange, the government said on Tuesday.

Pumped Storage

New DOE Report on Environmental Effects of Pumped Storage Hydropower

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new report as part of its HydroWIRES initiative: A Comparison of the Environmental Effects of Open-Loop and Closed-…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Set to Issue First-Ever Export QQuotas for VLSFO of 10 mln T for 2020

China is set to release its first-ever quotas to export very low sulphur fuel oil with total volumes of 10 million tonnes for this year.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US $3bn Coal Power Plant to be Constructed in Zimbabwe

The 2,800MW power plant will be constructed in four phases of about 700MW each. Rio Energy will partner with China Gezhouba Group Corp in funding and developin…