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Russian Oil & Gas Firms Plan to Invest $20 BILLION in Iraq’s Energy Industry

Russian oil and gas companies could triple their investments in Iraq in the near future, Yury Fyodorov, first deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee a…

First Industrial-scale Solar Electricity Farm

The solar farm will generate 120MW of solar electricity from about 400,000 photovolatic (PV) panels and is expected to be completed in early 2021. The project …

Energy Storage Battery

Renault Batteries Find ‘Megawatt-Scale’ 2nd Life use in Belgium

An energy storage system made up of ‘second life’ batteries previously used in Renault’s electric vehicle (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, a multinational…

PowerGrid Technology

UK Power Networks Trial World’s Fastest Circuit Breakers

Cable maintenance company UK Power Networks is trialling what it calls “the world’s fastest circuit breakers” in London.

LNG

Qatargas Signs LNG SPA with Kuwait

Qatargas has announced the signing of a new, long term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Shell to deliver 1 million tpy of LNG to the State of Kuwait, …

Nuclear Policy

IAEA States Adopt Nuclear Security Declaration

Ministers of 140 countries have adopted a declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.

Clean emission

Researchers Work on Project to Develop Cleaner-Burning, Renewable Fuels

Biofuels offer potential benefits as renewable fuels with cleaner emissions, but with thousands of types of biofuels to choose from, it makes it hard for the en…

Solar Technology

Scientists Propose a Technology Reducing the Cost of High-Efficiency Solar Cells

A group of St. Petersburg scientists has proposed and experimentally tested a technology for the fabrication of high-efficiency solar cells based on A3B5 semico…

New Research to Help Identify Safe Sites for Nuclear Waste Storage

New insights into rates of bedrock erosion by glaciers around the world will help to identify better sites for the safe storage of nuclear waste, according to r…

Market Analysis

Planned Hydropower Dams Threaten Fish in the Tropics

Planned hydropower dams will greatly increase threats for freshwater fish species because of habitat fragmentation, especially in the tropics.

Market Analysis

Northeast US Added 800 MW of Rooftop Solar in 2019

Solar contractors added about 800 MWac of small-scale solar across nine Northeastern states in the 12 months ending in November, 2019, with contractors in New Y…

Hydrogen Project

Belgium Hopes to Lead World with New Hydrogen Project

Surplus wind power could soon light and heat Belgian homes thanks to a planned hydrogen plant on the North Sea coast, set to be the world’s first commercial-sc…

Solar Technology

Panasonic Reaches 16.09% Efficiency with Perovskite Solar Module Using Inkjet-Based Coating

Panasonic has achieved the world’s highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module by developing lightweight technology using a gl…

Wind Farm

Largest Renewable Energy Deal In Saint-Gobain Company's 354-Year History

Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest building materials companies and manufacturer of innovative material solutions, today announced it has entered into a …

Solar Power Plant

Elgin in €400m Irish Solar Farm Investment Plan

Elgin Energy, a solar energy developer, has said that it plans to spend up to €400m developing solar farms in Ireland over the next five years.