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Oil Field

Bohai Sea Oilfield Output Exceeds 500 Million Tons

The Bohai Sea oilfield, China's largest crude oil base, had produced a cumulative total of oil equivalent exceeding 500 million tons as of Monday, after it has …

EU

EU Will Need Five Years to Ditch Russian Energy

Europe plans to phase out its dependency on Russian oil, gas and coal by 2027.

Rooftop PV System

Rooftop Solar Installations to Almost Double by 2025, Says Rystad

Rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) installations are set to surge in the next three years, with total capacity reaching 94.7 gigawatts (GW) by 2025.

Electric Car

Ford to Ramp up EV Offering in Europe, Plans Major Battery Facility in Turkey

Ford Europe’s chair, Stuart Rowley, says “electrification represents the most transformative change in our industry in over 100 years.”

EV Technology

Interest in Electric Aircraft Grows as NASA Nears Test of X-57 Maxwell

NASA is planning its first crewed test flight of an all-electric plane, the X-57 Maxwell test aircraft, in the next few months as interest in electric aircraft …

Nuclear Power Plant

11 Years Later, Fate of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cleanup Uncertain

Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plant now looks like a sp…

Electric Car

Tesla Reportedly Sees 100% Increase In Orders In Some Areas Of US

We predicted there would be a huge surge in EV sales as gas prices soar, and it appears to have already begun.

Coal Trade

India's Russian Coal Imports Could be Highest in over Two Years in March

India’s coal imports from Russia in March could be the highest in more than two years, data from research consultancies showed, as Indian buyers continue buyin…

Joe Biden

Solar Costs Jumped in 2021, Reversing Years of Falling Prices

Solar costs rose in 2021 partly because of supply chain constraints, according to a report released Thursday by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood…

Nuclear Power Plant

S. Korea Likely to Return to Nuclear Power Generation Under New Govt.

South Korea is likely to make a U-turn from its yearslong nuclear phase-out drive as President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has vowed to scrap the policy and make the co…

Oil Exploration

Opportunities Still Exist in Kenya’s Oil, Gas Sector

Last week Kenya announced for sale 35 oil and gas exploration blocks mostly in the natural gas prone coastal Lamu Basin. This is an indication of revived upstre…

Nuclear Reactor

Indian Test Reactor Reaches Operation Landmark

India's fast breeder test reactor (FBTR) has reached its full 40 MWt design power level for the first time, more than 35 years since it first started operating.…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Aston Martin Inks Deal to Develop EV Batteries with UK Start-Up Britishvolt

Aston Martin is to work with Britishvolt on the development of “high performance battery cell technology,” as the carmaker gears up to launch a battery-electr…

Energy Storage Battery

PV to Account for About Half of Planned US Utility-Scale Capacity Additions

The US Energy Information Administration says that over the next two years, 60% of new capacity additions in the United States will be solar or battery energy s…

Oil & Gas Trade

US Officials Reportedly Visit Venezuela to Discuss Easing Oil Sanctions

Highest-level talks in years yield little progress as politicians look to further isolate Russia