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Offshore Wind Power

Innovations in Floating Wind Energy Technologies Key to Futher Cost Reductions

Floating offshore wind is maturing and has performed significant cost reductions over the past years.

Carbon Emissions

Chevron Sticks to Lower Budget Plans, Sets New Carbon Reduction Goals

U.S. oil major Chevron has reaffirmed its lower budget plans, doubled its savings estimate from the takeover of Noble Energy, and set new goals for reducing car…

Oil & Gas Supply

COVID-19 And Electrification Bring Hydrocarbon Demand Peak Forward To 2027, Says McKinsey & Company

The pandemic has resulted in a profound reduction in energy demand, from which McKinsey expects it will take between one to four years to recover – with electr…

Geothermal Power Plant

TANZANIA: TGDC’s Plan to Produce 200 MWe of Geothermal Energy by 2025

The TGDC plans to produce 200 MWe of geothermal energy over the next four years.

Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

United States

Small-Scale Solar Installations Boom In Texas And Florida

Small-scale solar installations in Texas and Florida have been rapidly growing in recent years.

HVDC

China Power Giant Wants to Get Ahead on Xi’s Emissions Goals

China’s utility giant is planning to upgrade its massive electricity grid over the next few years to allow it to move away from coal generation and reach peak …

Coal Mine

Video: Plan for UK's First Deep Coal Mine in 30 Years to be Reviewed

​Plans in the UK to build the first new deep coal mine in 30 years have brought criticism from climate-change activists.

RCEP

Why the World Keeps Close Eye on China's “two sessions”

As national lawmakers and political advisors are gathering for the "two sessions," the world is keeping a close eye on how China's annual political event will g…

Liquid Hydrogen

SK Group to Build World's Largest Liquefied Hydrogen Plant

SK Group plans to build a hydrogen ecosystem by investing 18 trillion won over the next five years.

Power Construction

SP Energy Networks Completes £30m Grid Upgrade

Work took two years to refurbish overhead transmission lines in southern Scotland.

India Renewable Energy Giant ReNew Power Preps For Nasdaq Listing

Ending years of speculations about its listing at stock markets, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies — ReNew Power — has announced plans for li…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Nuclear Reactor

French Regulator Approves 50-Year Operation of 900 MWe Reactors

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, has set the conditions for the continued operation of EDF's 900 MWe reactors beyond 40 …

Oil Field

Equinor to Shut Down Veslefrikk Field after 30 Years

After more than 30 years on stream and over 400 million barrels of oil equivalent, Equinor and its partners in the Veslefrikk field, located in the North Sea, a…