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Solar Company

JinkoSolar to Sell Interest in Sweihan Solar to Jinko Power HK

A subsidiary of Chinese photovoltaic manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding has signed an agreement to sell its 50% stake in Sweihan Solar to Jinko Power HK.

Energy Security

ABB Helps Beirut to Rebuild Power Infrastructure

Following the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2020, which saw loss of life and many vital services impacted, rebuild efforts hav…

Energy Investment

Repsol to Invest €5.5bn in Low Ccarbon Generation

Oil and gas player unveils spending as part of ‘strategic plan to accelerate energy transition’.

Hydrogen Project

Mitsubishi to Invest in Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia in Australia

Green hydrogen and green ammonia are the next-generation clean energy which produce no carbon emissions either in the production or combustion stages.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Reveals Plans for Foreign Nuclear Plant Construction

Rosatom plans to begin pouring "first concrete" for unit 3 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey next spring, the deputy director responsible for developm…

Nuclear Technology

Managing Ageing Research Reactors to Ensure Safe, Effective Operations

As over two thirds of the world’s operating research reactors are now over 30 years old, operators and regulators are focusing on refurbishing and modernizing …

Australia

More than 60 Australian Coal-Carrying Ships Kept Waiting to Unload off Ports in China

Labor presses Coalition to explain what it knows about delays as pricing agency says Beijing appears to be ‘singling out’ Australian imports

RCEP

RCEP Reaffirms Shift in World’s Economic Power Center

Trade is a natural extension of not being self-sufficient, and specialization through trade enhances the efficient production of goods and services that people …

China

China Unveils Boost for 2021 Renewable Subsidies, Solar Wins Biggest Share

China’s Ministry of Finance has revealed subsidies for renewable energy in the country will increase by nearly 5% next year.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Britain’s Richest Man Plans To Make Hydrogen Cars Mainstream

Yet, it’s battery-electric vehicles that have hit the fast lane. Meanwhile, their hydrogen-powered brethren appear to have stalled on the starting line.

Coal Trade

Beijing Mulls Allocating Extra 2020 Coal Import Quotas

Chinese authorities may allocate an additional 20mn t of coal import quotas for this year, according to multiple market participants, to help cope with firmer w…

SINOPEC

Fitch Affirms Sinopec at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings at ‘A+’.

Rooftop PV System

DRC: EIF OGEF Lends $4m to Bboxx for Electrification Via Solar Home Systems

UK company Bboxx obtains a $4 million loan from the Off-Grid Energy Access Fund of the Energy Inclusion Facility.

Germany

Oil Dynamics GmbH: Recertified for Quality and Environmental Management

The renewed verifications referring to the factory in Hockenheim will be valid for the next three years.

Energy Subsidies

UK Urged to Redirect Biomass Subsidies to Wind and Solar

BEIS receives open letter signed by 75 organisations that include public health bodies.