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Hydropower Plant

Government Clears Eight Hydropower Projects On Indus River In Ladakh

At present, there are several small projects, with a collective capacity of 113 MW on Indus in Ladakh, and the new projects will have much more capacity than th…

Energy Investment

Enel and Qatar Sovereign Fund Forge Renewables Tie-up

Transaction involves the acquisition by QIA of 50% stake in 800MW wind and PV portfolio in South Africa and Zambia.

Hydropower Plant

DORE’s First Investment Since IPO Involves Eight Swedish Hydropower Plants

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc has exchanged contracts to acquire its first investment, a portfolio of eight operational hydropower plants in cen…

Energy Investment

China's Investment in Countries Along the Belt and Road Increased by 24.9%

According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce of China, from January to November 2020, China's foreign non-financial direct investment was 659.36 billi…

South Korea

Iran Seizes UAE-Bound Chemical Tanker

Iran has seized a UAE-bound chemical tanker in the strait of Hormuz, further stoking already heightened tensions in the Mideast Gulf.

Transformer

China XD Group Recieves Approval for Eight New Transformers

Eight new transformers and reactor products from China Xidian Group have passed the industry appraisal, and their comprehensive performance indicators reached t…

Nuclear Policy

Iran Plans 20% Uranium Enrichment 'As Soon As Possible'

The move comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the waning days of the administration of President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew …

Wind Farm

GE Signs Deal for Vietnam Windfarm

GE Renewable Energy is to supply eight turbines to a windfarm being built in Vietnam.

Crude Oil

Talos Continues Talks With Pemex Over Massive Shared Oil Discovery Off Mexico

Talos Energy, leading a consortium of foreign oil companies, discovered the large Zama oil deposit in 2015.

LNG

Shell Divests LNG Stake For $2.5 Billion

Shell has sold a 26-percent stake in an Australian LNG project to Global Infrastructure Partners for $2.5 billion as part of efforts to reduce the weight of non…

Crude Oil

ONGC Opens Eighth Hydrocarbon Producing Basin of India

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Sunday opened India's eighth hydrocarbon producing basin when it started oil flow from a well in the Bengal basin…

Oil Pipeline

U.S. Throws Weight Behind Construction of EastMed Gas Pipeline

Greece aims to play an important role in helping Europe diversify its energy resources away from Russia, an objective strongly supported by Washington

Coal Trade

US Blacklists Coal Shippers for North Korea Ties

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control designated six companies and four vessels for violating existing UN sanctions by engaging in the prohibited North Korean…

Wind Turbine

Video: EDP Renewables Commissions Spain's Largest Wind Turbines in Burgos

Quintanilla II will feature GE137 turbines, with 3.33 MW power output, a rotor diameter of 137 metres and a total turbine height of 199.9 metres to the tip of t…

Power Construction

ADB Approves Loan for Power Distribution System Upgrade in Karnataka, India

The ADB has agreed to provide a combined sovereign and non-sovereign loan amounting to $190m for the upgrade and modernisation of power distribution system in B…