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Natural Gas

Groningen 2021-22 Gas Output Estimate Almost Doubled

Gas production from the Netherlands' Groningen field this gas year may have to be almost twice as high as previously expected.

Brazil

Brazil Beats 2021 Power Expansion Goal by 58pc

Brazil added 7,562 MW to its power capacity matrix in 2021, according to data from Brazilian national power regulatory agency Aneel.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Discussing Partnership with Korean EV Battery Makers

According to experts, Volkswagen is doing so for supply source diversification with its partnership with Northvolt faltering.

Germany

German Renewables Output Falls Almost 8% in 2021

Clean power generation accounted for 42.8% of the total in 2021, compared with 48% in 2020

Energy Storage Project

North Carolina Electric Co-ops to Deploy 10 Storage Projects with FlexGen

Technology company FlexGen has been selected by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives as the solution provider for some ten energy storage projects that are s…

Transformer

GE’s Digital Power Transformers Selected for Multiple Projects Across the Globe

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced a series of recent wins for its low-maintenance, high-performing digital power transformers.

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and Northland Power Strengthen Their Position in the German Offshore Market

RWE and Northland Power have joined forces to co-develop a 1.3 GW cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea.

Wind Energy Technology

BW Ideol Signs Investment Agreement for Offshore Floating Wind Projects

The floating wind projects will be equipped with BW Ideol’s patented damping pool technology.

Energy Storage System

Sungrow, Enlight ink Deal for 430 MWh ESS in Israel

The ESS agreement is the largest signed to date in the country.

Solar Power Plant

India’s Non-Hydropower Renewables to Reach 229GW by End-2030

The country's non-hydropower renewables capacity in 2021 was at 102GW.

LNG

US Expected to be World's Biggest LNG Exporter as China Poised to Become Top Importer

Brazilian imports more than tripled amid a drought and weak hydropower generation soaring to 7.5 MMt in 2021

Energy Subsidies

Brazil Extends Controversial Coal Power Subsidy

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro signed a law granting a 15-year extension of a subsidy for coal power generation in Santa Catarina state, flying in the face …

Crude Oil

Libya Oil Pipeline Maintenance Completed

Libya's state-owned oil firm NOC expects the country's crude production to partially recover in the coming days following the early completion of pipeline maint…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Japan's Honda to Build Battery EV Plant in China

Japanese auto manufacturer Honda's Chinese subsidiary Dongfeng Honda plans to build a battery electric vehicle production plant in central China's Hubei provinc…

Energy Storage Battery

SK Innovation and Solid Power to Develop All-solid-state Battery

SK Innovation announced that it would invest US$30 million in Solid Power in order to develop all-solid-state batteries together.