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Coal Mine

Government Auctions over 200 Coal Blocks for Commercial Mining in 5 Years

The government will open up the Indian coal sector with a large offering of over 200 blocks for commercial coal mining in the next five years having a potential…

Oil & Gas Trade

Ukraine Approves Tariffs for Russian Gas Transit to Europe

Ukraine has approved tariffs for Russian gas transit and granted a licence to its new gas pipeline system operator, the necessary steps on the way to complete a…

Crude

​Shell Wins Auction of Guyana's First Three Crude Oil Cargoes

Royal Dutch Shell won the rights to market Guyana’s first cargoes of crude oil, the government said on Tuesday, just days after oil production began and launch…

What's Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was conceived of by the French engineer Jacques D'Arsonval in 1881. OTEC is a potential alternative energy source that ne…

The Africa Energy Forum 2020

The Africa Energy Forum (aef) is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. What we deliver is simpl…

Company Idles Virginia Coal Mine due U.S. and China Trade War

A company that owns a coal mine in Virginia has furloughed 600 workers until the end of the year. The reported reason behind the move is the trade war between t…

Ditching Coal for Renewables would Cut Carbon and Costs

In Indonesia, a major producer and consumer of coal, politicians often argue that continued reliance on the highly polluting fossil fuel remains an economic nec…

CHP

The Potential of Hydrothermal Geothermal Energy for CHP Generation in Germany

A new study released provides an estimate on the technical and economically feasible geothermal potential for both power and heat generation.

Converting Waste into Useful Energy by Improving Microbial Fuel Cells

Scientists at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute are working microbial fuel cells or MFCs, which target electrons from waste streams and convert th…

Energy Storage System

First Long-Duration, Liquid Air Energy Storage System in the US Announced

The development of the first long-duration liquid air energy storage system in the US has been announced. The 50MW/400MWh storage system will be located in nort…

AW-Energy Oy Secures New European Patents for Wave Roller

AW-Energy Oy, Finnish wave energy technology developer,has been granted new patents protecting the use of WaveRoller in 38 countries across Europe from the Euro…

Eskom to Get R6bn Loan for Battery Storage System

The New Development Bank (NDB) will give Eskom a R6-billion loan to build a massive battery storage system in order to meet greater electricity demands.

Combined Wind,Wave And Solar Will Transform The Marine Renewable Energy Market

Delegates at the ‘Marine Renewable Energy and Offshore Aquaculture’ seminar in Lisbon, Portugal, heard about a series of advances involving deep water floatin…

Distributed energy

Glendale will get a Piece of Landmark Solar-Energy, Battery Storage Project

Glendale will be getting a small piece of one of the country’s largest and cheapest forthcoming solar and battery energy storage projects.

How Can Supercomputing Help to Improve Building Energy Efficiency ?

In the United States, building energy use is a serious problem: buildings account for 70 percent of total electricity consumption, with the plurality of the ene…