Energy

Electric Vehicle Battery

Chinese Companies Raising Prices of EV Battery Raw Materials

Chinese companies have been raising prices of key raw materials for electric vehicle batteries such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel since November.

Solar Cell

Iran Brings 150MW Solar Cell Factory Online

Dec. 23 saw the inauguration of a new solar cell factory in the city of Khomeini, according to the Iranian government’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency …

China

Amid Global Energy Crunch, China’s Economic System Prevails Again

In late September, as an unusual cold wave arriving weeks earlier than previous years took the country by surprise, many residents in Northeast China were caugh…

Solar Power Panel

AE Solar to Build Solar Panel Plant in Bulgaria

German AE Solar will invest more than EUR 150 million in the construction of a solar panel factory near Plovdiv in 2022, Bulgarian energy minister Alexander Nik…

Green Energy: Which Sources are the Most Sustainable?

Fossil fuels still supply about 80% of the world’s power.

Crude Oil

Turkey's Drillship Fatih Starts Operations in Türkali-7 well

Turkey’s first drillship, Fatih, began drilling in the Türkali-7 location in the Black Sea on Dec. 24, according to Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Min…

Hydrogen Project

PSUs Scout for Partners to Build Green Hydrogen Plants

As the race to reach emission goals intensifies, state-run energy companies are hunting for partners to tie up and build green-hydrogen facilities to run their …

Solar Cell

Solar Batteries: How Renewable Battery Backups Work

Get the basics on how batteries store the sun's energy.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan's Shikoku Electric Buys 15% Stake in Coal Power Plant Project in Vietnam

Japan's Shikoku Electric Power Co Inc has announced that it had invested more than 10 billion yen to buy a 15% stake in the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant pr…

Energy Investment

EGYPT: Al-Nowais to Invest $1bn in Solar and Wind Farms

UAE-based investment company Al Nowais intends to invest $1 billion to develop two solar and wind farms in Egypt.

Power Construction

GE and Fujitsu to Partner on Japan T&D Solutions

GE’s Grid Solutions and Fujitsu have announced an agreement to sell GE’s EnergyAPM, asset performance management solutions, in Japan.

Carbon Emissions

South Africa Sets out to Tighten 2030 Emissions Target

South Africa’s economy is shifting from heavy industry to service sectors, allowing for deeper carbon cuts, but coal lingers in the energy mix

Hydrogen Project

Germany Approves €900M for Green Hydrogen Project H2Global

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection has approved €900 million for the innovative funding instrument H2Global.

Hydrogen Project

Mallorca’s ‘First’ Industrial Renewable Hydrogen Produced in Lloseta

Renewable hydrogen is now being produced at a facility in Lloseta, Mallorca, that could produce at least 300 tonnes of the clean energy car

Energy Storage Battery

$100 million to Build Large Scale Battery Storage

Joint release with Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction the Hon Angus Taylor MP