Energy

Tidal Energy

Sabella Acquires GE's Tidal Assets

Sabella has acquired the tidal energy assets of GE Renewable Energy.

Crude Oil

Belarus to Raise Export Duties on Oil

Belarus will raise export duties on oil and oil products for destinations outside the Eurasian Economic Union, on Feb. 1, 2021, the government said in a stateme…

Energy Storage Project

Siemens Energy to Build Black-Start Battery Storage for Gas-Fired Plant

Siemens Energy will handle engineering, procurement and construction duties to build a battery-based, black-start generation system at a California power plant,…

Electric Car

CATL Builds Fourth Phase of Jiangsu Battery Plant

Major Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amparex Technology has started constructing the fourth phase of its power Major Chinese battery producer Contemporar…

Blockchain

Germany Launches Blockchain Energy Trading Project

Germany has launched a state-subsidised research project that will look at how to make use of blockchain technology in adapting power trading to the growing sha…

Oil Field

Petrobras Inks Deals for Sale of Shallow-Water Fields

Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras is selling its whole interest in two shallow-water fields located in the Espírito Santo Basin offshore Brazil.

United Arab Emirates

Energy Launches Policy Department Of Energy Launches Policy For Energy Production From Waste

The policy aims to address the potential challenges to the development of Energy from Waste in Abu Dhabi

Power Construction

Sierra Leone Secures $50m Grant to Boost Access to Electricity

The World Bank board of executive directors has approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association to improve access to electricity in …

Cooperation case

China's Yunnan to Become Clean-Energy Base

Southwest China's Yunnan Province plans to build itself into a national clean-energy base, local authorities said Wednesday.

Battery Recycling

Volkswagen Group Components Begins Battery Recycling Pilot

Volkswagen Group Components opened the Group’s first plant for recycling electric car batteries in Salzgitter.

Wind Turbine Blade

Siemens Gamesa Mulls Building US Blade Factory

Siemens Gamesa is considering opening a US turbine blade factory in Virginia in partnership with Dominion Energy.

Electric Vehicle Battery

SK Innovation to Build 30 GWh Battery Plant in Hungary

SK Innovation will set up an additional electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Hungary to respond to the rapid expansion of the European EV market.

Solar Power Plant

EDF Renewables Switches on 214 MW of Solar + Storage in Southern California

EDF Renewables North America completed and reached commercial operation of the Desert Harvest 1 and Desert Harvest 2 Solar Projects.

Solar Power Plant

Major Milestone for World’s Biggest Solar Project

The world’s biggest solar+storage project is a step closer to realization, as the government of Australia’s Northern Territory and Singapore-based Sun Cable h…

Hydrogen Project

Centrica Joins the UK’s Hydrogen Taskforce

The Hydrogen Taskforce is delighted to welcome another member to its growing coalition of the UK’s largest organisations that operate and innovate in and acros…