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Solar Power Plant

Shoprite Expands Its Rooftop and Refrigeration Solar PV Project

The Shoprite Group now generates enough electricity to power over 1,100 households a year from solar energy, following the installation of rooftop PV panels at …

Personnel Appointment

Global Wind Energy Council Appoints New COO to Lead Global Operations

The Global Wind Energy Council has appointed a new chief operating officer, Stewart Mullin, who previously worked as the global director of public affairs and i…

Oil Exploration

Woodside to go Ahead with Myanmar Exploration Plans Regardless of Coup

Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum believes that the military coup in Myanmar is just “a transitionary issue” and will not affect its offshore drillin…

Energy Storage System

Singapore Selects Hitachi ABB for Virtual Power Plant Storage

Technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to provide its energy storage solution for Singapore’s first virtual power plant.

Oil Price

Goldman Sachs Sees Minimal Oil Price Impact from Texas Freeze

Oil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South, creating a…

Crude Oil

Oil Drops as Investors Gauge Big Chill Impact on US Refineries

US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2% to $59.3 a barrel on Friday.

Natural Gas

Texas Energy Regulator Extends Gas Prioritization

State energy regulator Texas Railroad Commission late yesterday extended orders prioritizing natural gas for power generation, residences and hospitals and lowe…

LNG

Woodside Signs new LNG Supply Deal with Germany’s RWE

Australian independent Woodside Petroleum has signed a seven-year, 840,000 t/yr sales and purchase agreement to sell LNG to the energy trading unit of German ut…

Energy Security

Extreme Weather Conditions Harm RWE’s Renewables Electricity Generation in the US State of Texas

Operations teams focus on resuming production at RWE’s affected onshore wind turbinesRWE expects significant negative earnings impact in Onshore Wind/Solar seg…

Energy Storage Project

Startup Verkor Teams up with Consultancy Capgemini for 16GWh Lithium-Ion ‘Smart Factory’ in France

Digital software company Capgemini is partnering with battery energy storage startup Verkor to help bring to life a 16GWh-capacity lithium-ion cell factory in F…

Pumped Storage

Pumped Hydro ‘Can Save £700m in System Costs’

Imperial College study finds current policy and market framework is not conducive to investment

Hydrogen Technology

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO form Hydrogen Partnership

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO have formed a new hydrogen partnership, through which they will jointly develop hydrogen energy utilisation technologies.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Indian Oil Signs Pact with Greenstat Norway for Hydrogen Fuel

In the Union Budget for 2021-22, the government pledged to focus on generating hydrogen from green power sources as well as build more diverse and efficient ene…

Solar Power Plant

Eni to Grow Green Footprint in Spain After Buying Three Solar Power Plants

The plants have a total installed capacity of 140 MW, Eni said, adding it was in talks with X-Elio to develop more renewable energy projects in the country to r…

Energy Security

Texas to Raise Energy Prices and Suspend Price Cap Amid Winter Storm

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has announced sweeping changes to the state’s energy pricing structure amid the ongoing winter storm, including highe…