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Pumped Storage

California: We Need 1GW of New Long-Duration Energy Storage by 2026

California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition.

Gas Turbine

SGT6-9000HL Achieves First Fire at Duke Gas Turbine Test Site

Siemens Energy has successfully started up the first SGT6-9000HL gas turbine to kick off long-term testing phase in North Carolina.

Solar Power Plant

Scatec Completes 258MW Solar Power Complex in South Africa

Norway-based Scatec Solar and its partners have completed the works on the 258MW Upington solar power complex, located in South Africa.

Market Analysis

How COVID-19 will Affect Global Biofuels Demand

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is sending shockwaves through the global economy.

Offshore Wind Power

European Wind Investment Slides as Covid-19 Undercuts Spending Power

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to reduce liquidity in debt and equity markets, WindEurope says.

Oil Price

African Energy Chamber Urges OPEC and OPEC+ to End Oil Price War

OPEC and OPEC+ are set to meet in Vienna on Thursday, April 9 to try to reach a deal on ending the current oil prices war.

Solar Power Panel

Oil Companies Are Collapsing, but Wind and Solar Energy Keep Growing

The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been hammered by low oil and gas…

China's Energy Storage Industry Hopes for Rebound in Second Half of 2020

While nearly 80 per cent of respondents were concerned about "lower operating income and tighter liquidity", they remained confident about the prospects for rec…

Woodside Joins Japanese Consortium to Study Exporting Hydrogen

Australian LNG producer Woodside Energy has joined a consortium of Japanese companies to explore exporting carbon-neutral hydrogen.

Carbon capture

Large-Scale Carbon Capture Project Announced for Natural Gas Power Plant

Starwood energy will invest in the development of a large carbon capture facility for an existing natural gas power plant.

LNG

US FERC Approves US $10bn Jordan Cove LNG Project

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a certificate of approval to Pembina Pipeline to implement the proposed US $10bn Jordan Cove LNG p…

Gas Turbine

‘Major Milestone’ For Siemens

Siemens Energy said it has achieved a major milestone by successfully starting the world’s first SGT6-9000HL gas turbine at Duke Energy’s Lincoln Combustion T…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Supports Discharge of Fukushima Daiichi Water

A review of the management of treated water stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan has been carried out by the International Atomi…

Crude Oil

The World’s Biggest Oil Deal Can’t Save Crude Prices

G20 countries are set to send their oil minister for an emergency meeting on Friday, a sign that there is a chance that OPEC and Russia can pull in other oil-pr…

Blockchain

Canadian Conservation Authorities Hold Green Energy Blockchain Pilot

Officials in the province of Ontario are working with the Insolar technology firm.