Ets

Hybrid Power Plant

Wärtsilä and Partners to Cooperate in Wind-to-Hydrogen-to-Electricity Project

Wärtsilä Finland, the energy companies Vaasan Sähkö and EPV Energia, and the City of Vaasa, Finland have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in a project…

CCS

Qatar Sets 7mn t/yr 2030 Carbon Capture Target

Qatar's state-owned QP has set itself a target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including plans to capture and store more than 7mn t/yr of CO2 from i…

Coal Trade

Coal Exports from Port of Newcastle Strong Despite China's Ban on Australian Coal

While Australian coal remains off limits in China, the trade tensions have barely dented overall export figures from Australia's largest coal terminal, with pro…

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency Law Passed in Chile

Chile’s first energy efficiency law targets initially a 10% reduction in energy intensity by 2030 compared to 2019.

Market Analysis

Cold Weather and New Regulations Spark Record Power Prices in the British Isles

Electricity market analyst EnAppSys has published a new study that reveals a week of tight margins and system warnings led to extreme power prices in the Britis…

France

Total to Keep up Renewables Energy Investments in 2021, Says CEO

Total will be as active in adding renewable energy assets in 2021 as it was last year, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne told an Oddo BHF conference on Friday.

Market Analysis

Wood Mackenzie reveals energy sector’s top ten trends in 2021

Wood Mackenzie analysts on what we should expect in energy in the coming year, from oil markets to solar costs and coal exports to EVs.

Crude Oil

Petrobras Sets Oil Production Record in 2020

Robust Chinese demand for pre-salt crude buoyed Brazil' state-controlled Petobras in 2020, helping spur record output of 2.28mn b/d of oil.

Hydropower Plant

India Gets $231m ADB Aid for Lower Kopili Hydro Project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $231 million loan to fund the construction of the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power (LKHEP) plant in Central Assa…

Smart Grid

New UK DERMS Project Targets Flexibility Across Distribution and Transmission Grids

Smarter Grid Solutions to work with the regional DNO and U.K. system operator on the whole-system platform.

Hydrogen Project

Norwegian Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gets Financial Boost

Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, wit…

Brexit

Brexit Creates Major Problem For UK Energy Companies

In the international electricity markets, countries fall into one of three categories: those that provide adequately for their needs like the US, those with exc…

Hydropower Plant

Investment for Brookfield’ Sidney A. Murray, Jr. hydro facility

The 192MW run-of-river station located adjacent to the Mississippi River in Concordia Parish, is one of the leading sustainable assets in Louisiana.

Wind Turbine

Vestas Secures 15 GW of Wind Power Orders in 2020

During the final days of 2020, wind turbine maker Vestas reported 572 MW of orders in various European markets, including three in Italy.

Energy Investment

Fluence Gets $125 million Energy Storage Investment Boost from Qatar

The Qatar Investment Authority has committed $125 million investment to global energy storage provider Fluence.