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Electric Vehicles

BMW to Build X5 PHEV in Brazil

Following a sales record for electrified vehicles in Brazil last year, the BMW Group is announcing local production of the BMW X5, the first premium plug-in hyb…

Carbon Capture

Volvo Cars Uses Biogas to Achieve Its First Climate-Neutral Plant in China

Volvo Cars’ Taizhou manufacturing plant has switched to biogas, making it the company’s first plant in China to achieve climate-neutral status. The …

Crude Oil

Niger and China Sign Crude Oil MoU Worth $400 Mln, Says Niger State TV

Niger has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese state-owned oil giant China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) worth $400 million linked to the sale of …

Solar Power Plant

Egyptian Solar Set to Expand Beyond the Massive 1.8 GW Benban PV Project

Egypt was one of the first African countries to develop large scale renewable energy projects and had 555 MW of wind power generation capacity by 2012. That was…

Oil & Gas Trade

IEA Lowers Global Oil Demand Forecasts on Weak OECD Consumption

The IEA's forecast on Friday stands in stark contrast to Opec's outlook released on Thursday. ReutersThe International Energy Agency has revised down it…

Hydropower Plant

Death Toll Rises to Seven Following Bargi Hydropower Plant Incident, Enel Green Power Issues Statement

Seven workers have been confirmed dead following the explosion at Enel Green Power’s hydroelectric power plant in Bargi, near Bologna, Italy. Rescuers rec…

Nuclear waste

Waste Transfer Milestone at Scottish Plant

The retrieval has been completed of more than 2100 tonnes of solid intermediate-level radioactive waste from five above-ground concrete bunkers at the Huntersto…

Solar Power Plant

Interior Finalizes Rule to Cut Solar and Wind Fees up to 80% on Public Land, Permits New Projects

(Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash )The Department of the Interior (DOI) has finalized a rule that will cut fees by up to 80% for wind and …

Energy Storage Project

ESB's Co-located BESS Project in Scotland Given Greenlight

Contego BESS site between FRV and Harmony Energy. Image: Harmony Energy.ESB, an Irish state-owned utility company, has been granted planning consent to develop …

Carbon Capture

Enfinium in Plans for £200M Carbon Capture and Storage Facility in North Wales

Plans for a £200m flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in North Wales have been revealed.Enfinium, a leading UK energy from waste operator,…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

EU Awards About €115M of Grants for the Roll-Out of 43 New Hydrogen Refuelling Stations

A European Commission agency has awarded about €115m ($123m) of grant funding for the roll-out of 43 new hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) across seven E…

Electric Vehicles

China's Chery to Set up Shop in Europe

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. This would be Chery’s fir…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Acquires Approval in Principle (Aip) From Classification Society Classnk for Ammonia Fuel Supply System (AFSS)

-- Approved in Tandem with Ammonia Gas Abatement System (AGAS) --- AFSS developed for WinGD's "X-DF-A" large, low-speed 2-stroke marine engines- Total suppo…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen Uncertainty Could Delay Uptake of Low-Carbon Heating

Without clear evidence on hydrogen's role in home heating, the development of other low-carbon alternatives could be delayed, according to a new report from…

Solar Power Plant

800MW NSIP Finishes Second Consultation as 82% of Locals Support Solar

Springwell Solar Farm will be developed in Lincolnshire and have a capacity of 800MW. Image: EDF.EDF Renewables UK has found that Lincolnshire residents favour …