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Oil&Gas Drilling

Lebanon Begins 'Historic' Offshore Oil Drilling Amid Crisis

Lebanon's president Thursday inaugurated the Mediterranean country's first offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas, calling it a “historic day” for the …

Slovakia Launches First Renewables Auction

The ceiling price for solar and wind power has been set at €84.98/MWh. It is expected around 30 MW of generation capacity will be allocated and solar projects …

Wind Power Now US’s Most-Used Renewable Energy Source

In 2019, annual wind generation in the U.S. exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, with wind power the country’s top renewable power source, the…

Install 200 Electric Vehicle (ev) Charging Stations Across Brazil

The chargers will have 22 kW of power and be fire, shock and weather proof. The partnership comes after the announcement of the arrival in Brazil of the Audi e-…

Bayat Natural Gas Power Plant

Bayat natural gas-fired power plant, which is planned to be constructed in Sheberghan, the capital of Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan, will be the first gas-fired…

IHA launches $1m assessment fund for sustainable hydropower projects

A new sustainability fund has been launched to aid hydropower project developers and operators in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas to benchmark and raise t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Fuel Loading Begins at UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Plant

The United Arab Emirates on 19 February began loading the first nuclear fuel rods into the reactor at unit 1 of its Barakah nuclear power plant.

Thermal Plant

How Siemens Gamesa Could Give Coal Plants a Second Life

The ETES thermal battery can offer coal plants a new life as heat and power storage hubs. The first customer for a full-size version could be on-board as early …

Nuclear Power Plant

France’s Oldest Nuclear Plant to Close

The French Government is to initiate a shutdown of the first reactor of the EDF-owned Fessenheim plant, the country’s oldest nuclear power plant, after 43 year…

Oil & Gas Trade

Guyana Celebrates 1st Oil Shipment after Major Discovery

Guyana's government on Thursday prepared to sell its first barrels of oil after the discovery of large quantities of oil and gas near the South American country…

Nuclear Power Plant

First Contracts Awarded for Egypt’s $25bn Dabaa Nuclear Power Station

Atomstroyexport, the subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom nuclear engineer overseeing the construction of Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant, announced on Sunday tha…

Solar Power Panel

First Floating Solar in the Middle East Set for Commissioning

The small resort island of Nurai in Abu Dhabi looks set to commission what will be the Middle East’s first floating solar plant, with Dubai-based solar develop…

Hydrogen Project

UK Government Backs World-first Low Carbon Hydrogen Projects

The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £13m ($17m) to fund two world-first hydrogen projects led by th…

Nuclear Power Plant

The UAE OKed to Operate 1st Nuclear Power Plant

The United Arab Emirates independent nuclear regulator Monday issued the operating license for Unit 1 of the country’s $24.4 billion Barakah Nuclear Power Plan…

Solar Power Plant

Rio Tinto to Build Solar Plant in Western Australia

Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced plans to build its first solar plant and a lithium-ion battery energy storage system at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara,…