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Coal Company

Trump Scores a Win for Coal in Blow to Renewable Energy

President Donald Trump can claim a victory for his friends in the coal industry after his hand-picked energy regulators changed the rules in the biggest U.S. po…

Distributed Grid

Mount Athos Mini Grid Provides Template for Greece

A monastic community on the Mt Athos peninsula this year installed a solar-storage-diesel mini-grid which is set to be augmented by a biomass combined heat and …

Anglo American Pledges to Align Lobbying with Paris Agreement

Activist investors celebrate after mining giant promises to realign all its lobbying activity, including that done on its behalf by industry associations, with …

Global Coal Demand Declines while Renewables on the Rise

Global coal demand is expected to decline this year but to remain broadly stable over the next five years – a period during which renewables will supply a majo…

Gas turbine engine

Voith Group Acquires Electric Motors And Generators Manufacturer Elin Motoren GmbH

The transaction is expected to be completed at the beginning of the second quarter 2020 and is subject to regulatory approvals. The parties agreed not to disclo…

Global Petroleum Show 2020

Global Petroleum Show Unites oil and gas industry for a stronger futureThe 51st running of North America’s Leading Energy Event, the Global Petroleum Show…

Crude

600-gallon Oil Spill Left Parts of the Galapagos Islands

The spill is reportedly the result of an error at a port on San Cristobal Island. An accident saw a crane collapse as it was loading a barge with a container ca…

Power Construction

Mahagenco Shut Down Power Plant to Get Environmental Clearance

Mahagenco is so desperate to get environmental clearance for its two new 660MW units at Koradi that it is resorting to underhand tactics.

Electricity Transmission

GE to Deliver Turnkey Grid Substation to Saudi Plant

The plant, which will provide fresh water for over 1.8 million people, is expected to be completed in 2021.

PowerGrid Technology

National Grid Energizes UK Substation with GE’s Grid Technology

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has left a mark on the world with the stimulation of the Bolney substation — the first of three substations to b…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

San Diego Reaches 2020 Climate Goals Two Years Early

San Diego reached its 2020 goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions two years ahead of schedule, according to a city report set to be released Monday.

German Lawmakers Agree Climate Package

On December 18, 2019, the mediation committee of the lower and upper houses of the German parliament (Bundestag and Bundesrat) announced an agreement on the Gov…

‘Breakthrough Technology’ Uses Sunlight to Produce Renewable Hydrogen

HyperSolar Inc. said it has demonstrated a working version of a “large-scale hydrogen unit device” that it expects will lead to the production of full-sized p…

WIN EURASIA

WIN EURASIA: 360 Degree Manufacturing IndustryAs 6 trade fairs come together within the scope of WIN EURASIA, exhibitors and visitors will have a unique opportu…

Electricity Transmission

AfDB And African Union Develop Continent-wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…