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Oil & Gas Trade

Global Oil Demand to Hit a Plateau Around 2030, IEA Predicts

Global oil demand will hit a plateau around 2030 as the use of more efficient cars and electric vehicles ends an expansion that dominated the past century, the …

Geothermal Demonstration Projects to Be Deployed in France and Iceland

To boost the market penetration of geothermal power in Europe, the MEET Project was established to demonstrate the viability of Enhanced Geothermal Systems with…

DEEP Advances Field Work for First Geothermal Power to Saskatchewan Grid

DEEP Earth Energy Production Corporation commenced work on the second well for its Saskatchewan geothermal power project in early October, CEO Kirsten Marcia to…

Microgrid

National Grid Bags Two 2019 Innovation Awards for Energy Storage Projects

US utility National Grid has been recognised as Energy Storage North America (ESNA) 2019 Innovation Award winners for innovative microgrid and behind-the-meter …

Promising Times for Geothermal in the UK Highlighted

BritGeothermal, Town Rock Energy Ltd and EGS Energy Ltd organised the 7th edition of the UK Geothermal Symposium hosted by the Geological Society at Burlington …

Viewpoint: Geothermal – a Transformational Energy for Sustainability

Geothermal is a unique energy resource – and one that has been increasingly gaining its space in the development and donor communities.

Electricity Trade

Energy Trading via Power Pools Can Ease Energy Poverty

Trade in electricity helps bring down energy prices, mitigate against power shocks, relieve shortages, facilitate decarbonisation and provide incentives for mar…

Wind Turbine

ABS Largest Floating Wind Turbine in the World - 8.4MW

It is the first of three ABS-classed, SEMI Submersible Type units designed by Principle Power housing MHI Vestas turbines that will make up for a total of 25 MW…

IGC Turkey Highlights Optimism for Geothermal Energy

Following the incredibly paced growth of Turkey’s geothermal sector, the immediate future is less clear. Anxiously waiting for the announcement of the continua…

World Energy Outlook

IEA—World Energy Outlook 2019 Highlights Deep Disparities in the Global Energy System

The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the insufficiency of stated policies to curb those emissions in line with…

EV Technology

UK's Most Efficient Solar-Powered Electric Car at 50 Miles Per Hour

Undergraduate students at Cambridge University have teamed up with Formula 1 engineering experts and Bridgestone to design and build Helia — a solar-powered el…

Solar Technology

New Material Points Toward Highly Efficient Solar Cells

A new type of material for next-generation solar cells eliminates the need to use lead, which has been a major roadblock for this technology.

Heat Pumps Will Be the Next Focus for Energy-Efficiency Gains

Leaders from regional energy efficiency organizations said the answers will include heat pumps for space and water heating, strategic energy management programs…

China to Impose New Restrictions on Small Hydro Plants

China will ban the construction of small hydropower plants in regions that already have an electricity surplus and encourage new dams in poor and remote locatio…

New Route to Carbon-Neutral Fuels from Carbon Dioxide

Researchers have discovered a practical starting point for converting carbon dioxide into sustainable liquid fuels, including fuels for heavier modes of transpo…