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Combined Heat and Power

Wärtsilä Completes 100MW Combined Heat and Power Plant for German Utility

Technology firm Wärtsilä has announced that it has completed and handed over a 100MW combined heat and power plant to German utility Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbade…

Energy Storage System

Singapore Selects Hitachi ABB for Virtual Power Plant Storage

Technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to provide its energy storage solution for Singapore’s first virtual power plant.

Oil Price

Goldman Sachs Sees Minimal Oil Price Impact from Texas Freeze

Oil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South, creating a…

Crude Oil

Oil Drops as Investors Gauge Big Chill Impact on US Refineries

US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2% to $59.3 a barrel on Friday.

Paris Climate Agreement

US Returns to Paris Climate Agreement

The US officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement today, with the country's top climate diplomat calling for more action by the world's major emitters.

Natural Gas

Texas Energy Regulator Extends Gas Prioritization

State energy regulator Texas Railroad Commission late yesterday extended orders prioritizing natural gas for power generation, residences and hospitals and lowe…

LNG

Woodside Signs new LNG Supply Deal with Germany’s RWE

Australian independent Woodside Petroleum has signed a seven-year, 840,000 t/yr sales and purchase agreement to sell LNG to the energy trading unit of German ut…

Hydrogen Technology

Enel Green Power and Saras Partner on Green Hydrogen

Enel Green Power and Saras signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia, Italy.

United States

American Clean Power Association Statement on Power Outages in Texas

The American Clean Power Association today issued the following statement on the ongoing power outages in Texas

Energy Security

Extreme Weather Conditions Harm RWE’s Renewables Electricity Generation in the US State of Texas

Operations teams focus on resuming production at RWE’s affected onshore wind turbinesRWE expects significant negative earnings impact in Onshore Wind/Solar seg…

Energy Storage Project

Startup Verkor Teams up with Consultancy Capgemini for 16GWh Lithium-Ion ‘Smart Factory’ in France

Digital software company Capgemini is partnering with battery energy storage startup Verkor to help bring to life a 16GWh-capacity lithium-ion cell factory in F…

Solar Power Plant

Enel Starts Up 133-MW Part of Soon-to-be Gigantic Solar Complex in Brazil

Italian utility group Enel SpA said that the 133-MW expansion of its Sao Goncalo solar farm in Brazil has reached commercial operation.

Carbon Emissions

EU ‘on Track to Miss 2030 Emissions Target’

Wood Mackenzie has forecast the EU will fall short of achieving its 2030 emissions reduction target unless it accelerates wind and solar buildout.

Pumped Storage

Pumped Hydro ‘Can Save £700m in System Costs’

Imperial College study finds current policy and market framework is not conducive to investment

Hydrogen Technology

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO form Hydrogen Partnership

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO have formed a new hydrogen partnership, through which they will jointly develop hydrogen energy utilisation technologies.