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Market Analysis

Argentina’s Oil Boom Is Showing Signs Of Life

After the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its economy, there are signs that Argentina’s once burgeoning oil industry is coming back to life.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom: Final Stage of the Physical Start-Up is Underway at Belarusian NPP Unit 1

11th October 2020 2:26 a.m. Ostrovets, Belarus – Unit No. 1 at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, equipped with the VVER-1200 reactor has been brought to mini…

Electric Car

Norwegian Importer Expects EVs To Claim 90% Of Volkswagen Sales In 2021

The all new Volkswagen ID.3 was the best selling electric car in Norway in September, outpacing the vaunted Tesla Model 3.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Seeks Approval To Produce Battery Cells In Texas

As we know from Tesla’s Q2 2020 shareholder letter and 10-Q, Tesla plans to produce the Model Y and Cybertruck at its Texas gigafactory near Austin, which is c…

Coal Production

S. Korea's Coal Use for Power Generation Dips 7% in 2019

South Korea's coal consumption for electricity generation decreased 7 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to its efforts to cut carbon emissions.

Energy Storage Project

Energy Storage Urgently Needs to Scale in Europe, Eurelectric Advises

Energy storage needs to contribute to an up to 500GW flexible power requirement in Europe by 2030 and more beyond.

Energy Storage Battery

EIB Supports Swedish Battery Innovator with €47 Million Loan

The European Investment Bank has signed a €47 million loan with Swedish battery innovator Nilar.

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Market to Expand by 40.7% by 2027

The global electric vehicle market volume was 2,2 million units in 2019 and is expected to register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.7% from 2020 to 2…

Smart Grid

Hydro-Québec to Lead Development of Smart Grid Co-Simulation Platforms

Smart grid modelling is set to benefit from a new Canadian R&D partnership established by Hydro Quebec’s research centre.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy Market Heats Up As Big Oil Moves In

Installed geothermal capacity is forecast to expand in the next five years as energy companies diversify into alternative markets, driven by the accelerating en…

Electric Car

Uruguay’s State Utility Advances Emobility

UTE, Uruguay’s national electricity utility, is supporting emobility with charge points for EVs and the introduction of hydrogen for freight transport.

LNG

POSCO Targets LNG Storage Market by Teaming up with ExxonMobil

POSCO has joined hands with ExxonMobil to make a foray into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and fuel tank market.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hyundai Motor Delivers World’s First Hydrogen Electric Trucks in Switzerland

Hyundai Motor Co. delivered its Xcient hydrogen electric trucks to customers in Lucerne, Switzerland on Oct. 7.

Graphene

The Truth About Graphene - What's the Hold Up?

The truth about graphene - what's the hold up?

Graphene

A Potential Source of Clean, Limitless Energy

​Paul Thibado discovered that under the right circumstances, temperature changes caused by ambient heat makes graphene ripple and buckle.