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Power Construction

Texas Grid Operators Have Another Mess On Their Hands

It’s been one heck of a year for Texas energy grids. Six months ago only a very select group of industry insiders and policy nerds had ever heard of The Electr…

Nuclear Power Plant

SMRs to Help Rolls-Royce Meet Net-Zero Ambition

British engineering firm Rolls-Royce will ensure its new products are compatible with net zero by 2030 and its whole business by 2050.

Nuclear Equipment

China Starts Building Underground Lab

Construction of the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory has begun near Jiuquan City in China's Gansu province, the China Atomic Energy Authority has announc…

Solar Power Plant

Australia Powers Town Completely with 100% on-Grid Solar

The town of Onslow in Australia has reached a milestone within the renewables sector after consumers were powered completely by non-fossil energy or hydropower …

Energy Investment

Aramco Closes $12.4bn Pipelines Deal with EIG-led Consortium

Sale of a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines attracted investors from North America, Asia and the Middle East

Energy Investment

UAE was the World's 15th-Biggest Recipient of Foreign Investment Last Year

The Emirates secured more capital from global investors than the UK in 2020

Japan

Japan's Central Bank to Launch Climate Change Scheme

The Japanese central bank plans to launch a new scheme this year to provide funds for Japanese financial institutions that try to combat climate change through …

Energy Storage Battery

China’s Ronbay Starts Building Battery Material Plant

The project in Zunyi city has a designed capacity of 100,000 t/yr.

Coal Trade

India's NTPC Plans No Coal Imports Again in 2021-22

India's biggest state-controlled power utility NTPC is not planning to seek new coal imports during the April 2021 to March 2022 financial year, given ample dom…

Electricity Transmission

Xinjiang's Electricity Transmission Tops 400 bln kWh

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has transmitted over 400 billion kilowatt-hours of locally generated electricity to other parts of the countr…

Wind Power Project

Albania Holds the First Wind Energy Bid

Albania began bidding on its first onshore wind program on Monday with the aim of diversifying water-based energy production.

Digitalization

AES Ohio Secures Green Light for $249m Smart Grid Project

The Public Utility Commission of Ohio has granted US utility AES Ohio approval to implement phase 1 of its $249 million smart grid programme.

Net Zero Emission

Devon Energy Sets Net Zero 2050 Emissions Targets, ESG Performance Goals

Devon Energy announced it is establishing new environmental performance targets focused on reducing the carbon intensity of its operations, minimizing freshwate…

Crude Oil

Venezuela’s Oil Boss Projects Soaring Output, Despite Crumbling Infrastructure and U.S. Sanctions

In Venezuela, waiting in line at a gas station -- sometimes for days -- has become so routine that it’s hard to imagine life without it.

Hydrogen Project

Petroleum Refineries should Lead the Green Hydrogen Story

In the lead-up to the COP26 summit in Glasgow later this year, Green Hydrogen has started witnessing an extraordinary spike in interest amongst governments, int…