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Electricity Reform

Mexican Electricity Reform Approved for Final Vote

Mexico's lower house approved an electricity reform bill that seeks to strengthen state power company CFE's market position, clearing the way for a final vote i…

Jordan

IRENA Report Identifies Policy Measures to Advance Jordan’s Transition to Renewables

Renewables readiness assessment report highlights seven key action areas to accelerate the country’s uptake of renewables

Net Zero Emission

Biden says U.S., Canada to Work Toward Achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to work toward achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Natural Gas

Turboden and Siemens Energy Upgrade Gas Compressor Station in Egypt

Turboden, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, has been selected to supply a high-temperature Organic Rankine Cycle system to GASCO’s Dahshour gas comp…

Thermal Plant

Valmet to Automate Malaysia’s Second-Largest Thermal Power Plant

In Malaysia, Kapar Energy Ventures, a subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad and Malakoff Corporation Berhad, has selected technology firm Valmet to automate its …

Energy Storage Battery

EDF to Optimise Utility-Scale Battery Projects for Eelpower

UK utility EDF has been selected by UK energy storage projects operator Eelpower to optimise some three grid-scale battery energy storage projects.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Nikola Announces Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Vehicle Lineup

Nikola Corp on Tuesday disclosed details on its hydrogen fuel-cell-powered product lineup that will include vehicles with a driving range of up to 900 miles.

Energy Storage Battery

Shanghai Electric and Pacific Green to Manufacture Battery Storage Systems

Shanghai Electric Guoxuan New Energy Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pacific Green Technologies for the manufacturing of battery energy…

Solar Materials

JinkoSolar and Tongwei to Sign Strategic Co-Operation Agreement

According to the agreement, JinkoSolar will own a 35% equity stake in the 45 000 t high-purity crystalline silicon project, while Tongwei will hold a 30% equity…

Hydrogen Project

Green Hydrogen Export Hub Planned for Northeast Brazil

Australian renewable energy company Enegix Energy is partnering with Ceará state government on the development of Brazil’s first major green hydrogen project.…

Saudi Arabia

Long-Serving Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani Dies at 90

Saudi state television reported his death, without offering a cause. It said he would be buried in the Muslim holy city of Mecca

Oil Pipeline

Republicans Sound Alarm Over Major U-Turn by Biden Admin on Russia-to-Europe Gas Pipeline

The report to Congress named two enterprises previously sanctioned by the Trump administration — the Russian pipe-laying ship ‘Fortuna’ and its owner KVT-RUS…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iraq Freezes Crude Prepayment Deal with China’s Zhenhua

Iraq has frozen a five-year crude prepayment deal with Chinese state-owned trading firm Zhenhua because of rising oil prices, oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Is…

Oil Exploration

Shell Delays US Offshore Production Start ups

Shell has delayed the startup of the PowerNap and Vito deepwater projects in the US Gulf of Mexico because of Covid-19-related issues.

Crude Oil

Texas Refineries Restarting After Power Loss

Texas refineries reported restarting units shut last week after subfreezing temperatures and a power crisis abruptly cut 28pc of US crude processing capacity.