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Carbon Neutral

Japan PM Suga Sets 2050 Deadline for Carbon Neutrality

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world's third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the…

Australia

Solar Meets South Australia’s Total Energy Demand for First Time

Australia hit a renewable energy milestone early in October when solar power provided 100% of South Australia’s energy needs for a whole hour.

Electric Vehicle Charging

EV Charging Market Takes High Road at Smarter Mobility Africa

International automation company ABB will be showcasing its electric EV charging capability and expertise in the run-up to the Smarter Mobility Africa Live virt…

Hualong One

Nuclear Power Unit with China-Developed Reactor Achieves Criticality

China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, achieves criticality. It will start ope…

Oil & Gas Trade

South Korea Increasing LNG Imports from the United States

The United States’ LNG exports hit an all-time high with a year-on-year increase of 40.1 percent. South Korea, the largest importer, increased its imports by 2…

New Deal Between Australia and Singapore on Low-Emissions Technology

Australia and Singapore have agreed to collaborate on development of new technology to reduce emissions, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed on Mond…

Electric Car

BYD, Hino form Chinese Commercial BEV Joint Venture

Chinese auto manufacturer BYD has signed an agreement with Japanese vehicle producer Hino Motors to set up a joint venture in China to produce commercial batter…

Crude Oil

Putin Leaves Door Open for Opec+ Cuts Extension

Russian president Vladimir Putin says that Opec+ could maintain or even deepen its existing crude production cuts next year, the first time Russia has acknowled…

Oil Price

Global Oil Prices to Recover in 2021, Reaching $44 pb: World Bank

In its semi-annual commodity markets outlook report, which focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on such markets, the WB said that oil prices are expe…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Oil-Rich UAE Turning to Coal-Fired Power

"The use of coal in power generation is squeezed by low-carbon generation, including hydro, wind, solar and nuclear power, which have been less affected by the …

Australia

Adelaide’s Pioneering Hydrogen Plant in Final Stages

Adelaide’s pioneering hydrogen production plant, Hydrogen Park South Australia, is now in the final commissioning stages, and is set to supply industry, starti…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

RATP Beginning Tests of Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen Bus in Paris

In 2019, during the UITP Global Public Transport Summit representatives of Solaris and RATP Group signed a contract for lease and tests of the Urbino 12 hydroge…

Nuclear Technology

USNC-Tech Develops Deep Space Propulsion System

The concept uses a specialised variation of USNC's proprietary fully ceramic microencapsulated, tristructural isotropic fuel, developed for use in power reactor…

Biobattery

Honeywell Installs 100th Biomethane Injection Station to GRDF

Honeywell on Oct. 13 announced the installation of its 100th biomethane grid injection station to GRDF, the primary gas distribution operator in France, to supp…

Energy Storage Battery

Rosatom Equips Cars with Lithium-ion Batteries for the First Russian Electric Kart Race

RENERA LLC, a subsidiary of the TVEL Fuel Company and Rosatom’s integrator for energy storage solutions, has organized the first electric kart race in Russia. …