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Global Power Industry Tenders In December 2019: Solar Technology Declines 24%

Comparing tenders activity in solar technology in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position with 65 tenders and a share of 72.2% during…

How Solar Geoengineering Could Mitigate Climate Change And Poverty

As the world’s experts race to find ways to combat climate change, new findings reveal that an experimental process to redirect the sun’s energy could mitigat…

​New York to Invest $2bn in Utility Energy Efficiency Initiatives to Combat Climate Change

As part of the initiative, the New York State Public Service Commission has approved energy efficiency and electric heat pump targets to significantly reduce en…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Trump Administration Grants Chevron License to Keep Drilling in Venezuela

The Department of Treasury is allowing Chevron, along with four other U.S. service suppliers, to continue operating in Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Huge New Field Sends Norway’s Oil Production To 9-Year-High

The start-up of the massive Johan Sverdrup oilfield sent Norway’s oil production rising to a nine-year high in December 2019, beating the authorities’ forecas…

20 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses Land in Changshu, China

20 Suzhou Jinlong Haige hydrogen fuel cell buses landed in Changshu. As a local hydrogen energy demonstration project, these batches of zero-emission buses will…

Oil & Gas Trade

Libya's Eastern-Based Forces Move to Halt Oil Exports

A move by Libya's east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory threatens to throttle much of the country’s oil production

Electric Car

FCA And Foxconn In discussions on China JV for Electric Vehicles

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. confirmed that it is in discussions with Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. (Foxconn) regarding the potential creation of an equal …

AP&T Announces Cost Increases on 5-MW Hiilangaay Hydropower Project

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has announced that its 2019 results will include a pretax charge of about $10.5 million to $11.5 million, or $8.30 to $9…

Coal Power

Sunflower Finally Abandons Plans 895-MW Coal-fired Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has abandoned plans to build the $2.8 billion Holcomb Expansion after its partner on the 895-MW coal-fired power plant project in…

Electricity Transmission

Nigerian National Grid Collapses, Leading to Blackouts Across the Country

The Nigerian national grid experienced its first collapse for 2020 on Thursday, 16 January, leading to blackouts across the country.

Solar Power Plant

UAE to Build New 500MW Solar Plant

The nation’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority has invited expressions of interest for the development of the photovoltaic clean power plant in Umm Al Qu…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Shikoku Electric Says to Delay Nuclear Reactor Restart After Court Order

Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Friday it had been ordered by a Hiroshima court to suspend operations of its only operable nuclear reactor, t…

Oil & Gas Trade

Eastern Libya Halts More Than Half the Country's Oil Output

Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is trying to seize the capital Tripoli, are shutting down oil exports, slashing national crude o…

Coal Trade

Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 2019

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an spe…