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Solar Power Plant

GHANA: Axcon Launches Construction of a 5 MWp Solar Power Plant in Appolonia City

Clean energy solutions provider Axcon Energy has just started work on a project to build a solar photovoltaic power plant in Appolonia City, Ghana.

Iran

Iran Launches Phase 1 of Qeshm Oil Export Terminal

Iranian president Hassan Rohani has inaugurated the first phase of a new oil export terminal on Iran's Qeshm island, at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.

Oil Pipeline

Uganda and Tanzania Sign $3.5bn Oil Pipeline Deal

Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement allowing for the construction of a 1,445 km crude oil pipeline.

Microgrid

Chile’s Patagonia Benefits from First Hydroelectric-Solar Microgrid

A ‘run-of-river’ hydroelectric power station, photovoltaic installation, and battery storage system have been combined to provide facilities in the Patagonia …

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Shell Plans Expansion of Californian Hydrogen Station Network

​Shell Hydrogen has been awarded $40.8m, subject to formal approval, by California Energy Commission regulators to expand the hydrogen refuelling network in Ca…

Microgrid

Tesvolt Supplies Patagonia National Park with Battery for Ambitious Hydro-PV Microgrid

A novel microgrid project combining run-of-river hydroelectricity, solar PV and battery storage has been built at Patagonia National Park, Chile.

Wind Farm

Video: Liebherr - LR 1800-1.0 First Use in Wind Power

In a wind farm in Marsberg, about 120 kilometers from Essen, the brand new LR 1800-1.0 from Colonia Special Vehicles had its first use.

United States

SunHydrogen Accelerates Hydrogen Technology Development

Californian developer of hydrogen production technology SunHydrogen has renewed and expanded its sponsored research agreement with the University of Iowa for an…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

TDK Ventures Invests in Israeli Hydrogen Fuel Cell co GenCell

Japanese electronics company TDK Corporation announced recently that its venture capital arm has invested in Israeli ammonia-to-energy hydrogen fuel cells suppl…

Oil Field

Ninian Northern Topside Set for Decommissioning at Lerwick Port

The 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topside has been loaded onto its final resting place – the Dales Voe decommissioning pad at Lerwick Harbour.

Solar Power Panel

India’s Waaree Eyes US Push Following 300MW California Order

Indian PV manufacturer Waaree Energies is eyeing a major push in the US market after receiving an order for more than 300MW of mono PERC modules in the country.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Ninian Northern Loaded Onto Quay at Lerwick

The operation to load-in the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern topside at Lerwick Harbour’s Dales Voe Base has been completed successfully.

Oil & Gas Trade

US Sanctions Chinese, UAE Firms Skirting Iran Oil Embargo

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against 11 Iranian, Chinese and United Arab Emirates companies accused of helping to bypass the American embargo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Baltic States Agree to Block Nuclear Power from Belarus

The ministries responsible for the energy sector in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have reached an agreement to cease electricity trading with Belarus when it co…

Electric Car

Why is Toyota Making Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Cars When Plug-in Electric Vehicles are so Popular

​Large auto manufacturers like Toyota and Honda are expanding outside garden variety hybrids and battery electric vehicles and selling hydrogen fuel cells cars…