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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…

Solar Power Plant

Niger’s Gorou Banda Solar Plant to Begin Construction

Construction of Gorou Banda Solar power plant Niamey is set to begin two years after inauguration, thanks to the move by the Council of Ministers of Niger to ad…

Energy Investment

EU Bank Acquires 25% Stake in Romanian Gas Company

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is strengthening energy security in Moldova with the acquisition of a 25% stake in Vestmoldtransgaz.

Lithuania

Lithuania Pulls Outs of BRELL Power Reserve Agreement

Lithuania has opted out of the so-called BRELL agreement, which obligates it to exchange emergency electric power reserves with Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Bela…

Power Construction

Enel Romania Investing EUR 100 Million in Electricity Network Modernization in 2020

Enel Romania’s power distribution companies will invest about EUR 100 million during 2020 in electricity network modernization in the capital Bucharest and the…

Power Construction

California’s Renewable Energy Conundrum

Amid a heatwave in the West, the largest U.S. solar state, California, is grappling with power issues and with keeping its electricity grid stable as demand exc…

Energy Storage Battery

LS Power Energizes World’s Biggest Battery, Just in Time for California’s Heat Wave

Gateway Energy Storage heralds the arrival of a new era of mega-batteries on the U.S. grid.

Wind Farm

GE and E energija Partner to Deliver 68.9MW Wind Farm in Lithuania

It will supply 13 of its 5.3MW Cypress wind turbines and provide a 25-year Full Services Agreement to the E energija Telšiai onshore wind farm in Lithuania.

Solar Power Plant

Estonia Plans to Build a Solar Park in Tartu

OU Sustainable Investments plans to develop a large solar park in Maramaa, covering an area of about 32,500 square meters.

Electric Vehicle Charging

FreeWire Installs First Battery-Integrated Ultrafast EV Charger at Ampm in California

Boost Charger is the first battery-integrated ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charger deployed in the US.

Energy Storage Project

Tesla Begins Construction Of World’s Largest Energy Storage Facility

Tesla and PG&E recently broke ground on a record-setting energy storage system in Moss Landing California that, once complete, will be the largest such installa…

Crude Oil

California Oil Production Limits Stall in Legislature, Leaving the Issue to Newsom

In his first year in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to protect Californians against hazards and pollutants from oil and gas production.

Power Construction

Hitachi ABB Power Grids to Operate in Six Balkan Countries

The company’s top officials have also said that “world-class power grid solutions” will help it play an active role in the global decarbonization of energy s…