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Vietnam

Trina Solar 210mm Cells are Headed to North American Markets from New Plant in Vietnam

Trina Solar broke ground on its Thai Nguyen plant in December, and completed construction in five months.

Solar Power Plant

NIGERIA: Starsight Installs 950 kWp Solar System for Big Bottling in Ogun

The solar plant will enable the factory in Ogun State to reduce its CO2 emissions by 11,743 tonnes over 10 years.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan Power Firm JERA to Test Ammonia Fuel at Coal-Fired Plant to Cut CO2

Power generation company JERA Co. said Monday it will start using ammonia as a fuel at a coal-fired power plant in central Japan as part of a four-year test pro…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Rise on Potential Hitch in Iran Talks

Oil prices rose on Monday as a demand bump fueled by COVID-19 vaccination drives gave traders optimism that the market can absorb any Iranian oil that would com…

Hydrogen Project

Cummins to Build 500MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Spain

Power solutions company Cummins has announced plans to build a €50 million PEM electrolyzer plant for the production of green hydrogen in Castilla-La Mancha, S…

Hydropower Plant

ADB to Finance 300MW Hydropower Plant in Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank will offer a $300m loan to finance the construction of a hydropower plant in Pakistan.

Oil Pipeline

Tanzania, Uganda Finalize Oil Pipeline Deal

Tanzania and Uganda have signed a fifth and final government agreement that will greenlight the construction of a $3.5-billion pipeline that will carry crude pu…

Substation

Engie Transport Offshore Substation

Engie Solutions has begun transporting the off-shore substation built for the Saint Brieuc wind farm.

Energy Investment

RWE and BASF Plan $4.9 billion Wind Power Project

Chemicals giant BASF and German utility RWE on Friday announced a potential 4 billion euro offshore wind power project to cut emissions at Germany’s most energ…

Nuclear Technology

UK SMR Consortium Completes Phase One Design

The consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, which is developing a small modular reactor, on 17 May revealed its latest design and an increase in power, completing its f…

Carbon Emissions

KENYA: Towards the Establishment of a GHG Emissions Trading System

The Kenyan government has approved the establishment of a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme. The scheme, which is mainly aimed at businesses, is expected …

Electric Vehicle Charging

Tesla and Partners Install Europe’s Most Powerful EV Chargers in Oxford

As calls to speed up the electrification of the transport system intensifies to meet carbon emissions reduction goals, there is a need for more collaboration be…

RCEP

Media, Think Tanks Set to Boost RCEP Exchanges

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement will help its participating countries forge more open economic relationships and improve trade liberal…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

G7 Countries Agree to Stop International Funding for Coal-Fired Power

Coal is considered unabated when it is burned for power or heat without using technology to capture the resulting emissions, a system not yet widely used in pow…

Carbon Emissions

Indonesia Considering Carbon Tax Under Major Tax Overhaul

Indonesia has drawn up proposals to bring in a carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to raising VAT rates and reforming income tax, as part o…