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Oil & Gas Trade

Argentina Builds Case for Exporting Natgas to Brazil Through Bolivia

Workers are pictured during the construction of the Nestor Kirchner gas pipeline, which first stage was inaugurated on Sunday to transport natural gas from the …

Energy Storage Project

Indian Oil, Panasonic Energy Partner to Make Lithium Cells in India

Indian Oil announced that it has signed a binding term sheet with Panasonic Energy Co. to draw a framework for formation of a JV for manufacturing cylindrical l…

Hydropower Plant

Last Year, Western U.S. Hydropower Generation Fell to a 22-Year Low

(photo courtesy EIA)According to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Data Browser, the least hydropower was generate…

Biofuel

EIA: Densified Biomass Fuel Sales Reach 960,000 Tons in December

U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 880,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in December, according to the March edition of the U.S. Energy Information Adm…

Geothermal Power Plant

Mercury Breaks Ground on 50-MW NGA Tamariki Geothermal Power Plant Expansion

Nga Tamariki 5 geothermal power station groundbreaking ceremony with (L-R) Omer Cohen (Ormat) Scott St John (Chairperson of Mercury), Roger Pikia (Chairperson o…

Oil & Gas Trade

Brazil Exploring Ways to Import Gas From Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Play, Energy Minister Says

Brazil is exploring ways to import natural gas from Argentina's massive Vaca Muerta formation, including the possible reversal of a pipeline now used for tr…

Geothermal Power Plant

New Bipartisan Bill Seeks Faster Permitting for Geothermal in US Public Lands

Tungsten geothermal power plant, Nevada (source: screenshot, YouTube/ Ormat)A new bipartisan bill introduced by US Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mar…

Biofuel

EIA: Biomass Power Production Expected to Increase Slightly in 2024

SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRenewables are currently expected to account for 24% of U.S. electricity generation in 2024, increasing to 25% in …

Biofuel

EIA: Densified Biomass Fuel Sales Reach 790,000 Tons in November

U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 870,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in November, according to the February edition of the U.S. Energy Information …

Renewable Energy

Renewables End 2023 Providing 22.7% of u.s. Electrical Generation as Solar Pulls Even With Hydropower and Solar + Wind Close in on Coal.

A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly-released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that solar has continued its decade-long str…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India to Seek Nuclear Investors as Kakrapar Units Inaugurated

India's PM Narendra Modi visits Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in Gujarat on February 22, 2024. (Image: Press Information Bureau)Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Carbon Emissions

MHI Recognized by CDP as Being at the Leadership Level for Climate Change Earning A- Score

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) received an "A-minus" rating in the Climate Change Report 2023 published by CDP (headquartered in London, U.K.), a non-p…

Hydrogen Production

Thyssenkrupp Steel Issues Call for Tenders to Supply Hydrogen to the First Direct Reduction Plant in the tkh2steel Decarbonization Project

thyssenkrupp Steel launched its call for tenders to supply hydrogen to its first direct reduction plant. In conjunction with two innovative melters, this is the…

Solar Power Plant

US EIA Predicts Solar Will Account For 58% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in US in 2024

The US Energy Information Agency issued its latest report on February 15, 2024. According to its Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, the US energy…

Biofuel

EIA: Total US Biofuels Capacity Expands to 23.77 Billion Gallons per Year in November

Total U.S. biofuel operatable production capacity was up slightly in November, with gains for ethanol, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information…