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Electric Vehicle Battery

China Battery Maker Gotion to Build Two Lithium Plants

Gotion, in which German automaker Volkswagen last year took a 26.5% stake, said the two plants will be built in the city of Yichu and the first phase of 20,000 …

Electric Car

Biden Aims to Make Half of New Vehicles Electric by 2030

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order calling for half of new vehicles sold in the country to be zero-emission by 2030

Coal Mine

China Restarts Coal Mines to Meet Surging Power Demand

The combined annual production capacity of these mines exceeds 110 million tonnes.

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome Acquires RCM Canada Nuclear Power Division

French nuclear infrastructure firm Framatome is acquiring a Canadian company that will help broaden its reactor work in that nation and beyond.

Solar Company

Q CELLS, LG, Mission Solar Join Petition to Extend Solar Panel Tariffs

The tariffs on imported solar cells and panels began in 2018 after U.S. manufacturers Suniva and SolarWorld filed a Section 201 petition with the ITC

Solar Power Plant

Operations begin at Simiane Solar Plants in France

Sonnedix, the global solar independent power producer has successfully started operations of its 9.8 MW ‘Simiane’ cluster of three solar photovoltaic plants, …

Biobattery

Sweetman Biomass Signs Japanese Bioenergy Deal

Terms surrounding a 20-year, binding supply agreement have been reached between a subsidiary of ASX bound Sweetman Renewables and a leading Japanese conglomerat…

Offshore Wind Power

Simply Blue and Subsea 7 Sign MoU with ERM for Floating Wind Project

The potential incorporation of ERM Dolphyn with the Salamander project could support the UK Government’s decarbonisation plan.

Hydropower Plant

Enel Acquires ERG’s Italian Hydro Assets for €1bn

Enel subsidiary Enel Produzione has signed an agreement with ERG Power Generation for the acquisition of all ERG Hydro’s assets totalling 527MW.

Oil & Gas Trade

US June Oil Exports Rise, Boosted by India, South Korea

US crude exports rose by about 28pc in June led by a sharp increase in shipments to India and South Korea.

Energy Storage Battery

China's EVE to Build Li-ion Battery Facility

Major Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturer EVE Energy plans to build a production facility for power and energy storage batteries in Jingmen in the central …

Carbon Neutral

South Korea Eyes Coal, Gas cuts in 2050 net zero plans

South Korea has published three potential road maps to reach its target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, ahead of a final decision on its plan later this…

Oil Exploration

Enersea Inks FEED Deal with Petrogas Offshore Netherlands

Enersea has secured a front-end engineering and design contract with Petrogas E&P Netherlands for the development of the A15 and B10 gas fields.

Crude Oil

Oil falls Amid US Inventory Build-up and Mounting Concerns over Delta Variant Surge

Brent and WTI sank 2.8 per cent and 3.4 per cent, respectively, on Wednesday, marking their biggest fall in two weeks

Solar Power Plant

Zaev: North Macedonia to Invest in 700 MW Solar Power Plant with Serbia, Albania

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said after a meeting with the leaders of Albania and Serbia that they would jointly invest in a photovoltaic system…