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Crude Oil

China Issues Higher Oil Import Quotas For 2021

China has issued the first round of crude oil quotas for next year, and it is 18 percent higher than the respective round for 2019, citing unnamed sources in th…

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Completes the Sale of a 290 MWp Greenfield Solar Portfolio in Italy

Both projects are located in Sicily, Italy, and have a total expected capacity of more than 290 MWp. The Company expects to recognize revenues from the sale in …

Hydrogen Project

Scotland Outlines Hydrogen Policy to 2045

On 21 December the Scottish government released a hydrogen policy statement, with plans on how to incorporate the fuel for use in heating, transportation and in…

Wave Energy

Portuguese Wave Device Survey Wraps up

WESE project supported acoustic and seafloor integrity monitoring of WaveRoller device off Peniche

Solar Power Plant

FIMER Chosen for Largest Solar PV Airport Installation in Africa

Manufacturer of solar inverter solutions FIMER has provided its technology for a 1.4MW rooftop solar system on the Ahmed Ben Bella International Airport in Oran…

Nuclear Power Plant

Hanhikivi-1 Design Documents Submitted to Finnish Customer

It provides the basis for the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report, which shall be reviewed and accepted by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (ST…

LNG

Shell Divests LNG Stake For $2.5 Billion

Shell has sold a 26-percent stake in an Australian LNG project to Global Infrastructure Partners for $2.5 billion as part of efforts to reduce the weight of non…

Market Analysis

Spain Generates 43.6% of Power from Renewables in 2020

Spain produced 43.6% of its electricity with renewable energy technologies in the year to December 11, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana said in the…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Issues 122.59 mln T in 1st Round of Oil Import Quotas

Beijing had said inThe ZPC plant last month started operations at a 200,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude processing unit.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Bremen Orders Five Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Buses with Solid-State Batteries

Bremen’s public transport provider Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) has ordered five new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses equipped with solid-state batteries.…

Crude Oil

China's Top Refiner Sees Oil Product Demand Peak By 2025

China's largest refiner, Sinopec, expects domestic demand for oil products to peak by 2025 due to COVID impacts and the rise of electric vehicles, citing Sinope…

Nuclear Reactor

Hydraulic Tests Performed on VVER-TOI Reactor Vessel

A crane with a lifting capacity of 600 tons was used to install the 11-metre high VVER-TOI reactor vessel in position inside a special support ring.

Wind Power Project

Developer Awards Contracts for Vietnam's Largest Intertidal Wind Project

The developer of the 350-MW intertidal wind project off the coast of Vietnam’s Ca Mau Province has awarded a couple of important contracts in the course of a m…

Wind Farm

EDP Renováveis Completes the 100% Acquisition of the Renewables Business of Viesgo

EDPR will acquire 100% of a portfolio of 511 MW of renewable installed capacity in Spain and Portugal.

Crude Oil

Belarus Suspends Klaipeda Oil Product Exports

Belarus appears to be halting oil product exports through the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda in what may be a politically-motivated move.