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Solar Company

UK Solar PV Capacity Addition for 2020 Estimated to Fall to a Mere 200MW

The lack of a robust domestic manufacturing industry makes the UK highly dependent on imports to cater to demand.

Australian Fossil fuel Lobby to use Covid-19 to Push for Weaker Climate Laws

Australian researchers warn that governments and powerful business lobby groups may use the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity to water down environmental contro…

Crude Oil

OPEC Still has an Important Role to Play in Global Oil Market

Scan Western news about OPEC from the last few years, and a common observation tends to appear: OPEC had a huge influence on the global oil market back in the d…

Geothermal Power Plant

New Collaboration to Explore Geothermal Heating Development in Holland Rijnland

Before the weekend, Dutch grid developer Firan reported on a new collaboration to explore the possibilities of using geothermal energy to heat buildings and gre…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Regulator Approves Infrastructure Work for Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Construction of the FNPP is of particular importance both for the entire Chukotka Autonomous District and directly for Pevek.

Crude Oil

The Oil Industry's Recovery Lacks One Important Ingredient

The global glut of oil and gas is growing, caused in part by a global blockade by coronavirus.

Thermal Coal

India Backs Renewables Over Coal Amid Covid-19 Curbs

India is taking special steps to support renewable energy projects during the extended Covid-19 lockdown in a bid to stick to the country's broader goal of trim…

Offshore Wind Power

Port of Amsterdam to Build Offshore Wind Hub

The Port of Amsterdam will turn a dredging depot at the former Averijhaven into an energy port to serve as a base for the construction and maintenance of offsho…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Aramco to Supply Full May Crude Volumes to Asian Refiners

Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, has notified some refiners in Asia that it will supply full contractual volumes of crude in May.

Nuclear Power Plant

Hot Tests Completed at Ostrovets Unit 1

Hot-tests have been completed at unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be constructed in Belarus, Rosatom announced yesterday. The Russian state nuclear co…

Market Analysis

Europe can be 60% powered by solar before 2050

Perhaps it is not surprising a report co-produced by Europe’s solar industry places PV at the heart of a zero-carbon, mid-century energy system on the continen…

Coal Price

Seaborne Coal Prices Under Pressure as Demand Softens in China, India

The main buyers in China and India are starting to favour domestic supplies over seaborne imports.

Wind Turbine

Wind Turbine Blades Depart Chinese Coastal City to U.S.

A total of 489 wind turbine blades departed from Dafeng Port in the city of Yancheng, eastern China's Jiangsu Province early this month for the port of Brownsvi…

Coal Trade

Decommissioning coal – an opportunity for energy storage?

Coal has underpinned power generation for more than a century as a cheap, reliable and well understood technology, writes IHS Markit analyst George Hilton.

Thermal Coal

Thermal Coal Demand Declining Globally, Driving Fewer Imports, Production

Thermal coal demand is declining globally and forcing cutbacks of imports and production, driven by lower power-sector coal demand resulting from the coronaviru…