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Coal Trade

Vietnam's Coal Imports Fall Further in February

Vietnamese coal imports slipped for a third straight month in February from a year earlier as industrial activity slowed amid the lunar new year holiday and a r…

China

14th Five-Year Plan, Long-Term Devt Goals Top Agenda at This Year's Two Sessions

Deliberations on the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and long-range objectives through 2035 topped the agenda for the two sessions this year

Videol: Climate Lessons Learned From the Texas Deep Freeze

​As the world goes electric, what happens when the grid fails?

LNG

Thailand’s January LNG Imports Fall to Three-Year Low

Thailand's LNG imports hit a three-year low in January, with no receipts from its usual suppliers Australia and Malaysia, even as one of its biggest importers Q…

China was EU's Largest Trade Partner in 2020

The EU's trade with the U.S. dropped significantly in 2020, with a 13.2-percent dip in imports and 8.2-percent in exports, Eurostat said.

Rosatom

Two key Russian Nuclear Institutes to Merge

Rosatom has decided to merge two of Russia’s key nuclear institutes – the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in Obninsk and Research Inst…

Wind Power Company

Xcel Energy One of First U.S. Energy Providers to Reach 10,000-Megawatt Wind Power Milestone

The milestone is powered by the company’s 10 new wind projects in the Upper Midwest, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.

Energy Storage Battery

Japanese Space Rocket Launch Pad to be Fitted with Megawatt-Scale Sodium Sulfur Battery Storage

A rocket and space vehicle launch station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be equipped with NGK Insulators’ sodium sulfur battery storage to help…

Floating Solar Project

The Untapped Potential of Floating PV in Africa

Africa has a lot of sunshine, which translates into an average annual solar irradiation of over 2000 kWh/m2.

OPEC

Oil Prices Rally As OPEC+ Maintains Its Production Policy

The Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of the OPEC+ group wrapped up their monthly meeting on Wednesday in record time and, as widely expected, did not make…

Coal Production

Pakistan Coal Imports Dip from 2020 Highs

Pakistan's January coal imports declined from highs in late 2020, while South Africa's share of the import mix dropped to a 45-month low.

Pumped Storage

Major Hydropower Station Begins Water Storage in Tibet

The first large-scale hydropower project in Tibet with an installed capacity of over one million kilowatts-Huadian Suwalong Hydropower Station in the upper reac…

Market Analysis

China's Coal Power Installed Capacity has Historically Dropped Below 50%

One decrease and one increase, the carbon emission reduction effect is significant.

Oil Pipeline

EU Parliament Wants Nord Stream 2 Stopped

The European Parliament has called on the EU to stop Gazprom's 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 gas project.

Oil Price

Price Dispute Shrinks Russia Oil Pipeline Exports

Exports of Russian Urals oil via the Druzhba pipeline have dropped this month as sellers opt for the sea route instead, following disagreements over pricing wit…