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Coal Trade

US Blacklists Coal Shippers for North Korea Ties

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control designated six companies and four vessels for violating existing UN sanctions by engaging in the prohibited North Korean…

Nuclear Power Plant

Steam Equipment Shipped for Rooppur Unit 1

The Rooppur plant will consist of two VVER-1200 reactors.

Solar Company

Biden, the EU and China to Usher in ‘Golden Age’ for Solar – Jinko

The company shipped a record 5.1 GW of modules in the July-to-September period and expects to hit up to 19 GW for the year, with ‘nearly 100%’ of its products…

RCEP

Video: What Changes will the RCEP Negotiations Breakthrough Bring to the world?

​Trade talks between China and the U.S. appear to have been constructive during the past two weeks.

Coal Trade

Indonesia Behind on 2020 Coal Export Target

Indonesia may fall short of a government-set target to export 400mn t of coal this year, having shipped a little more than 329mn t in January-October.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Nigeria’s Oil Rig Count Drops by 30% in One Month

Nigeria’s active rig count has dropped significantly by 30 per cent to seven in October 2020 as against 10 recorded in the previous month.

Australia

More than 60 Australian Coal-Carrying Ships Kept Waiting to Unload off Ports in China

Labor presses Coalition to explain what it knows about delays as pricing agency says Beijing appears to be ‘singling out’ Australian imports

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Britain’s Richest Man Plans To Make Hydrogen Cars Mainstream

Yet, it’s battery-electric vehicles that have hit the fast lane. Meanwhile, their hydrogen-powered brethren appear to have stalled on the starting line.

LNG

Qatar Energy Exports Crash By 39%

Qatar’s total exports dropped by 35.5 percent year over year in the third quarter, dragged down by a 38.5-percent slump in exports of energy commodities and pr…

Wind Turbine

What Happens When Wind Turbines Get Old?

WindEurope’s End-of-Life Issues and Strategies Seminar explored what happens when wind turbines reach the end of their operational life.

Market Analysis

Geothermal – Huge Promise in Latin America and Caribbean

Latin America’s geothermal potential remains mostly untapped and with few exceptions progress has been sluggish, reports the Inter-American Development Bank.

Electric Car

Germany to Extend Electric Car Subsidies to 2025

The increased bonus will now be extended beyond 2021, but lowered in two steps until 2025, the sources said. The extra bonus for hybrids could be scrapped altog…

Oil & Gas Trade

Russia’s Gazprom Finds Record-High Gas Inflow on Kara Sea Shelf

Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has performed another set of tests in the upper levels of the exploration well at the Leningradskoye field of the Yamal gas product…

SMR

Rosatom Plans First Land-Based SMR for Russian Far East

Rosatom plans to build a nuclear power plant equipped with an RITM-200 small modular reactor in the village of Ust-Kuyga, in Yakutia, which is in Far Eastern Ru…

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus Nuclear Plant Stops Power Output Soon After Opening

Belarus' first nuclear power plant stopped generating electricity the day after it was formally opened by President Alexander Lukashenko and some of its equipme…