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Energy Storage Battery

India’s Government Receives 130GWh bids for Advanced Battery Cell Manufacturing Incentives

An Indian government scheme to support domestic battery manufacturing received bids totalling 130GWh of proposals, more than double the anticipated 50GWh of cap…

Energy-Eficient Building

New Smart Glass Technologies Could Boost Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

The day of the sun-powered house may soon be at hand, with two recent papers introducing new technologies to allow the building itself—rather than the solar pa…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Energy Gains Support, but Current Producers Plan No New Reactors

Finland's nuclear power producers do not plan to build more reactors, although support for nuclear is at record levels. Meanwhile plans for an entirely new plan…

Market Analysis

South Australia Breaks Record by Running for a Week on Renewable Energy

South Australia sourced an average of just over 100 per cent of the electricity it needed from renewable power for 6½ days leading up to December 29 last year …

EV Market

Soaring Lithium Prices Become Major Headache For EV Makers

With lithium prices already trading at a record high in Asia, there is no sign that the rally in this much-sought-after commodity will come to an end this year

Coal Trade

China Dec Coal Imports Fall, 2021 Imports Highest Since 2013

China’s coal imports fell in December, slipping from November’s 11-month high, as domestic coal miners boosted output to record levels and utilities slowed th…

Wind Turbine

Nordex Received a 50 MW Wind Energy Order from Poland

Ignitis Group, the Lithuanian state-owned energy holding company, has contracted Nordex to supply 14 N117/3600 wind turbines for a wind farm in Poland.

LNG

EU’s Imports Of U.S. LNG Five Times Higher Than Russian Supply

So far this month, the European Union has received U.S. natural gas volumes five times higher than Russia’s pipeline deliveries, according to Polish outlet rp.…

Power Cable

Prysmian to Work on First Middle East Subsea Transmission System

Prysmian has entered into a Limited Notice to Proceed for the supply of power cables for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind high-voltage, direct current s…

Geothermal Power Plant

DOE awards $8.4M for Accessing Geothermal Potential from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

The US DOE selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.

CNOOC

Chinese Oil Major CNOOC Targets Record High Production This Decade

CNOOC set its production target at 600 million to 610 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) for 2022, up from the 2021 target of 545-555 million boe

Electric Vehicle Battery

Toshiba Launches 20Ah-HP SCiB Rechargeable Li-ion Battery

Toshiba Corporation expanded its SCiB product offering with the launch of a 20Ah-HP rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high pow…

Natural Gas

Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum Post 50% Jump in Gas Production in Iraqi Kurdistan

Production from operations in Iraqi Kurdistan over a three-year period reached a record 452 million cubic feet of gas per day at the end of 2021

Energy Security

Approved Power Projects in Nigeria do not Make a Dent in Power Problem

A recent review shows that 43 power projects approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have not made a dent in alleviating the electricity cris…

Crude Oil

Several Asian Refiners to Receive Full Saudi Crude Allocation in February

Saudi Aramco has notified at least five Asian buyers that it will supply full contractual volumes of crude oil in February, same as January, sources with knowle…