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Oil Refinery

Petron to Restart Philippine Refinery by 2H 2021

Philippine private-sector firm Petron plans to resume refining activity at its 180,000 b/d Bataan refinery by the second half this year on expectations of a sig…

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…

OPEC

India Asks Refiners to Diversify, Cut Reliance on Middle East Oil After Opec+ Decision

India, hit hard by the soaring oil prices, has urged producers to ease output cuts and help the global economic recovery

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: Recognizing 50 Years of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy at Robinson Nuclear Plant

​On March 7, 2021, Robinson Nuclear Plant celebrated 50 years of commercial operations, or more simply, 50 years of providing electricity to customers in the C…

Video| Grossi on Fukushima: Marking a Decade Since the Accident

​IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi issued a statement to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Samsung SDI Increasing Investment for Better Batteries

Samsung SDI invested a record high of 808.3 billion won in R&D last year.

Energy Storage Project

Malawi to Receive First Commercial-Scale Solar+Storage Plant

InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group, and its project partner, JCM Power, have committed to financing the construction of the 20…

Oil & Gas Supply

COVID-19 And Electrification Bring Hydrocarbon Demand Peak Forward To 2027, Says McKinsey & Company

The pandemic has resulted in a profound reduction in energy demand, from which McKinsey expects it will take between one to four years to recover – with electr…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Shell and Alfen Launch Energy Storage Pilot for Electric Vehicle Charging

Shell and Alfen have launched a pilot to trial an on-site battery-powered system to support ultra-fast electric vehicle charging at Shell’s Zaltbommel forecour…

Natural Gas

Texas Freeze Caused Record Gas Spot Prices and Outages

In the wake of a February winter storm that left Texans reeling from freezing temperatures and failed power generation units, reports are starting to publish da…

LNG

Japan-backed AG&P Says Gets Approval to Develop Philippines LNG Terminal

Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company said on Monday its Philippines subsidiary has received the green light to develop a liquefied natural gas import and regasificat…

Germany

Wind Energy Replaces Coal as Germany’s Biggest Energy Source in 2020

The share of renewable energy in the amount of electricity generated and fed to the grid in Germany reached a new record, rising from 42.3 percent in 2019 to 47…

Wind Turbine Blade

Castilla y León Promotes the Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades

Castilla y León is developing a pioneering project worth 9.77 million euros to develop comprehensive technology for recycling components of old wind turbines b…

China

China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year

China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, ci…

Gas turbine engine

Decentralised INNIO Gas Engines Help Stabilise Europe’s Power Grid

In a recent announcement, INNIO Jenbacher revealed their part in preventing a blackout on the European grid on 8 January 2021.