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Tender/bid

Petrobras Fires the Starting Gun on Bid Battle for Two New Brazil-Bound FPSOs

Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has kicked off a new procurement process to secure two more floating production, storage, and offloading …

Solar Technology

Mercedes-Benz Testing New Solar Paint

Mercedes-Benz said it is now evaluating a 20%-efficient, non-silicon photovoltaic coating that is significantly cheaper than conventional solar modules.Mercedes…

Solar project

South African Rail Operator Launches Solar Tender

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has opened an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tender for solar installations at its sites acro…

Metal

Iron Ore Extends Gain as China’s Manufacturing Activity Improves

Iron ore advanced for a second day as China’s manufacturing activity expanded following Beijing’s stimulus measures to shore up the economy.The Caix…

Oil Price

Oil Rises With Focus on China’s Economy, OPEC+ Supply Meeting

Oil rose along with Asian equities on signs of a slow recovery in China’s economy, as traders look to Thursday’s OPEC+ meeting for further direction…

LNG

Gazprom Faces More Claims After Austrian Utility Halts Payment

The decision by an Austrian utility to stop paying for supplies from Gazprom PJSC may set a precedent for others to follow as Europe looks to cut its dependence…

Coal Mine

Mgen To Spend $2 Billion For Expansion

Meralco PowerGen Corp.(MGen), the generation arm of power giantManila Electric Co.(Meralco), has estimated a capital outlay of at least$2 billionto develop two …

LNG

FSRU Toscana Offshore Italy Back In Service

OLT Offshore LNG Toscana has resumed full operations at the FSRU Toscana terminal offshore western Italy.Following repairs at a yard in southern France, the FSR…

Oil & Gas Supply

Newmed Energy Balkan Agrees To Join OMV In Black Sea Bulgarian Block

NewMed Energy Balkan has a contingent agreement to acquire a 50% interest in Han Asparuh Block 1-21 Han Asparuh in the western Black Sea from OMV Offshore Bulga…

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen Is Planning a Major Design Overhaul With More Buttons

It also wants to improve interior quality, leading with the next ID.3 and ID.4.Facing plant closures and massive layoffs, it’s safe to say Volkswagen has …

Oil & Gas Trade

Totalenergies Plans $750m Offshore Nigeria Gas Project To Boost LNG Supply

TotalEnergies may greenlight a $750 million gas project in Nigeria next year, potentially signaling that the African nation’s efforts to revive investment…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla, Two Other Brands’ EV Sales Are Most Driven by Tax Credits

The modern EV tax credit system may be on the way out when President Trump returns, but it has some surprising winners and losers.President-elect Donald Trump h…

Electric Vehicles

Jaguar Will Buy Back Thousands of I-Pace EVs That Could Catch Fire

All these Jaguar EVs were subject to recalls meant to address the fire risk, but it apparently wasn’t fixed.Jaguar can’t seem to catch a break these…

Battery

SolarEdge Announces Layoffs and Closes Storage Division, Shifts Focus to PV

The move reduces SolarEdge’s headcount by around 500 employees, most of whom are based in South Korea. Image: Jonathan Touriño Jacobo for PV Tech.S…

Energy Storage Project

The Hydrogen Stream: New Model and Repository for Accurate Pre-feasibility Studies

European researchers have told pv magazine that hydrogen production costs are often underestimated in prefeasibility studies, while the South Korean authorities…