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United States

US Refining Expects Resurgent 2022

US refiners are set for a shift back toward pre-pandemic profits in 2022, with many expecting Covid-19 restrictions to taper amid rebounding demand for products…

Energy Security

Moldova Declares State of Emergency in Energy Sector

The Moldovan parliament approved a measure by prime minister Natalia Gavrilita to declare a state of emergency in the energy sector for 60 days to ensure uninte…

Offshore Wind Power

Clarksons Research Rounds up 2021 Offshore Wind Data

Full year 2021 data points for the offshore renewables sector have been released by Clarksons Research, profiling further record capacity growth for offshore wi…

Nuclear Reactor

IEA Report on Canada Welcomes SMR Developments

Launching the report on 13 January, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said: “Canada has shown impressive leadership, both at home and abroad, on clean and equ…

LNG

Ghana Plans to Become West Africa’s Gas Hub with Import Terminal

Ghana’s state-owned oil company is progressing with plans to sell liquefied natural gas throughout West Africa after shipments of the fuel begin to flow to an …

Crude Oil

Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Resumes Oil Flows After Explosion

The 450,000-barrels-per-day Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline that carries crude from northern Iraq to Turkey’s Ceyhan port for export resumed oil flows on Wednesday afte…

Solar Inverter

Sungrow Presents New Central Inverter

Called the 1+X modular inverter, the new product can be deployed, by combining eight units, to reach a power of 8.8MW.

Energy Storage Battery

Quantum Batteries: Next-Gen Storage in Sight

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have reported demonstrating the underlying concept of quantum batteries.

Energy Storage Battery

Selective Membrane May Cycle Dual-ion Batteries Closer to Reality

Researchers have long been on the hunt for alternative batteries that boast all the benefits of lithium-ion versions but include ecological and economic advanta…

Solar Power Plant

Researchers Publish Details of Solar Panel Water Cooling Mechanism

An experimental water-cooling system increased system efficiency at high temperatures.

Oil Exploration

Japan’s Inpex to Start Domestic Exploratory Drilling

Japanese upstream firm Inpex is planning to start exploratory drilling offshore the country's western Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in a search for oil and …

Microgrid

DoE Lab Partners with XENDEE on Net-Zero Carbon Microgrids

The Idaho National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy lab, has partnered with distributed energy resources company XENDEE Corporation to develop a platform t…

Hydropower Plant

MRC Says Bold Actions Needed to Address Low Mekong Flows

China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam have all been urged to take steps to address regional low flows, water fluctuations and drought as the Low…

Oil Field

Libyan Output at 1.2mn b/d After Western Field Restart

Libyan production has surpassed 1mn b/d, following last week's restart of four crude and condensate fields in the west of the country.

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor and BP Finalise Agreements for New York Offshore Wind Projects

Offshore wind developer Equinor and energy company bp have finalised the purchase and sale agreements with the New York State Energy Research and Development Au…