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Wind Farm

Six Measures for More Onshore Wind Energy in Germany

Germany’s new Renewable Energy Law fails to address the two biggest challenges facing onshore wind development in Germany: permitting and repowering.

Carbon Emissions

Japan, US Exposed as UN Chief Urges G7 to Commit to 2030 Coal Exit

At a summit on “powering past coal”, António Guterres called on rich countries to lead, putting pressure on Japan and the US to produce exit plans

Energy Security

South African Municipalities to Launch R69m Energy Security Project

In South Africa, the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier through a media statement announced the six municipalities that …

Oil & Gas Trade

India to Cut Saudi Arabian Oil Imports After OPEC Ignores India Demand

Weaker demand due to increasing Covid-19 cases or regular maintenance shutdowns may also contribute to lower purchase from Saudi Arabia in May, they said.

Energy Transition

IRENA Highlights Top Five Green Tech to Deliver Decarbonisation

The International Renewable Energy Agency has released its World Energy Transitions Outlook, presenting the key green technologies that will help the globe to m…

Wind Farm

Vestas Secures Polish Order

Vestas has secured a 56 MW order for the Banie lV project from Energix, which is the majority owner of the wind farm and is a well-established wind project deve…

LNG

Video: Establishing Mozambique As A Global LNG Player

Africa Oil & Power spoke to Carlos Zacarias, CEO, INP about Mozambique’s enormous resource potential, the government’s electricity expansion initiatives, and …

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

Energy Storage Project

GE to Provide DC-Coupled Solution to 123MWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New York

Energy storage project developer Convergent Energy + Power has contracted GE Renewable Energy to supply key equipment to a three-site large-scale solar-plus-sto…

Qatar

Qatar To Build A Luxury Floating Hotel That Generates Electricity

Qatar, one of the richest countries in the Middle East thanks to its massive LNG exports and oil reserves, plans to build a floating eco-hotel that would spin v…

Solar Power Plant

Poland to Add Another 11 GW of PV Over the Next Five Years

The Eastern European country is expected to add around 2 GW per year over the next five years, according to Polish research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Plant Closures Loom Large As NSW Backs Hydrogen for the Hunter

The future of NSW’s coal-fired power plants is under increasing threat from cheap renewable energy, which this week forced Victoria’s Yallourn coal plant to b…

China

Vice Premier Stresses Good Start of 14th Five-Year Plan Period

Vice Premier Han Zheng on Tuesday stressed an accurate understanding of the new development stage and full application of the new development philosophy to ensu…

Italy

Upgrading Partnership with India: Italy Joins International Solar Alliance

Italy on Wednesday joined International Solar Alliance upgrading its partnership with India in a year that coincided with G-20 Presidency and co-presidency of C…

Oil Exploration

Qatar Petroleum Joins Guyana’s Offshore Project

State-owned Qatar Petroleum has formally joined Guyana's highly prospective offshore oil projects with the government's approval of its farm-in to two blocks, n…