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Coal Mine

India Seeks Australian Participation in Commercial Coal Mining

India’s Coal Minister Mr Pralhad Joshi, after his meeting with Australian minister for resources Mr Keith Pitt, said that India has invited Australia to partic…

Coal Production

COVID19 Lockdowns Shrink Colombia Coal Output by 48% YoY

Coal production in the world's fifth-largest coal exporter Colombia fell by 48.8% in the second quarter because of coronavirus quarantine measures and low inter…

Iran

Iran Launches Phase 1 of Qeshm Oil Export Terminal

Iranian president Hassan Rohani has inaugurated the first phase of a new oil export terminal on Iran's Qeshm island, at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman.

Thermal Plant

L&T-Owned 1,400 MW Nabha Power Plant Wins Twin Awards at CII Energy Efficiency Summit 2020

Nabha Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of L&T Power Development, won two prestigious awards at the 21st National Award Ceremony for Excellence in Energy Managem…

Wind Turbine

GE to supply Cypress Turbines for 157MW Austrian Wind Project

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by PÜSPÖK Group to supply two windfarms located in the Burgenland region in Austria.

Mads Nipper Announced As Ørsted’s Next CEO

Ørsted’s Board of Directors has appointed Mads Nipper as CEO and Group President of Ørsted as of 1 January 2021.

ITER

Doosan Heavy Industries to Supply Pressurizer for ITER Fusion Project

Doosan Heavy Industries will supply a pressurizer for the massive, multi-national nuclear fusion research project – ITER – in southern France.

Coal Mine

Coal India Plans to Restore Production from Discontinued Underground Mines, Identifies 12 blocks

The move is seen as part of efforts by the PSU coal major to meet its overall production target of one billion tonnes in the next four years.

Energy Storage Battery

IIT-M Develops Alternatives to Conventional Li-ion Batteries

Its researchers have made significant advances in developing alternatives to conventional lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries for industrial usage.

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower

Learn how hydropower captures the kinetic energy of flowing water and turns it into electricity for our homes and businesses.

Coal Mine

Coal India to Restart Closed Underground Mines

State-run Coal India is readying a strategy to retrieve production from underground mines where mining was discontinued due to several challenges.

Energy Storage System

Gravitational Energy Storage Using Soil Batteries

The technology uses storage cores (large drums filled with compacted soil) that could be shifted between lower and higher points.

Geothermal Power Plant

Puna Geothermal Power Plant in Hawaii Expects to Restart This Month

Local news report, that the Puna geothermal power plant by Puna Geothermal Ventures on Hawaii Island is to restart at the end of September 2020.

South Africa

Exploring Hydrogen Resources in Africa Gains Momentum

Germany and Nigeria have agreed to establish a hydrogen exploration partnership that will benefit West Africa.

United States

Trump Administration to Deny Pending Retroactive U.S. Biofuel Waivers

U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed that dozens of oil refiner requests for retroactive waivers from U.S. biofuel laws be denied amid concerns the issue …