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Oil Price

Oil Prices Fall But Hold Near 3-month High on Trade Deal Agreement

Brent crude oil futures fell 23 cents, or 0.4 per cent to $64.99 a barrel by 0101 GMT, after closing at a near three-month high on Friday.

Solar Power Plant

Solar Power Plant of 3.5 MW in Croatia’s Vis Island Nearly Completed

Ivo Radica, head of the Municipality of Vis in Croatia, said that the solar power facility that is under construction at a plot of 5.7 hectares would be an exce…

Green Deal for Europe Announced: Policy Overview and First Reactions

The European Commission has presented its Green Deal for addressing climate and environmental challenges across Europe.

Solar Power Plant

President Uhuru Launches Sh13b Solar Power Plant

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday launched one of the largest solar power generation facilities in East Africa.

Oil and Gas Technology

South Korean Biochem Company Starts Biodiesel-Petrol Mix Production

SK Chemicals, South Korea's top biofuel producer, has begun research to mix its biodiesel with petroleum-based fuels to produce low-sulfur marine oil that will …

NYSERDA to Replace Fossil Fuels with 20 MW Energy Storage System

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a unit of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20 MW stora…

Promising Plastic Waste Research could Benefit Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

Scientists have developed a new way to convert plastic waste into a useful chemical.

Power Electronics for Geothermal Drilling – An ARPA-e Funded Research Project

With funding under the ARPA-E awards, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is conducting research on Revolutionary, High-Drilling Rate, High-T Geothe…

Foundations Being Laid for Planned Olkaria I Unit 6 Geothermal Plant

Construction company Franki Africa shares details on constructing the foundations for the Olkaria I Unit 6 of KenGen, a further expansion at Olkaria, Kenya.

Coal Mining Fades and So Do Jobs

The closing of coal fired-generators in Texas and other states as coal has become an increasingly expensive source of power has resulted in job losses in coal m…

Oil & Gas Trade

Aramco Floats to Become the World’s Most Valuable Company

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, officially became the world’s most valuable company yesterday, after its floating on Riyadh’s stock exc…

Diversify Power Sources to Avoid a Repeat of Blackouts

If states want to avoid costly electricity failures such as the blackouts that roiled California recently, they can improve their odds by diversifying power sou…

Solar Technology

New Solar Cell Innovation Could Lead to Affordable Solar Energy

North Carolina researchers have developed a new perovskite solar cell method.

NREL Providing Incredibly Useful Geothermal Research Work and Analysis

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the U.S. is providing incredibly useful geothermal research work and analysis that is set to help push geothe…

CCS

Scientist Discovered A New Bio-based Hybrid Foam for Carbon Capture Process

A new material for capturing carbon dioxide has been discovered as a result from a joint research study by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology and S…