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Wind Turbine

Wind Farm Fevelopers Placed a Record 31GW of Turbine Orders in the Second Quarter of 2019

Wind farm developers placed a record 31GW of turbine orders in the second quarter of 2019, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie.

$20B Danish Fund Ditches Oil Supermajors Over Climate Concerns

The US$20-billion Danish fund MP Pension said on Tuesday it is excluding the world’s largest oil companies from its portfolio, looking to secure long-term retu…

Solar Power Plant

Solar Energy Badly Harms The Environment

The Modi government has been shovelling scarce taxpayer resources into solar energy, with a further $6.5 billion promised till 2022.

Oil Price

Russian Economy will not be Under Serious Pressure Even if Oil Prices Drop to $40

The Russian economy will not be under serious pressure even if oil prices drop to $40 per barrel, Russian Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin said.

Energy Storage Project

“Advanced Clean Energy Storage”in US：Store Energy in A Salt Cavern

A new project called Advanced Clean Energy Storage has been launched in Utah by a consortium of partners including Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems to store ene…

Solar Power Plant

State Gives Solar Preferences on Land “Preserved” for Farmland

Laws that provide special tax incentives to promote farmland preservation already skew land use decisions. We shouldn’t obscure market signals even further by …

U.S. Army Develops New Hydrogen Combat Vehicles：Tanks And Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Scientists from the U.S. Army Combat Capability Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) and U.S. Army Research Laboratory continue developing n…

A New Technology To Turn Methane-Emitting Biomass Waste into “Biochar”

Biochar is a stable form of carbon, made from woody materials in a heat and oxygen-deprived system. Conventionally, biochar has been made as a small residue of …

Thermal Plant

German Spend €40 billion Designed to Lessen Impact of Coal Plant Closures

German officials on Aug. 28 approved a plan to spend as much as €40 billion ($44.4 billion) over the next 20 years on projects designed to lessen the impact of…

Crude

Kenya Exports Its First-Ever Barrel of Oil to China

Kenya exported its first-ever batch of crude oil Monday, with President Uhuru Kenyatta declaring the shipment of 200,000 barrels a "special moment" in the count…

ExxonMobil, Mosaic Materials to Explore Carbon Capture Technologies

Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a process that uses porous solids, known as metal-organic frameworks, to separate carbon dioxide from air or flue ga…

Solar Power Plant

China's Year-Long Solar Policy Hiatus Crippled Utility-Scale Solar

China added 11.4GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by the country's National Energy Administration.

Green Hydrogen is the Ideal Alternative to Fossil Fuels

The pioneering work is known in Bremerhaven. In offshore wind energy Bremerhaven has developed comprehensive competences including internationally recognized re…

Thermal Fuel

Trump Administration Considers Boost to Biofuel Mandates to Ease Farmer Anger

The Trump administration is considering ramping up biofuel blending quotas in the coming years to assuage anger in the Farm Belt over its recent broad use of wa…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran's Foreign Minister Arrived at the G7 Summit for Surprise Side Talks

Iran's foreign minister flew in for side talks at the G7 summit on Sunday as host France ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a dra…