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Energy Subsidies

US Congress Passes Five-Year Offshore Wind Tax Credit

The U.S. Congress has passed a year-end spending package which includes a provision that would extend the Tax Credit for offshore wind facilities at 30% through…

Wind Farm

Engie, Equinor and Enel announce ambitious data sharing project to reduce dependency to OEMs and improve operations

Enel, Engie and Equinor have joined a programme to share turbine performance data and "end OEMs' superiority" in data ownership.

Geothermal Power Plant

Successful Drilling at Geothermal Heat Project by Pharma Company, Belgium

Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutical is pushing forward with geothermal project, following successfully testing first well drilled for project.

LNG

Shell Divests LNG Stake For $2.5 Billion

Shell has sold a 26-percent stake in an Australian LNG project to Global Infrastructure Partners for $2.5 billion as part of efforts to reduce the weight of non…

Tidal Energy

EMEC Starts Independent Assessment for Verdant Power’s Tidal Project

The European Marine Energy Centre has started an independent power performance assessment for Verdant Power following the deployment of three 5th Generation tid…

Nuclear Reactor

Hydraulic Tests Performed on VVER-TOI Reactor Vessel

A crane with a lifting capacity of 600 tons was used to install the 11-metre high VVER-TOI reactor vessel in position inside a special support ring.

Biomass Power Plant

Punjab Cabinet Approves IOCL's Proposal to Set up Compressed Biogas Plant

The Punjab cabinet on Thursday gave in-principle approval to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for setting up a compressed biogas plant at the site of closed cooperati…

Nuclear Power Plant

CORE CATCHER VESSEL INSTALLED AT AKKUYU NPP UNIT 2

14 December 2020, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Installation of the core catcher vessel into design position has been completed in the Reactor Building…

Biobattery

Past NFU Presidents Urge Biden to Advance ag, Bioenergy

The letter stresses that Biden has the power to open a new chapter in the battle for a healthy climate.

Electricity Transmission

Integrated UK Grid from 2025 ‘Extremely challenging’

National Grid Electricity Systems Operator believes using shared transmission to link UK wind farms from 2025 could result in missed 2030 deployment targets of …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Canada Unveils Hydrogen Strategy to Kick-Start Clean Fuel Industry

Canada unveiled a long-discussed hydrogen strategy on Wednesday.

LNG

First-Ever LNG Bunkering at Port of Hamilton

A new partnership between the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority and REV LNG has enabled marine vessels to refuel with LNG during any stopover at Hamilton Port.

Carbon Neutral

Southern California Edison to Accelerate Development of Smart Grid Technologies

The paper, Reimaging the Grid, focusses on the electricity grid as the carrier of the carbon-free, renewable resources that are required to meet that target.

Oil Pipeline

Second Russian Pipelayer Arrives at Nord Stream 2 Construction Site

A Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna has arrived at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea

Coal Trade

Anglo American Maps Out Thermal Coal Exit, Sees Higher Output

The global miner said a de-merger and listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was the most likely route for its South African thermal coal assets.