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Energy Storage Battery

Novel Material for Low Cost Flow Batteries

New research on the readily available organic compound fluorenone indicates its potential for lower cost battery energy storage.

Solar Power Plant

Enel Green Power Grows US Portfolio with 450MW Solar+Storage

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy.

United States

US re-Joins World Energy Council Ahead of 2022 Summit

The World Energy Council has announced that the US has rejoined the organisation, which promotes international communication in the energy industry.

Power Construction

Saudi Arabia Seeks To Boost Electric Grid With New Funding

A Japanese bank syndicate $500mn will be used to make the Saudi electricity sector more sustainable and aligned to the national economic goals

Microgrid

US Airport goes “Off-Grid” with Solar Hybrid Microgrid

Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, serving to inc…

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Plants Mark Reliability Milestone

With the first closures scheduled to take place in September, policymakers are continuing efforts to preserve the plants.

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Inch Even Lower Following Devastating 7% Single-Day Loss

After plunging nearly 7% on Monday, oil prices saw a leveling off and even a smidgeon of a rebound on Tuesday in what many hope will be a new state of calm in t…

Cooperation case

Kenyan, Chinese Trade Promotion Bodies Woo Kenyans to Invest in Shenzhen

Kenya Investment Authority and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shenzhen Municipal Committee partnered to showcase China's booming coastal…

Crude Oil

U.S. Crude Oil Exports Reached Record Levels in 2020, Remain High in 2021

Despite volatility in global oil markets, U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in 2020.

LNG

Japan’s Toho Gas Starts Carbon-Neutral City Gas Supply

Japanese gas distributor Toho Gas plans to start carbon-neutral city gas supplies as a part of its effort to achieve decarbonisation by 2050.

Crude Oil

Sapref to Restart Durban Refinery

BP and Shell's South African joint venture Sapref will restart its 180,000 b/d Durban refinery tomorrow after a temporary shutdown last week in response to civi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Vistra Moving Zimmer Coal-Fired Plant Closure up to May 2022

Vistra will accelerate its move away from coal-fired power by closing its Zimmer Power Plant in Ohio five years earlier than originally planned.

Solar Power Plant

Philadelphia Solar Plans to Build 1 GW Module Plant in the U.S.

Site negotiations are underway for the facility, which would produce monocrystalline facial and bifacial modules for C&I and utility markets in the U.S. and abr…

Electric Car

Running Low on Battery Power: Brexit Britain Faces an Acid Test

Britain has set a fast pace in the electric vehicle race with its 2030 ban on sales of new fossil fuel-powered cars and has offered 1 billion pounds to jump sta…

Energy Security

Chinese Cities Face Power Outages As Economic Rebound, Heat Put Grids Under Pressure

Power consumption hit an all-time high last week and 11 provinces saw peak-load surges, State Grid says