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Oil Price

Oil Climbs on Drop in US Oil Stockpiles, Solid Demand Outlook

The drawdown came before the Colonial Pipeline was hit by a cyberattack last Friday which forced the pipeline, which transports more than 2.5 million barrels a …

Solar Cell

Novel ‘Molecular Glue’ Boosts Reliability of Perovskite Cells

A research team from Brown University in the US has found a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells, dramatically increasing their function…

Offshore Wind Power

Biden Administration Approves 800MW Vineyard Offshore Wind Farm

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and CIP, has passed the final major step in the federal review process, which means it will likely be…

Power Construction

Siemens Energy Awarded Grid Stability Contracts

Siemens Energy has been awarded three contracts from ESB, Ireland’s leading energy company, to provide state-of-the-art Static Compensator technology to manage…

Hydrogen Project

Serbia Plans to Install Floating Facility for Hydrogen Production

Serbia’s draft hydrogen strategy should be prepared by the summer, followed by a public debate.

Ammonia

Waggaman Ammonia Plant Temporarily Shut Down

Incitec Pivot Ltd has said that its Waggaman ammonia plant in Louisana, US, which was re-started in April following repairs, has been temporarily shut down.

Hydropower Plant

Work on Tarbela 5th Extension to Begin in July

WAPDA chief voices hope cheap electricity generation will stabilise tariff

Solar Power Plant

EGYPT: Sungrow to Install Inverters for the Kom Ombo Solar Power Plant (200 MWp)

Chinese company Sungrow Power Supply has been chosen by Saudi Arabian independent power producer Acwa Power to supply the inverters for the Kom Ombo solar photo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Torness Power Station Outage Complete After 14,000 Pieces of Work Finished

A MULTI-MILLION-POUND scheme which saw more than 14,000 separate pieces of work carried out at Torness Power Station is complete.

United States

Colonial Pipeline Hack Exposes Lack of Federal Cybersecurity Oversight for U.S. Energy Industry

The temporary shutdown of Colonial's pipeline follows warnings by U.S. officials in recent months of the danger of cyberattacks against privately held infrastru…

Wind Power Project

Ivicom Energy Kicks off Construction of Krivača Wind Farm

Ivicom Energy has started the construction of the Krivača wind farm in the municipality of Golubac.

SMR

Moltex Small Nuclear Reactor Should Be Operational By Early 2030s

The Moltex Clean Energy small modular reactor should be installed and operational by the early 2030s, the company said in a virtual update Monday.

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Supplies 10 Wind Turbines to Wind Power in Sweden

The company will install 10 SG 5.8-170 wind turbines at the Furuby wind farm in southern Sweden. Each wind turbine will have a blade tip height of 220 meters.

Electricity Transmission

EGYPT-LIBYA: Towards Increasing Electricity Exchanges Between the Two Countries

The Egyptian government is considering increasing its electricity exports to neighbouring Libya.

Solar Power Plant

Total Eren Flush for 100MW Uzbekistan Solar

A subsidiary of Total Eren is to receive almost €88m in funding for a 100MW solar farm in Uzbekistan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.…