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Oil Refinery

South Africa: Engen To Convert Durban Refinery to Terminal

As expected, Engen announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is…

Hydrogen Project

Mitsubishi, H2V Industry, Hydrogen Pro Sign MoU to Develop Hydrogen Projects

Mitsubishi, H2V Industry and HydrogenPro have entered into a memorandum of understanding today to form a consortium that will develop and deliver green hydrogen…

Carbon Neutral

Volvo Cars Torslanda Becomes Company’s First Climate-Neutral Car Plant, Second in Overall Network

Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status.

Energy Storage Project

SEIA forms Energy Storage Advocacy Branch

US trade body the Solar Energy Industries Association has started a new advocacy programme for the fast-growing energy storage sector.

Power Construction

69-kV Transmission Rebuild Nearing Completion in Texas

American Electric Power is having one of its Texas transmission lines upgraded for a potential capacity expansion.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution to Set up Joint Venture Battery Factory in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution are expected to announce the establishment of a joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Indonesia as early as n…

Oil Refinery

France's Donges Refinery will not Restart Until 2022

France's 222,000 b/d Donges refinery will remain offline until next year after operator Total decided to bring forward planned maintenance.

Crude Oil

Biden Defends Alaska Oil Project

President Biden’s administration has backed the Willow oil project in Alaska in a new filing by the Department of Justice.

Solar Power Plant

Solar Alliance Signs Agreement for First U.S. Operating Asset

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Abundant Solar Power Inc. to build, own and operate a 350 kilowa…

Nuclear waste

Japan's TEPCO to Divert 30,000 tons of Fukushima Wastewater Ahead of Release

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company will divert 30,000 tons of nuclear polluted water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to measure radioactive substance…

Nuclear Reactor

Moltex SMR Clears First Phase of Regulatory Review

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completed the first phase of the pre-licensing vendor design review for Moltex Energy’s 300 MWe Stable Salt Reactor …

United States

Tesla to Build Data Centre in China After Backlash, Spying Fears

Chinese authorities in March restricted the use of Tesla cars by the military and employees of state-owned companies over concerns that images from cameras on t…

Solar Technology

Holographic Light Collector to Improve Solar Panel Yield

In the proposed system, the optical element is placed symmetrically at the center of the solar panel in order to increase the length of the effective light coll…

Solar Power Plant

Abu Dhabi Deepens Investment in Uzbekistani Solar

Masdar’s latest, 400 MW solar project win followed hot on the heels of the award of the contract to develop a 457 MW solar field elsewhere in the central Asian…

Substation

Luxcara Hires Substation Crew for 753MW Onusberget

Finnish firm will VEO will design and deliver two large units for the Swedish onshore wind farm