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Hydrogen Technology

Researchers Take Key Step Toward Cleaner, More Sustainable Production of Hydrogen

Efficiently mass-producing hydrogen from water is closer to becoming a reality thanks to Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers and collabor…

Oil Price

How Will Biden’s Presidency Impact South America’s Oil Boom?

Much has been made of President-elect Joe Biden’s energy policies and the negative impact they will have on the U.S. oil industry, which is laboring to survive…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Industry Leaders Call for Nuclear Restarts

Japan has confirmed its objective to raise the share of nuclear power to 20-22% by 2030, but the process to restart the reactors shut down after the Fukushima D…

Energy Storage Battery

Irish State-Owned Utility ESB Announces 100MWh of Battery Energy Storage

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced almost 100MWh of utility-scale battery storage projects, kicking off its pipeline of projects in the Republic of Ir…

Crude Oil

Petrobras Sets Oil Production Record in 2020

Robust Chinese demand for pre-salt crude buoyed Brazil' state-controlled Petobras in 2020, helping spur record output of 2.28mn b/d of oil.

Wave Energy

Grid Connection Work Start for Israel Wave Pilot

Eco Wave Power has started grid connection works for the EWP-EDF 1 wave energy project in Israel’s Port of Jaffa.

Oil Pipeline

China Gas Pipeline in Northern Guangdong Begins Operations

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, said a 238-kilometre natural gas pipeline in the northern part of China's southern province Guangdong has started o…

Joe Biden

President Biden’s Vision for the Power Sector

President Joe Biden brings a marked shift in U.S. energy policy priorities, with clean energy being central to his plan.

Energy Storage Battery

Vistra Brings Online its 1200 MWh Battery Storage System in California

Vistra has announced its 1200 MWh Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility was successfully connected to the power grid and has begun operation.

Wind Farm

Clearway Energy Starts Construction of US Wind Farm

Clearway Energy Group has announced that it has commenced construction on Mesquite Sky, a 345 MW wind farm in Callahan County, Texas, US.

Wind Power Project

GE Renewables Announces 1050 MW Order for Western Spirit Wind Farms

GE Renewable Energy has announced a 1050 MW order for Pattern Energy's Western Spirit Wind farms in New Mexico.

Solar Power Plant

Mercury Marine Installs Solar Array at HQ

Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation, announced the installation of its first array of photovoltaic solar panels to be put to use at its world he…

Solar Power Panel

SunPower Closing Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Oregon

SunPower, a solar technology and energy services provider, announced that it will close SunPower Manufacturing Oregon, its solar panel manufacturing plant in Hi…

Solar Power Panel

Quantum Wells Enable Record-Efficiency Two-Junction Solar Cell

Key to the cell’s design is a series of more than 150 ultrathin layers of alternating semiconductors that create quantum wells in the cell’s bottom absorber, …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Albemarle To Double Nevada Lithium Production

Albemarle said on Thursday it will double production at its lithium facility in Silver Peak, Nevada, to boost supply for the electric vehicle (EV) market.