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Coal Production

Cerrejon Prepares to Gradually Restart Coal Production

Colombian coal producer Cerrejon is expected to gradually restart operations on 8 December following a three-month strike, according to Igor Diaz, president of …

Solar Power Africa 2020 Virtual Conference

Solar Power Africa 2020 Virtual ConferenceThe Solar Power Africa team understand the call to accelerate the implementation of the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 …

Substation

Finland to Build New Power Substation

Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid has started building a new substation in southern Finland that will facilitate the connection of up to 1GW of new w…

Substation

GE Win Contract for Green Gas-Insulated Substation

SSEN Transmission have announced that it has awarded a contract to GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business to manufacture.

Solar Company

Biden, the EU and China to Usher in ‘Golden Age’ for Solar – Jinko

The company shipped a record 5.1 GW of modules in the July-to-September period and expects to hit up to 19 GW for the year, with ‘nearly 100%’ of its products…

OPEC

Next OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting Reportedly Set For January 4

Oil prices are set for a volatile start to the new year, as the next OPEC+ group meeting on production policy is expected to be set for the first trading day, J…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran Prepares For Oil Export Boost

Iran is preparing to start expanding its crude oil exports ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration in January in a clear sign it expects better bilateral relations wi…

Rooftop PV System

AUI Partners Building Rhode Island’s Largest Single-Rooftop Solar Project

NuGen Capital Management starts construction of a 6.76-MWdc rooftop solar power system in the company’s home state of Rhode Island.

Wind Farm

McDonald’s Signs Three more Virtual PPAs for 1.13 GW of Renewable Power

McDonald’s has announced its continued commitment to climate action through the signing of three new virtual power purchase agreements for two wind farms and o…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria Cancels Thabametsi Coal-Fired Power Plant Project

The Pretoria High Court overturns the environmental approval of the 1,200 MW Thabametsi coal-fired power station, which was to be built in the Limpopo province …

PowerGrid Technology

Siemens Energy to Deliver Uniper Grid Services

Uniper has appointed Siemens Energy to deliver rotating grid stabilisation technology which will be used to provide inertia services to system operator National…

Rooftop PV System

Nigeria Announces New Energy Access Project ‘Solar Power Naija’

The Federal government of Nigeria has launched a ‘Solar Power Naija’ project, a programme focussing on 5 million solar connections for off-grid communities as…

Energy Storage Project

US Sets New Record in Energy Storage Deployment

A new report released by Wood Mackenzie and the US Energy Storage Association states the US energy storage market has increased by 240% in the third quarter of …

Power Construction

ADB Approves Loan for Power Distribution System Upgrade in Karnataka, India

The ADB has agreed to provide a combined sovereign and non-sovereign loan amounting to $190m for the upgrade and modernisation of power distribution system in B…

Rooftop PV System

Vietnam's Rooftop PV Solar Installed Capacity will Reach 2GW in 2020

The local media in Vietnam reported on December 4 that even if it was affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Vietnamese solar market still achieved g…