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Electric Car

Volkswagen ID.3 EV Sales Open to Public in Europe on 20 July

Four weeks after the start of ordering for the limited ID.3 1ST for pre-bookers, Volkswagen is opening the ordering system to the public on 20 July 2020.

Nuclear Power Plant

Enec Announces Completion Of Construction At Unit 2

Focus now shifts to fuel loading and preparations for commercial operation.

Nuclear Power Plant

Unit 2 at Koeberg Power Station Synchronised Yet Loadshedding Continues

Eskom announced that Unit 2 of the Koeberg power station, which had been on cold reserve since April 2020, was successfully synchronised to the grid to help rel…

Electricity Transmission

Turkey's Karpowership Signs 5-Year Power Deal with Sierra Leone

Karpowership, one of the world's largest operators of floating power plants, has agreed a 5-year deal to provide electricity to Sierra Leone's state power utili…

Wind Power Project

MHI Vestas to Locally Source Materials for Taiwan Wind Projects

MHI Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer, has signed deals with Taiwanese companies Boltun Corporation and Walsin Lihwa.

Pakistan Achieves Global Climate Change Target

Pakistan has achieved the UN Sustainable Development Goal for protecting the environment and holding off climate change a decade before the deadline.

Hydropower Plant

Hydro Generation Surges to Historic Level for WAPDA

In the fiscal year 2019-2020 it generated its highest ever amount of hydropower, providing 37.4 billion units to the National Grid.

Energy Storage Project

Energy Storage Set to Compete in US Wholesale Markets Following Landmark Ruling

Distributed energy storage facilities in the United States will join the wholesale market and compete to provide grid services.

Energy Investment

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $21 Million for Research in EPSCoR States

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $21 million in funding for 31 research projects under the federal Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Re…

Oil Price

Oil Down as Opec+ Prepares to Lower Output Quotas

Oil edged lower ahead of an OPEC+ meeting this week at which the group may announce plans to start tapering historic production cuts even as the coronavirus sur…

China Energy

China Mulls Hiking Nuclear Capacity to 40% by 2025

The country’s installed nuclear capacity grew 9% in 2019.

Electricity Transmission

Britain's National Grid Starts Construction on UK-Denmark Electricity Link

Britain's National Grid said on Monday it had started construction on Viking Link, an electricity interconnector between Britain and Denmark.

China Energy

China Sinochem's Quanzhou Petchem Project Start Delayed to Late-August

China Sinochem Group's Quanzhou 32.5 billion yuan ($4.64 billion) petrochemical expansion project is aiming to start trial operations in late August.

Thermal Plant

South Korea's KEPCO Backs Indonesian Coal Project

South Korea’s state-owned utility Korea Electric Power has announced that will move ahead with investments in the construction of two coal-fired power plants o…

India's EESL Signs Deal to Initiate Trigeneration Projects

In India, state-owned agency Energy Efficiency Services Limited has partnered with gas energy company GAIL to conduct trigeneration projects.