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Solar Technology

New Manufacturing Technique for 26%-Efficient Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell

U.S. scientists have demonstrated a perovskite-silicon tandem cell they claim has low reflectance losses and strong potential for commercial production.

Oil Price

Oil Price Plunges to 22-Year Low on Concerns Over Storage, Weakening Economies

Oil prices fell Monday, with a U.S. crude futures contract hitting its lowest level since 1998.

Oil & Gas Trade

U.S. Natgas Trading at Parity with Oil after Crude Price Collapse

The rapid collapse of U.S. oil futures this year caused crude’s premium over natural gas to drop to near parity on.

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudis to Sell 600,000 bbl of Oil a Day to the U.S. in April

Saudi Arabia is set to sell about 600.000 barrels a day of crude to the U.S. in April, the highest volume in a year, according to a Saudi industry official fami…

U.S. Revises Cost Justification of Mercury Rule for Coal Plants

The Trump administration revised the cost-benefit analysis for an Obama-era rule that forced coal-fired power plants to cut their mercury emissions, Environment…

Market Analysis

Coronavirus Spurs New Clash Between Big Oil and Big Corn Over U.S. Biofuels

A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the na…

Oil Pipeline

Shell Restarts US Offshore Oil Hub After Pipeline Leak

Royal Dutch Shell Plc resumed production of 100,000 barrels a day Tuesday at its Perdido deepwater center in the U.S. gulf of Mexico.

States ask EPA for Nationwide Biofuel Waiver to help Oil Refiners Weather Coronavirus

The governors of five U.S. states have asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil-refining industry from the nation’s biofuel law…

Wind Turbine

Wind Turbine Blades Depart Chinese Coastal City to U.S.

A total of 489 wind turbine blades departed from Dafeng Port in the city of Yancheng, eastern China's Jiangsu Province early this month for the port of Brownsvi…

Power Construction

Xinjiang to Invest 7.65 bln Yuan in Rural Power Grid Upgrades

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will channel over 7.56 billion yuan (about 1.07 billion U.S. dollars) this year, up 36.8 percent from 2019, t…

Oil Price

Saudi Arabia Claims The U.S. Was Not Their Target In The Oil War

Saudi Arabia did not intend for U.S. oil producers to suffer, Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said in an interview with a select group of re…

Oil Price

Oil Rises Amid Hopes for Quick Decline in U.S. Shale Output

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday after the main U.S. energy forecasting agency predicted shale output in the world's biggest crude producer would fall by…

Energy Technology

U.S. DOE Announces $38 Million to Support Hydrokinetic Turbine Technology Development

The program seeks to design economically attractive hydrokinetic turbines (HKT) for tidal and riverine currents.

Oil Shale

U.S. Shale Production To Drop By Record Amount In April

The EIA expects U.S. shale oil production to drop next month to 8.526 million barrels per day in the seven most prolific shale basins in the United States, acco…

Oil & Gas Trade

Trump Confirms U.S. Will Help Mexico Out With Production Cuts

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that the United States would “help Mexico along” in achieving the production requests that OPEC+ has asked it …