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Hydropower Plant

Nepal Starts Operating Its Largest Hydropower Station

The 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, an engineering marvel, which took 10 years to complete saw massive costs and time overruns.

Oil Pipeline

Oil Pipeline Explosion Kills 3 In Iran

Iranian media report that an explosion that started at a pump house in the country’s southwest tore through oil and gas pipelines, killing three people and inj…

United States

US Oil Prices Soar To 6-Year High In OPEC Standoff

The U.S. benchmark oil price WTI Crude hit its highest level since November 2014 early on Tuesday, after OPEC+ on Monday called off its third attempt to reach a…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Speeds up Chile Coal Power Retirements

US utility AES is accelerating the shutdown of 1,097MW of coal-fired power generating units in Chile, in line with the greening of its corporate strategy and th…

Crude Oil

Oil and Dollars: Why the UAE is Risking a Falling-out with OPEC+

The UAE agreed with the other 22 OPEC+ members that monthly output cuts should be eased by 400,000 barrels a day from August, but said the extension should be t…

Floating Offshore Wind

Belgium’s Parkwind Secures Funding for German Floating Wind Farm

Belgium-based green energy company Parkwind has secured funding from multiple financial institutions to implement its first renewable energy project outside Bel…

Electrification

UN Recommendations to Ensure Global Electrification by 2030

New reports released by the United Nations provide recommendations on how the world can tackle energy poverty and ensure everyone in the world has access to cle…

19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE MOBILITY

the Bundesverband Bioenergie e.V., the Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V., the Bundesverband der deutschen Bioethanolwirtschaft e.V., the Fa…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal-Fired Power Generation Continues to Rise

The weather in some parts of the United States continued to be hot and dry, nuclear power and hydropower production capacity remained low, and U.S. coal-fired p…

CCS

Sinopec Launches China's First Megaton CCUS Project

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation announced on July 5 that it will start the construction of China's first megaton carbon capture, utilization and storage …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Video|Can EV Battery Swapping Take Off In The U.S.?

San Francisco-based Ample has brought electric vehicle battery swapping to the U.S. The company was in stealth mode for seven years before launching recently wi…

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey Among Fastest-Growing Nations in Geothermal Energy

Turkey is among the fastest-growing countries in terms of geothermal energy as its capacity to produce electricity from geothermal resources has reached 1650 me…

Crude Oil

OPEC+ Fails To Hike Oil Production, Delays Decision Again

OPEC+ much-awaited resumption of talks today has now been delayed, indicating that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have not been able to broker any agreement after the…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Signs a Framework Agreement with Navantia and Windar for Future Offshore Wind Power Plants worth 400 million Euros

Thanks to this agreement, the consortium formed by the two manufacturers will set up an XXL monopile factory in the grounds of the Fene shipyard in A Coruña

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosenergoatom Confirms Success of Emergency Preparedness Exercise

Rosenergoatom, the nuclear power plant operator subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has announced the successful completion of its annual emergency preparedness exe…