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Carbon Neutral

Chile’s Electricity Coordinator Launches Blockchain Renewables Registry

The RENOVA platform is designed to provide a national registry of all the renewable energies generated and consumed in Chile.

OPEC

OPEC Projects Tight Oil Markets in Advance of June Crude Output Talks

A year after shuttering unprecedented volumes of crude, the OPEC+ alliance is expecting world oil markets to get acutely tight.

Coal Production

The IEA Is Pleading To China To Slow Down Coal Production

The International Energy Agency has issued yet another warning that if we are to have any hope of avoiding the worst effects of global warming, we have to keep …

Hydropower Plant

Hitachi ABB to Supply Tech for Dubai Pumped Storage Hydro Plant

Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply ANDRITZ Hydro with state-of-the-art technology for grid connection and stabilization for a unique pumped storage hydroelect…

Energy Storage Project

Zenobe Announces Scotland’s First Transmission-Connected Battery Storage Project

Zenobe is developing Scotland’s first transmission-connected battery storage project, it has announced.

Offshore Wind Power

Video: The World's First Energy Island

Denmark was the country that made Vindeby, the first offshore wind farm.

Oil Price

Oil Prices Stay Firm As Demand to Outstrip Supply in H2

Oil prices climbed in early Asian trade on Monday, underpinned by the bright outlook for fuel demand growth in the next quarter, while investors looked ahead to…

Hydropower Plant

Karuma Power Dam Launch Delayed Again

The launch of the 600 MW Karuma Hydropower Dam has been delayed again.

Hydrogen Storage

ESB and dCarbonX to Collaborate on Subsea Hydrogen Storage off Ireland

Irish utility ESB and UK-based geo-energy resource company dCarbonX have signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint assessment and development of Irish …

Power Construction

Lubbock Power & Light Completes Weekend Work Switching to ERCOT Grid

The initial phase of Lubbock's switch to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid is complete, ending a weekend of planned, temporary outages across much …

Oil Refinery

Mexican National Oil Company to Run USA Refinery

Pemex, whose holdings include six refineries in Mexico, will become the sole owner of a seventh refinery – in the United States.

South Africa

South Africa’s Draft Green Paper On New Energy Vehicles Is A Step In The Right Direction

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the inc…

Nuclear Power Plant

China's Artificial Sun Brings Nuclear Fusion Energy Closer

The previous record was 20 seconds at 100 C set by the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research, the Republic of Korea's superconducting fusion device, o…

Electricity Trade

Consumers Energy will Charge 50% More for Afternoon Electricity Starting June 1

Electricity is about to get more expensive for Consumers Energy customers.

Energy Transition

Framework on Just and Inclusive Energy Transition

Representatives from over 50 IRENA member countries gathered for the first meeting of the Collaborative Framework for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions.