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Natural Gas

China Gas Use to Rise 10pc in 2021: Sinopec, PetroChina

China's state-controlled energy firms are expecting domestic gas demand growth to accelerate this year, as the economy recovers and consumption of the fuel is b…

Oil & Gas Trade

Italy’s April Gas Imports Hit Long-Term High

Italy's gas imports in April were the quickest for any month in almost nine years, because of strong heating demand and the need to start injecting under the co…

Energy Infrastructure

White House Eyes Subsidies for Nuclear Plants to Help Meet Climate Targets

The new subsidies, in the form of "production tax credits," would likely be swept into President Joe Biden's multi-trillion-dollar legislative effort to invest …

Market Analysis

Greece Commits to 2025 Coal Phase-Out

Greece’s Public Power Corp., the country’s biggest energy company, has announced that its coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5 will be converted to gas…

Energy Storage Project

Hydrostor to Develop Energy Storage in California

Hydrostor, a long-duration energy storage solution provider, has announced the development of 1000 MW of long-duration energy storage in the California, US.

Solar Power Plant

Milestone Reached for Abu Dhabi Solar Plant

The 1.2-GW power plant has more than 3.3 million solar panels on a single site, reflecting the progress made in the UAE to address the rising energy demand.

Market Analysis

How Norway Became Europe’s Biggest Power Exporter

The world’s largest synchronous electricity network has allowed many European countries to make power trading a part of everyday grid balancing. Until now, Fra…

Japan

Japan to Restart Ageing Reactors at Takahama and Mihama

Unit 3 at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama NPP and units 1&2 at the Takahama NPP, both in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture and idle since the 2011 Fukushima nuc…

Cooperation case

Xi Says China Ready to Promote Partnership with Uzbekistan

China is ready to work with Uzbekistan to push for constant development in their comprehensive strategic partnership and jointly pursue common development and r…

Total Acquires Interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH from wpd

Total has signed an agreement with wpd to acquire a 23% interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH, the owner of Yunlin offshore wind farm located off the coast of Taiwan,…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Ford Launches New Global Battery Center of Excellence

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, i…

Hydrogen Technology

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to Build up to 100 Waste-to-Hydrogen Hubs

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to bu…

Power Construction

US DOE Promises Loans for Electric Infrastructure Projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced loans of up to $8.25bn to support projects for expanding and improving the country’s electricity grid.

RCEP

Japan Approves RCEP, World's Largest Trade Deal Including China, ASEAN

Japan's upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved the world's largest free trade deal RCEP which comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries.

Compressed Air Energy Storage

Gigawatt-Scale Compressed Air: World’s Largest Non-Hydro Energy-Storage Projects Announced

The two 500MW/5GWh 'advanced' compressed-air projects in California would each be bigger than the current record holder