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Natural Gas

National Grid Buys Western Power Distribution, Sells Narragansett Electric

UK-based transmission operator National Grid has agreed to acquire Western Power Distribution’s holding company PPL WPD Investments from PPL WPD, for an equity…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Schlumberger Building Nevada Li Pilot Plant

US oilfield services giant Schlumberger is dipping its toes into lithium extraction with a new pilot plant in Nevada as automakers boost production of battery-p…

Market Analysis

EIA: Less Electricity Generated by Coal than Nuclear in US in 2020

US coal-fired electricity generated totalled 774 million MWh in 2020, which is less than both natural gas-fired and nuclear-powered generation.

Germany

Haldor Topsøe, Aquamarine to Build New Green Ammonia Facility in Germany

Danish engineering firm Haldor Topsøe and private equity firm Aquamarine are set to build a new green ammonia facility including a 100MW solid oxide electrolys…

Nuclear Reactor

Mixed Court Rulings for Japanese Reactors

The Hiroshima High Court today overturned a temporary injunction against the operation of unit 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Company's Ikata nuclear power plant i…

Nuclear Reactor

Canadian government invests in SMR project

The Canadian government has announced investments totalling just over CAD56 million (USD45 million) to support the development of small modular reactor (SMR) re…

Floating Offshore Wind

TechnipFMC to Develop Floating Offshore Wind Projects in Partnership with Magnora

TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora ASA to jointly pursue floating offshore wind project development opportunities under the name Magnora Offs…

Biden Administration To Enforce Trump-Era Sanctions On Iran Oil Shipments

A key tenet of the prior Trump administration's crackdown on China and Iran was to punish those Chinese companies caught transferring sanctioned Iranian oil,

Solar Power Plant

Green Power EMC, Silicon Ranch Complete 200-MW Southern Georgia Solar Project Portfolio

The total capacity is distributed across two counties in the southwestern and southeastern parts of the state and provides enough low-cost, renewable energy to …

Blockchain

Blockchain Battery Lifecycle Management Solution Launched

Belgian battery recycling organisation Bebat and DSO Fluvius and Energy Web have launched a blockchain lifecycle battery asset management solution.

Rooftop PV System

Subotica to Install Rooftop Solar Units on Nine Public Buildings

The Serbian City of Subotica and the Municipality of Satnica Đakovačka in Croatia are improving energy efficiency in a joint project for new public lighting, …

Nuclear Power Plant

Spain Announces Plans for Dismantling Garona NPP

Spain’s government on 16 March announced its plan for dismantling the Santa María de Garoña NPP.

Geothermal Power Plant

Kenya Gets 5 mln USD Grant for Geothermal Exploration from African Union

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya's state-owned GDC on Wednesday confirmed that it has secured 549 million shillings from the African Union to commence exploratio…

Personnel Appointment

GWEC India Announces New Policy Director

The Global Wind Energy Council India announced today that Martand Shardul, previously a Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute, has joined GWEC India as i…

Wind Farm

'Green Economic Recovery' Secured with Corlacky Hill Approval

Leading renewable energy company RES has today received consent for Corlacky Hill Wind Farm, near Swatragh.