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Climate Policy

US Needs Strategic Energy Policy to Meet Aggressive Climate Goals: BNEF

The US has traditionally taken a scattered approach to energy policy, but the longer-term challenge of climate change will need more strategic measures.

Energy Investment

Chevron Invests in Offshore Wind Energy for First Time

Chevron Corp.’s venture capital arm and Moreld Ocean Wind agreed to invest in Ocergy Inc.’s development and commercialization of floating offshore wind turbin…

Crude Oil

U.S. Oil Production Still 2 Million Bpd Under Pre-Pandemic Levels

The EIA might be forecasting that the Permian Basin’s oil production will be rebounding soon, but overall, today’s U.S. oil production is still 2 million barr…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…

Power Cable

Southwire Scores Cable Contract for Vineyard Wind 1

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, announced that Southwire, a …

Power Construction

IRENA and China State Grid Agree to Advance Transition Through Power System Enhancements

The International Renewable Energy Agency, and the State Grid Corporation of China, have today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two or…

OPEC

Video: List of the Members of OPEC

After making other lists on multinational organisations I decided to make a list on the countries / members that make up the oil producing multinational organis…

Energy Security

Will Nuclear Energy’s No-Carbon Quality Outweigh The Fukushima Accident?

The global community has witnessed Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima — nuclear accidents that have left many skeptical.

Energy Security

U.S. Expresses Support for Japan's Release of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water

The United States on Tuesday said Japan “appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally accepted nuclear safety standards” in its decision to…

O＆M

Beaver Valley Unit 1 Nuclear Power Station Begins Refueling Outage

Energy Harbor Corp. announced today its Unit 1 at the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, was taken offline at 12:01 a.m. on Sund…

Energy Technology

European Technology Unlocking Deep Geothermal Energy for All

Large-scale geothermal energy has long been constrained to volcanic areas where heat can easily be captured and turned into electricity.

Hydropower Plant

Aitken Spence Expands Its Portfolio in Hydropower

Apr 12, Colombo: Aitken Spence PLC has announced that the company has recently acquired hydropower operator Waltrim Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Sunshine Hol…

Solar Power Plant

Suntrace, BayWa re, B2Gold Commission ‘World’s Largest’ Off-Grid Solar-Battery System

Suntrace GmbH and BayWa re, together with B2Gold, have completed commissioning of what they say is the world’s largest off-grid solar-battery hybrid system for…

Offshore Wind Power

Hong Kong Dusts off Offshore Wind Farm Plans

Hong Kong is likely to have wind turbines dotted around in between its 263 islands in the coming years.

Hydrogen Project

ScottishPower Submits Plans for UK's Largest Electrolyser

The 20MW electrolyser will be the key component of a green hydrogen facility close to ScottishPower’s Whitelee windfarm