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French Company Orange Signs Power Purchase Agreement with Total

French telecommunications operator Orange has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with Total.

Energy Taxation

Basic Customs Duty Expected to Increase Solar bid Tariffs by up to 50 Paise per Unit: ICRA

Basic customs duty of 25 per cent and 40% on imported solar cells and modules, respectively, is likely to result in an increase in solar tariffs.

Power Construction

Wartsila, LUT University Carry out Study to Explore Carbon-Neutral Power System in India by 2050

The joint study is focused on investments in flexible generation technologies for India’s energy transition

Thermal Coal

South Korean Coal Imports Rebound in February

South Korean thermal coal imports rose in February, supported by utility restocking and greater Australian supply.

Energy Storage Battery

Thrive Bags Bristol Battery Project

Thrive Renewables has acquired a 20MW battery project in Bristol, south-west England.

Personnel Appointment

Senate Votes to Confirm Regan as EPA Administrator

The U.S. Senate on March 10 voted 66 to 34 to confirm Michael Regan as administrator of the U.S. EPA. Representatives of the biofuels and bioenergy industries h…

Oil & Gas Trade

Israel's Leviathan to Sell 10bn m³ of Gas in 2021

Israeli upstream firm Delek Drilling expects its 649bn m³ Leviathan field to sell around 10bn m³ of gas this year, up from the 8.9bn m³ forecast in July last…

Coal Trade

Vietnam's Coal Imports Fall Further in February

Vietnamese coal imports slipped for a third straight month in February from a year earlier as industrial activity slowed amid the lunar new year holiday and a r…

Solar Power Panel

Chinese Firm BYD Increases Solar Panel Production in Brazil

Demand for solar power equipment has risen in Brazil as solar energy had the highest growth in the country last year, outpacing thermal and wind energy.

Wind Power Project

Siemens Energy Picks Ups Chinese Deal

Firm will install 22 units of distribution transformers at Yuhuan Offshore Wind Power Project Phase 1

Wind Turbine Blade

GE to Build UK Haliade-X Blade Factory

GE Renewable Energy has confirmed it will build a new offshore blade manufacturing plant on Teesside in north-east England.

Energy Security

Saudis Vow To Protect Oil Facilities And Global Supply After Latest Attacks

On Sunday, Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they had fired 14 drones and eight ballistic missiles at oil facilities at the Saudi port of Ras Tanura and military targ…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Oil Exports Holding Strong Despite Production Cut Commitment

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports fell just slightly in February, in stark contrast to the bold voluntary production cuts that the Kingdom had offered to make.

Nuclear Power Plant

Presidents of Russia and Turkey Give Start to Full-Scale Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 During a Ceremony Via Videoconference

10 March, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nucle…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom Targets 24 New Reactor Units in Russia by 2045

Rosatom has announced that implementation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to increase the share of nuclear power in the country's energy mix to 2…