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Energy Subsidies

UK Urged to Redirect Biomass Subsidies to Wind and Solar

BEIS receives open letter signed by 75 organisations that include public health bodies.

Submarine Cable

UK Launches Subsea Cable Monitoring Project

SHARC will develop techniques for real-time condition monitoring.

Hydro Generator Unit

Siemens Energy to Upgrade and Expand Services at Jebel Ali L2 Power and Water Station in Dubai

Integrated 20-year long-term service agreement includes intelligent gas turbine controller, jointly developed by DEWA and Siemens Energy.

Clean Energy Transition

UK Aims to Increase Renewable Energy Capacity by 12GW

The UK Government is planning to increase renewable energy capacity to 12GW in the fourth round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, which will open next yea…

Personnel Appointment

Schneider Electric Appoints New Country President for UK and Ireland

Schneider Electric has appointed Kelly Becker as the company’s new zone president UK & Ireland.

Oil Price

Oil Prices Reach Three Month High on Improving Demand Outlook

Oil touched its strongest level since early September as signs that Covid-19 vaccinations in the U.S. could be underway within three weeks improved the demand o…

Solar Power Plant

Austrian Developer Eyes up to 54MW Croatia Solar PV

Austrian renewables developer RP Global is planning to build two solar PV plants in Croatia with a combined installed capacity of up to 54MW at the site of its …

Carbon Emissions

Pandemic Causes Record Decline In U.S. Carbon Emissions

Last week BloombergNEF published a new report that quantifies the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.

United Arab Emirates

Adnoc Makes 22bn Barrel Unconventional Find – Producing 5mn bpd by 2030

Adnoc has made an unconventional discovery of 22 billion stock tank barrels onshore, Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council has said.

Oil Field

GeoPark Announces Agreement to Sell 10% Working Interest in the Manati Gas Field in Brazil

The total consideration of the transaction amounts to R$144.4 million, including a fixed payment of R$124.4 million plus an earn-out of R$20.0 million, which is…

Nuclear Power Plant

Hungary's Paks II Project Receives Construction Approval

The Hungarian Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (MEKH) has approved Atomerőmű Zrt's plan to construct two VVER-1200 reactors at the existing Pa…

LNG

Qatar Energy Exports Crash By 39%

Qatar’s total exports dropped by 35.5 percent year over year in the third quarter, dragged down by a 38.5-percent slump in exports of energy commodities and pr…

Solar Power Plant

Australia’s Ambitious $16 Billion Solar Project Will Be The World’s Biggest

The world’s most ambitious renewable energy project to date is the proposed Australia–ASEAN Power Link.

Solar Power Plant

Low Carbon to Develop UK’s Largest Community Solar Farm

Low Carbon Ltd has agreed a deal with social enterprise Low Carbon Hub for the rights to a 19MW solar farm with battery storage potential.

Wind Farm

Vestas Probes V150 Collapse in Sweden

The 4.2MW turbine is at WPD's 72MW Aldermyrberget wind farm in the municipality of Skelleftea.