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Oil&Gas Drilling

West Bollsta Rig Drills Lundin’s Polmak Well

Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has spudded the Polmak well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway, using the West Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Western State Hydrogen Alliance Launched for Rapid Deployment of Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Vehicles

A newly formed coalition, made up of players in the heavy-duty hydrogen and fuel cell market, wants to increase the development and deployment of fuel cell elec…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Korean Battery Makers Perplexed by Continuing EV Fires

Following a series of Hyundai Motor's Kona electric vehicle battery fires, sales of EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from GM of the U.S. and BMW of Germa…

Oil Price

OPEC+ Will Ensure Oil Prices do not Plunge Again, Says OPEC Chief

The OPEC+ alliance will ensure oil prices do not plunge steeply again when it meets to set policy at the end of November, OPEC's Secretary General said on Thurs…

Pumped Storage

Oven Mountain Pumped Hydro Project Deemed ‘Critical’ by NSW Government

Pumped hydro project, Oven Mountain, has been declared to be Critical State Significant Infrastructure by the New South Wales Government.

Energy Storage Project

Energy Renaissance Unveils Location for First Lithium Battery Factory in Australia

Energy Renaissance’s AU$28 million lithium-ion battery factory is to be located in Tomago in the Hunter region of Australia.

Solar Power Panel

Altus Power Completes Solar Array in Hawaii

The project will generate over 12 400 MWh of electricity during its first year of operation.

Thermal Plant

OUC Announces Plan to Switch Power Plant from Coal to Natural Gas

The Orlando Utilities Commission announced a plan on Wednesday to significantly reduce its use of coal in the next few years.

Energy Storage Project

Rhode Island Launches $1.5M Energy Storage Incentive Program

The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) is launching a $1.5 million pilot program to provide energy storage incentives paired with renewable energy sy…

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä’s 9 MW Battery Storage System Reduces a City’s Demand Peaks

Wärtsilä, the massive marine and power plant specialist, is introducing its new modular energy storage product in a deployment that allows the city of Martins…

Microgrid

Siemens Researching Microgrids with New Jersey Solar + Storage Project

Siemens USA has launched a microgrid research and demonstration environment at its U.S. Corporate Technology headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

Microgrid

Research Explores DC Lighting and Building Microgrids Market

A recent white paper, published by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and supported by the US Department of Energy, explores the state of direct current ligh…

Wind Farm

Iberdrola Takes on the Most Complex Construction of Wind Farms in Spain

Progress is made in getting blades up to wind farms located in a very tricky terrain – the mountains – with difficult access, steep slopes and curves of up to…

Electricity Trade

Great Britain Could Become a Net Exporter of Power by 2040s

Cornwall Insight’s ‘Benchmark Power Curve’ predicts that by the 2040s Great Britain (GB) could be an annual net exporter of power to the European continent t…

Hydropower Plant

Construction of All Underground Facilities at Baihetan Dam Complete

The concrete pouring of the last silo of the underground powerhouse on the left bank of the Three Gorges Group's Baihetan Hydropower Station was completed, mark…