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Smart Grid

Smart Grid Innovation Hub Launched by Iberdrola

The Global Smart Grid Innovation Hub in Bilbao, Spain will focus on R&D on the new challenges facing electricity distribution networks.

Coal Price

South Korean Coal Market Rises on Tighter Fundamentals

Coal supply cuts in Australia and ongoing nuclear outages following two typhoons earlier this month supported South Korean coal prices for a second consecutive …

LNG

Chevron Sells More Domestic Gas to Alcoa in Australia

Chevron has signed an agreement to supply a further 37PJ of gas sourced from the three LNG projects located offshore Western Australia to US aluminium group Alc…

Clean Energy Transition

Renewables May See a Boost Under a Biden Presidency – Report

In the market analyst’s view, the Democratic nominee has a 70% probability of winning the November 3 election.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

KB Financial is the First Korean Bank to Stop Funding Coal-Fired Power Projects

The bank makes the announcement the week after Korea declared a climate crisis and set a 2050 target to achieve net-zero emissions.

Iraq

Iraq Plans To Boost Power Capacity With An Additional 3GW

Iraq’s electricity ministry has revealed the country’s plans to boost its power capacity with an additional 3 gigawatts.

Thermal Plant

NTPC Invites Bids for Biomass Pellet Procurement for Thermal Plants

State-run NTPC has invited bids for procurement of biomass pellets for its various thermal plants on domestic competitive basis as part of its endeavour to redu…

United Arab Emirates

UAE Re-Elected to IAEA's Board Of Governors

The UAE has been re-elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, for the period 2020 to 2022 during this year’s annual Ge…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Ships Equipment for Kudankulam N-Power Plants

Russia's integrated nuclear power player Rosatom on Friday said that ship BBC Elbe has left the country with equipment for two 1,000 MW atomic power plants comi…

Oil Shale

U.S. Shale Producers Devon Energy , WPX Energy in Merger Talks

U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a combined company worth around…

Electricity Transmission

The World's First New Energy Channel: 72 Days into Operation to Reduce Coal Consumption by 900,000 Tons

It is understood that the low-end DC system of the project has been in continuous live operation for 72 days.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bosnian Lignite-Fired Plant to Close Until Late October

Bosnia-Herzegovina's 300MW lignite-fired Stanari plant will be disconnected from the grid until the end of October for planned maintenance.

Coal Price

German Coal Units De-Mothballed Early on High Prices

Higher day-ahead German power prices have improved generation margins for coal-fired units, prompting operators to de-mothball units earlier than expected.

China Belt and Road

Myanmar Moves Step Closer to New Bids on China-Backed Belt and Road Project

Myanmar is a step closer to allowing companies to challenge a bid from China Communications Construction Company to build the behemoth New Yangon City project.

China Belt and Road

China and Greece Pledge Joint Work on Belt and Road Initiative

China and Greece have pledged to further develop relations between the two countries and jointly work on the Belt and Road Initiative.