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Coal-Fired Power Plants

States are Banning Coal. Will it Change the Electricity Mix?

Following in the footsteps of several other states with clean energy goals, Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill this month banning utilities from using coal in a bid…

Iran

Iraq and Iran to Sign New Electricity Contracts and Re-open Border-Crossings

Iranian minister of energy, Reza Ardakanian, announced that Tehran and Baghdad have reached an agreement, over two contracts to develop and improve the electric…

A High-Class Digital Experience for the Global PV Community: EU PVSEC Goes Online

The 37th edition of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) sets new standards for online-events in the global PV sector. Ar…

Invited for supply, uninstallation and installation of electric cable

Tenders are invited for supply, uninstallation and installation of electric cable, gcrno.

Oil Field

CNOOC 21/2/16-3 Regional Development Project Put into Production

CNOOC announced that the Luda 21-2/16-3 regional development project has been put into operation.

Oil & Gas Trade

Texas Oil Regulator Accuses Saudi Arabia and Russia of Dumping Crude on U.S. Markets

Urge the federal government to investigate and take appropriate action against Saudi Arabia and Russia for excessive crude dumping.

Energy Technology

US and India form Hydrogen Task Force

The US and India have launched a public-private Hydrogen Task Force to help scale up technologies to produce hydrogen from renewable energy.

Portugal

Portugal Receives €16bn Interest in Hydrogen

The Government of Portugal has received more than 70 expressions of interest for hydrogen projects totalling around €16bn.

Combined cycle power plant

Wheelabrator Starts up UK Waste-to-Energy Facility

Wheelabrator Kemsley, a new waste-to-energy facility at Kemsley in Kent, England, enters full commercial operation following a successful commissioning phase th…

Biobattery

Dutch Agency Advises the Netherlands to Phase out Bioenergy

The Dutch Social Economic Council in July advised the Dutch government to phase out bioenergy and instead use biomass for high value applications.

Micro Reactor

Rooppur Unit 1 RPV Undergoes Hydraulic Tests

The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies JSC said on 17 July that it had completed hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel for unit 1 of

Nuclear Power Plant

India and EU Formalise Nuclear Co-Operation Agreement

India and the European Union formalised the long-negotiated civil nuclear agreement on research and development cooperation on the use of nuclear energy at the …

Nuclear Technology

Jacobs Opens UK Engineering and Technology Centre

US-based Jacobs has opened a new Engineering and Technology Centre in West Cumbria, UK, to increase its capability to deliver innovative solutions to major deco…

Pumped Storage

Pumped Storage Plant Playing Key Role in System Stability Contract with National Grid ESO

The Cruachan pumped storage project in Scotland has begun supplying critical system support services to keep Britain’s power system secure.

Oil Field

Cooper Energy and Mitsui Commit $55M for Minerva Gas Plant Upgrade

Australia’s Cooper Energy and partner Mitsui Group have committed $55 million to upgrade the idle Minerva gas plant which will allow the supply of 16 petajoule…