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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

SoCalGas Begins Using Fuel Cells for Microgrid Power

Southern California Gas has started powering two of its facilities with solid oxide fuel cells made.

Iran

Iran Expected to Produce 2.7bn More Barrels of Oil from Shared Azadegan Field

Iran is expected to produce some 2.7 billion more barrels of oil amounted to dlrs one trillion, Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh said on Monday.

SINOPEC

Sinopec: First Company to Obtain Hydrogen Quality Inspection Qualification for Fuel Cell Vehicles

Sinopec has become the first unit to obtain CMA qualification.

Russian Federation

Fuel Loading Starts At Power Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2

The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the …

LNG

Pilot LNG Proposes New Texas LNG Bunkering Terminal

Natural gas infrastructure specialist Pilot LNG announced on Friday a new project to construct a dedicated liquefied natural gas bunkering terminal in Texas, U.…

Coal Trade

Trump Administration Invests in ‘New Future’ for Coal

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Friday it will provide $118 million in funding to support research and development of technologies to make coal power…

Neptune Energy Joins European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Neptune Energy has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance, supporting the development of the EU’s hydrogen strategy.

Energy Storage Battery

U Texas Team Develops Cobalt-Free High-Energy Lithium-ion Battery

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery.

Crude Oil

Virus Surge Dents Oil Demand Recovery Optimism

Jul.19 -- Oil futures are holding steady with an ongoing surge in coronavirus cases in some parts of the U.S. tempering optimism for a demand recovery.

Thermal Plant

Explosion Hits Iran's Thermal Power Plant

An explosion hit a power plant in the central Iranian province of Isfahan on Sunday, saying it was triggered by faulty equipment and caused no casualties.

Energy Transition

Nine Ways to Decarbonize the South African Energy Sector

The energy sector currently accounts for two-thirds of global carbon emissions and expedited progress on energy efficiency.

Coal Production

Global Coal Consumption is Being Driven by Developing Countries

According to the Energy Information Administration, combustion of coal emits about 210 pounds of CO2 per million British thermal units of energy.

LNG

LNG Markets May Not Recover Until 2021

The cash margin for U.S. LNG exporters improved slightly in the second quarter, but will likely remain negative for the duration of 2020.

Oil & Gas Trade

Kuwait's Oil Sector Cancels Several Tenders & Projects to Cut Costs

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries have started to cancel a large number of unimportant tenders and contracts within the budget of the current fi…

Offshore Wind Power

Global Investment in Offshore Wind Power Rises Fourfold in First Half of 2020

The allocation of funds for renewable energy from January to June outperformed data from most economic reports in the world, which can largely be attributed to …