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Coal-Fired Power Plants

GenOn Will Close Three Coal-Fired Units

The Texas-based company that owns a coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced it will retire the facility's three generating units, which have been in operat…

Gas power plant

Alliant Closing Coal Unit, Brings Gas Plant Online

Alliant Energy, based in Wisconsin, said on May 22 that it would retire its coal-fired Edgewater power plant in Sheboygan by the end of 2022.

Energy Investment

A New $1.1bn Venture Fund Unveiled for Renewables Projects Globally

EIG Global Energy Partners has unveiled the EIG Global Project Fund V to help accelerate the implementation of renewables projects globally.

Wind Power Project

Enel Recovers from C-19 Crisis with Three New Energy Farms

Enel Green Power has announced what it calls a huge measure in accelerating the company's recovery from the global crisis caused by COVID-19.

South Africa’s NERSA Gives Eskom Nod to Increase Tariffs

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved Eskom’s request to recover R13.3 billion as part of the power utility’s regulatory clearing account…

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Completes Core Barrel for Rooppur-1 RPV

Atommash, part of the Atomenergomash engineering division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has completed the core barrel, or shroud, of the reactor…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Basra Begins Drilling the First Well in Majnoon Field

Drilling the first new production well in Majnoon oil field has started with national efforts after the withdrawal of Shell(Dutch-British oil and gas company), …

Oil & Gas Trade

US and Iran on Collision Course Over Oil Shipments to Venezuela

The first of five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela has arrived, amid tension over the possibility the United States could attempt to halt the deliveries.

Japan Govt Gives Boost to MPIC Biogas Project

The Japanese government provides subsidy for low-carbon projects that can deliver carbon credits for the achievement of Japan’s and partner countries’ greenho…

CCS

Developing Zero-Carbon Energy Carriers is a $500bn Opportunity

Big Oil is already setting its eyes on capturing the market for high-voltage transmission lines that could change the way clean energy is accessed.

Wind Turbine

Floating Wind's Power, the World's Biggest turbine and the battery on a Li-ion hunt

Could floating wind be the renewable energy frontier where the worlds of power and oil & gas combine to spectacular effect?

Crude Oil

Metals Can Leap Over the Oil Slick

After 2008, metals and oil rebounded together from the depths of the financial crisis, as China’s consumption of raw materials took off. This time, their recov…

Nuclear Power Plant

News Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Enters Full Commercial Operation

The Akademic Lomonosov FNPP was connected to the isolated Chaun-Bilibino electricity network in Pevek December 2019.

Nuclear Technology

Small Reactors Feasible in Puerto Rico, Study Concludes

Advanced nuclear reactors can meet Puerto Rico's unique energy needs by complementing renewable sources with zero-emission electricity resilient to extreme natu…

Denmark Proposes 4GW "Energy Islands"

The Danish finance ministry has unveiled plans to support 4GW of new offshore wind capacity in the form of new energy islands.