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Oil & Gas Trade

Libya's Eastern-Based Forces Move to Halt Oil Exports

A move by Libya's east-based forces to choke off oil exports from its territory threatens to throttle much of the country’s oil production

AP&T Announces Cost Increases on 5-MW Hiilangaay Hydropower Project

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has announced that its 2019 results will include a pretax charge of about $10.5 million to $11.5 million, or $8.30 to $9…

Coal Power

Sunflower Finally Abandons Plans 895-MW Coal-fired Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has abandoned plans to build the $2.8 billion Holcomb Expansion after its partner on the 895-MW coal-fired power plant project in…

Electricity Transmission

Nigerian National Grid Collapses, Leading to Blackouts Across the Country

The Nigerian national grid experienced its first collapse for 2020 on Thursday, 16 January, leading to blackouts across the country.

Offshore Wind Power

China Lays Foundation for Asia's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

Installation completed to support 10MW prototype that will be region's highest-rated machine yet in service

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Shikoku Electric Says to Delay Nuclear Reactor Restart After Court Order

Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Friday it had been ordered by a Hiroshima court to suspend operations of its only operable nuclear reactor, t…

Oil & Gas Trade

Eastern Libya Halts More Than Half the Country's Oil Output

Eastern Libya ports controlled by commander Khalifa Haftar, who is trying to seize the capital Tripoli, are shutting down oil exports, slashing national crude o…

Coal Trade

Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 2019

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an spe…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Closes 2019 with a New Wind Energy Record in Spain

The Spanish business closed a successful year in 2019 with the installation of a new record of 1.2 GW, or 375 wind turbines, the highest amount of any year in t…

Solar Technology

An Invention could Soon Cut Five Percent of the World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In the 1980s, a global race was underway to find a more efficient way of converting energy from the sun into electricity.

Electricity Trade

Belarus to Negotiate Direct Electricity Supplies with Latvia

Belarus will discuss the possibility of directly supplying Belarusian electricity to Latvia, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas after he …

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Shikoku Electric Says to Delay Nuclear Reactor Restart

Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Friday it had been ordered by a Hiroshima court to suspend operations of its only operable nuclear reactor, t…

Two New Run of River Hydropower Plants Reach Commercial Operation in Peru

Two new run of river hydropower plants are now fully operational in Peru, owner Polaris Infrastructure Inc has announced.

Biomass Power Plant

Ivory Coast Invest $223 Million in Biomass Power Plants

The government of Ivory Coast has signed a concession agreement to construct a biomass power plant in Ayebo in the south-east of the country.

Electric Car

Fuel cell EVs Expected to Be The Cheapest Commercial Vehicles within 10 Years

At the CES 2020 trade show, Ballard Power Systems and Deloitte China announced the release of a joint White Paper that projects fuel cell EVs to be less expensi…