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Thermal Plant

Doosan Completes Construction of Vinh Tan 4 Thermal Power Plant in Vietnam

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) announced on 22 September that it had held the construction completion ceremony for the Vinh Tan 4 thermal power p…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Trump Opening California Public Land to Fracking, Gas Leases. Is it‘Reckless’?

The Trump administration has finalized its plans to open hundreds of thousands of acres of federal land in Central California to oil and gas leasing, paving the…

New Technology

Out of the Blue: Making Fuel From Air and Sunlight

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a technology capable of producing liquid hydrocarbon fuels from just sunlight and air. At their solar mini-refinery, th…

LNG

​World's Leading Nat Gas Producer Is About To Get Even Bigger

On September 9 Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, minister of energy as well as president and CEO of state-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP), announced that the country had shortl…

Oil & Gas Trade

​Exxon Mobil Bars Use of Oil Tankers Linked to Venezuela -Sources

Exxon Mobil Corp this week banned the use of vessels linked to oil flows from Venezuela in the last year, according to four people familiar with the matter, put…

OPEC, GECF Sign Research Agreement to Strengthen Cooperation

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to stre…

​Toyota to Launch Second Generation Mirai in 2020

The Japanese automaker is preparing to launch the next generation of its fuel cell vehicle. Low sales of its initial Mirai sedan won’t stop Toyota from launchi…

Hydrogen Technology

Unique Bio Hydrogen Production Processes Creates Fast On-Demand Energy

With their innovative bio hydrogen technology, the Macquarie synthetic biologists have created genetically-engineered sugar-loving bacteria that can generate on…

Solar Power Plant

Vietnam's DHD Bags $37m Loan to Install 47.5MW Solar Plant

Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi Hydro Power Joint Stock Company (DHD) has secured a $37m loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the installation of a 47.5MW p…

Nova Innovation Applies to Develop Tidal Project in Canada

Tidal energy company Nova Innovation is planning to build a tidal energy array in Petit Passage, in the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Offshore Wind Power

​Ørsted Finishes Its Offshore Wind Farm Project

Power company Ørsted has announced the installation of its final wind turbine at Hornsea One offshore wind farm, more than 100km away from the Yorkshire coast,…

​Tractebel Unveil New Offshore Hydrogen Platform

Tractebel sees potential for carbon-neutral production of green hydrogen in large-scale offshore wind farms and its team is currently working on a detailed solu…

Energy Storage Battery

European Commission Set to Approve UK Billion-Pound Power Backup Plan

The European Commission is set to give the go-ahead for British power companies to receive a total of roughly one billion pounds to help them bear the cost of m…

Evolution Or Revolution? BP's Incoming CEO Tasked With Navigating Energy Transition

BP upstream chief executive Bernard Looney will take the reins from CEO Bob Dudley early next year, with investors eager to understand what this means for the F…

Hydrogen Fuel is Getting Buzz, but Here's Why it hasn't Gone Mainstream

The hydrogen fuel that launches NASA rockets into space and provides electrical power via fuel cells produces only one waste product: water so pure the astronau…