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Hydrogen Project

Plans Confirmed for Britain’s First Hydrogen Town

Britain’s gas grid companies have set out plans to deliver the country’s first hydrogen town by 2030 and full transition by 2050.

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Wärtsilä and China Huaneng to Develop Sustainable Power Generation

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and a China Huaneng Group subsidiary have agreed to work together on renewable development.

Hydrogen Project

Australia’s Largest Green Hydrogen Plant Advances Towards Execution in Early 2021

Infinite Blue Energy’s landmark green hydrogen project near Perth, Australia reached a new milestone this week with the installation of a weather monitoring sy…

Energy Security

European Parliament to Consider Resolution on Safety of Belarus NPP

The European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has approved a draft resolution on the safety of the Belarus NPP initiated by Lithuania.

Hydrogen Project

Enel Green Power and FNM Sign Agreement for Green Hydrogen Development

Examining and identifying the best way to supply green hydrogen – produced exclusively using renewable energy – for mobility by rail in Lombardy, as part of t…

Crude Oil

Iraq Raises Crude Oil Exports In January

Iraq’s oil exports increased slightly in January 2021 compared to December 2020, data from the country’s oil ministry showed on Monday, suggesting that Iraq i…

Crude Oil

Belarus to Raise Export Duties on Oil

Belarus will raise export duties on oil and oil products for destinations outside the Eurasian Economic Union, on Feb. 1, 2021, the government said in a stateme…

Hydrogen Project

Countries Roll Out Green Hydrogen Strategies, Electrolyzer Targets

Countries are increasingly embedding green hydrogen’s potential to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors within ambitious strategies.

Oil Exploration

Exxon and Chevron CEOs Discussed Potential Merger

Talks were "preliminary" and are not ongoing, but could be rekindled later.

Blockchain

Germany Launches Blockchain Energy Trading Project

Germany has launched a state-subsidised research project that will look at how to make use of blockchain technology in adapting power trading to the growing sha…

Paris Climate Agreement

Australia Hints at Net-Zero Emissions Target by 2050

Australia has hinted that it may adopt a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050, moving away from its prevailing stance of achieving this in the secon…

Power Construction

Sierra Leone Secures $50m Grant to Boost Access to Electricity

The World Bank board of executive directors has approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association to improve access to electricity in …

Thermal Plant

SK E&C to Modernize Mubarek Thermal Power Plant in Uzbekistan

SK Engineering & Construction announced on Feb. 1 that it has won a US$600 million project to modernize and upgrade a gas-fired power plant in Mubarek, Uzbekist…

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Xi Calls for High-Quality Development of China-Belarus Belt and Road Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Belarus to boost high-quality development of bilateral Belt and Road cooperation.

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Siemens Gamesa Mulls Building US Blade Factory

Siemens Gamesa is considering opening a US turbine blade factory in Virginia in partnership with Dominion Energy.