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Oil Pipeline

Russia Accelerates Nord Stream 2 Project to Beat U.S. Sanctions

Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas …

Carbon Neutral

Renewable Energy Industry: Policies for Carbon Neutrality Confirmed

Korea’s 5th Renewable Energy Basic Plan has been confirmed.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

RWE Power Takes First Plant off Grid – Unit D in Niederaussem

From 31 December 2020, RWE Power will decommission the 300-megawatt Unit D at its Niederaussem lignite power station.

South Korea

South Korea-U.K. FTA About to Take Effect

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Dec. 30 that the South Korea-U.K. FTA would become effective at 8:00 a.m. Jan. 1.

Electricity Transmission

Nation to Build Over 600,000 5G Base Stations During 2021

China will build more than 600,000 5G base stations in 2021 as the nation accelerates the rollout of wireless technology, according to the Ministry of Industry …

Solar Power Plant

Scatec PV Plant Goes Online in Ukraine

Realized under Ukraine’s feed-in-tariff scheme, the Kamianka plant is expected to deliver some 37 GWh per year and provide clean energy to more than 11,000 hou…

Video: Inside The World's Largest Particle Accelerator

​The Large Hadron Collider is a 27 kilometer atom smasher! How does it work and what can it tell us about the make-up of our universe?

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus Saves Some $750,000 per Day on Natural Gas Thanks to Nuclear Power Plant Launch

Thanks to the launch of the first unit of the nuclear power plant Belarus saves about $750,000 per day on buying natural gas.

China

China Datang Buys Stake in Indonesian Power Plants

China Datang Corp has bought a majority stake in PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa’s (DSS) thermal power plants in Indonesia for US$394mil.

Electric Car

China's Sichuan Yahua to Supply LiOH to Tesla

Chinese lithium producer Sichuan Yahua Industrial has signed an agreement to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla.

Solar Power Plant

Solarcentury to Install 11.2 MW of Solar, 8.5 MW Battery at Mozambique Mine

Australia’s Syrah Resources has signed a deal with Solarcentury to install 11.2 MW of solar and an 8.5 MW battery storage system at a mine in Mozambique.

United Kingdom

UK-EU Brexit Agreement – Energy Sector Business as Usual

Under the UK-EU ‘Brexit’ trade and cooperation agreement little if any changes are anticipated to the evolution of the respective energy sectors.

Solar Power Plant

Capital Dynamics Offloads 108MW California PV Duo

Global private asset management company Capital Dynamics has completed the sale of a majority interest in its almost 108MW Beacon solar portfolio in the US stat…

United States

US Contractor Books 185MW Illinois Wind Build

US contractor Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives has won a contract from Cordelio Power to build the 185MW Glacier Sands wind farm in Mason County, Illinois…

Oil Field

Lukoil Reaches Oil Output Milestone on North Caspian Sea Fields

Russian independent oil company Lukoil has exceeded a cumulative production of 35 million tonnes from its Yury Korchagin and Vladimir Filanovsky fields in the N…