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Offshore Wind Power

Taiwan Plans 8% Cut in Offshore Wind Tariff

EXCLUSIVE: Draft proposal from Ministry of Economic Affairs would set PPA price at NT$4656.8/MWh in 2021

Wind Farm

Vestas Lands 138MW US Repowering Contract

Vestas has received a 138MW order to repower an undisclosed wind project in the US.

Oil Pipeline

Nord Stream 2 to Start Laying Gas Pipes in Danish Waters

The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 consortium is expected to start laying gas pipes in Danish waters after construction was suspended for a year owing to the threat o…

China

China's Exports of Low-Voltage Electrical Appliances have been Increasing

According to China Customs statistics, China's exports of low-voltage electrical appliances in the first 10 months of 2020 were US$13.73 billion, a year-on-year…

Oil & Gas Trade

Gazprom lifts Ukraine January Gas Transport Bookings

Russia's state-controlled Gazprom has booked considerably more gas transport capacity through Ukraine for January, although overall booked capacity is still set…

Combined cycle power plant

Doosan Heavy Bags Order for Combined Cycle Power Plant in Guam

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has recently won an order for a 620 billion won combined cycle power plant project in Guam.

Electric Car

SK Innovation to Make Massive Investment in Battery Business in U.S.

SK Innovation will invest about 1.1 trillion won to build a second battery plant in Georgia despite the spread of the new coronavirus.

Carbon Emissions

Exxon Pledges to Reduce Emissions, but the Details Suggest Nothing Has Changed

Under investor pressure, the company retreated from its refusal to join other oil giants in pledging reductions, with a plan that suggests it will continue busi…

OPEC

Russian Energy Ministers Tells Biden Not To Disturb Oil Markets

Joe Biden’s presidency will hopefully not interfere with OPEC+ actions taken to rebalance oil markets, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and former Energy Minister…

Hydrogen Project

Scotland Outlines Hydrogen Policy to 2045

On 21 December the Scottish government released a hydrogen policy statement, with plans on how to incorporate the fuel for use in heating, transportation and in…

Saudi Arabia

Aramco and Cognite Establish JV to Accelerate Industrial Digitalization

Aramco and Cognite will establish a new company that will focus on digitalization in Saudi Arabia and the broader Middle East and North Africa region.

Oil Field

Gazprom & LUKOIL Sign Master Agreement to Develop Two Fields

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL, signed the Master Agreement on the terms of the developme…

Wave Energy

Portuguese Wave Device Survey Wraps up

WESE project supported acoustic and seafloor integrity monitoring of WaveRoller device off Peniche

Smart Grid

Ocean Energy for Communities Project Launches in Canada

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has launched the Ocean Energy Smart Grid Integration Project.

Wind Farm

Enel Green Power Starts Operations at US Wind Farms

Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has started operations of a 199MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas, US.