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Oil Price

Oil Down as Opec+ Prepares to Lower Output Quotas

Oil edged lower ahead of an OPEC+ meeting this week at which the group may announce plans to start tapering historic production cuts even as the coronavirus sur…

China Energy

China Sinochem's Quanzhou Petchem Project Start Delayed to Late-August

China Sinochem Group's Quanzhou 32.5 billion yuan ($4.64 billion) petrochemical expansion project is aiming to start trial operations in late August.

LNG

Cyprus Starts Work on First LNG Import Terminal

Cyprus has started building its first LNG import facility at Vassilikos, the nation’s largest and most expensive energy project.

Australia

Australia: Turning the Top End Toward Hydrogen Production

The Northern Territory Government on Friday released a Renewable Hydrogen Strategy with an emphasis on turning its “natural competitive advantages into clean, …

Coal Mine

Jellinbah Extends Lake Vermont Coking Coal Mine

Jellinbah, a private Australian coal producer, has signed a A $2.5bn contract.

LNG

Russia’s Blue Stream Gas Pipeline to Turkey Idle Since May

The Blue Stream pipeline delivering Russian gas to Turkey, due to be re-launched after maintenance in May, remains idle.

Energy Storage Project

ALEC Energy Inks Agreement With Azelio For The Development And Installation Of Regional Energy Storage

The collaboration is focused on the Middle East and Africa, where ALEC Energy aims to expands its business offering.

Crude Oil

OPEC and Russia May Ease Oil Production Cuts

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, and other major oil-producing countries are likely to increase their output in August.

Solar Power Plant

Ørsted Announces Acquisition of 227MW AC Solar Farm in Alabama, US

Danish company Ørsted is set to the acquire the 227MW AC Muscle Shoals solar project, under construction in the US.

Solar Power Plant

Indian Prime Minister Inaugurates 750MW Solar Project

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has used video conferencing to inaugurate the 750MW Rewa Solar Project.

Solar Power for Home

‘Massive’ EU Rollout Of Rooftop Solar Proposed

The European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy has adopted a report supporting a pan-European solar rooftop programme.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rusatom Service, MVM Group create European Power Services JV

Rusatom Service and MVM Group have formed a joint venture in Hungary to provide service and maintenance to nuclear industry facilities, conventional sources of …

IEA Conference Hears Plea for Fact-Based Energy Choices

High-level speakers from government, industry and international organisations at an International Energy Agency (IEA) summit today underlined the need for nucle…

Offshore Wind Power

US and Canada Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

The Business Network for Offshore Wind and Marine Renewables Canada have entered into an affiliation agreement to share knowledge and support the development of…

Energy Security

Japanese Policy Still Focussed on Long-Term Energy Security

No formal change to existing policy has been announced.