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Australia

Massive 1000MW “Baseload” Wind, Solar and Hydrogen Plant Pitched for NSW

New South Wales could become host to one of Australia’s first solar, wind and hydrogen “baseload” power plants, under a multi-billion dollar plan pitched for…

Microgrid

Sunverge to Install Nanogrid-Style Virtual Power Plant for Maryland Utility

Sunverge Energy has landed a contract to build a residential virtual power plant for Delmarva Power in Maryland, using a nanogrid controller platform.

Oil Field

U.S. Energy Giant ExxonMobil Puts Stake In Azerbaijani Oil Field Up For Sale

ExxonMobil has again put its stake in Azerbaijan’s largest oil field up for sale despite a historic decline in oil prices linked to a decline in consumption du…

Renewable Energy

Global Green Energy Growth to Fall for First Time in 20 Years: IEA

Global growth in new renewable energy capacity will experience its first annual decline in 20 years this year amid the coronavirus pandemic but is expected to p…

Oil & Gas Trade

Chinese Oil Demand has Almost Rebounded to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Oil demand in China has almost returned to its level before the coronavirus pandemic spurred the government to impose lockdowns and shut down industries.

Electric Vehicle Sales Are Expected to Fall by 18% in 2020, the Long Term Outlook Remains Positive

With a decade-long upward trend in electric vehicles sales boosted by the popularity of Tesla's vehicles and other EVs such as Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius, aut…

Solar Power Plant

Chinese PV Industry Brief: 5.5 GW of PV Procurement, New Dates for SNEC, and a 200 MW Project

Datang Group has launched a bidding process to procure 5.5 GW of PV modules and inverters for its own solar projects.

Nuclear Power Plant

Norwegian Reactor Dismantling to Cost Almost USD2 Billion

The decommissioning of Norway's shut down research reactors at Halden and Kjeller will cost around NOK20 billion (USD1.96 billion) and take 20-25 years, accordi…

Energy Transition

Australia Looks to Big Oil in Latest Plan to Curb Emissions

Australia is seeking to cut emissions in one of the world’s biggest per-capita polluters by encouraging oil firms including Chevron Corp. and Woodside Petroleu…

Oil & Gas Trade

Coronavirus Creates Repair Headache for Oil and Gas Industry

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted maintenance at oil and gas projects and refineries from Russia’s Far East to the coast of Canada, storing up problems fo…

Solar Power Plant

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Launches New Solar Development Company

Renewables investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has launched a new solar-plus-storage development arm headed by former executives from First Sol…

Oil & Gas Trade

United States bump LNG exports in March

The United States increased the liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in March with European countries remaining the top customers.

Electric Car

Ideanomics' MEG Secures First Order for Qingdao EV Hub

Ideanomics, Mobile Energy Global division has today announced its Qingdao subsidiary Qingdao Chengyang Ainengju New Energy Sales and Service Co., Ltd has secure…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Mongolia Offers Rio Tinto Surprise Proposal to Build Coal-Fired Power Station

The cost of expanding Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper project could decline by nearly US$1B under a surprise Mongolian government plan that could increase its lon…

Electric Car

Xcel Wants To Invest $102 Million Into Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Future

Colorado got its first glimpse of how the state’s largest utility plans to gear up to help meet the state’s goal of having hundreds of thousands more electric…