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Coal Mine

Coal Producers Announce Layoffs, Market Dismal

The Powder River Basin's coal workforce shrunk by about 6% Thursday with the layoff of 300 workers from three mines.

Crude Oil

How the U.S. Could Use Taxpayer Dollars to Save Oil and Energy Companies

The U.S. federal government is looking at "a whole bunch of alternatives" to support oil and other energy companies.

Crude Oil

Russia Cuts European Sea Ports Oil Exports To 20-Year-Low

Exports of Russia’s key export blend Urals are expected to slump to the lowest level since at least the early 2000s, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon.

SMR

CNL, Moltex Collaborate on SMR Fuel Development

Moltex's SSR uses fuel dissolved in a molten fluoride or chloride salt, which also functions as the reactor's coolant and operate at atmospheric pressure.

Crude Oil

Whether Opec+ Formally Agrees or not, Deeper Oil Cuts Now Look Inevitable

Whether or not Opec+ oil producers formally agree to extra oil output curbs, rapidly filling storage capacity and plummeting demand due to the coronavirus crisi…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa to Service Senvion Project in Oz

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured a 20-year contract to provide full-scope operation and maintenance services for a 135MW Senvion wind farm in the Aus…

Wind Power Project

US Developer Closes 170MW Colorado Wind Deal

​US company Leeward Renewable Energy has closed tax equity and construction financing for the 170MW Mountain Breeze wind farm in Colorado.

Market Analysis

Enel Russia to Develop Renewables in Republic of Tatarstan

Enel Russia has signed in absentia an agreement on cooperation aimed at the development of renewable energy projects in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Combined cycle power plant

GE Completes Major Inspection at Russian Combined Cycle Plant

GE has announced that its major inspection of the Siemens’s 60 MW SGT-800 gas turbine installed at the Ufa TPP-2 combined cycle power plant—owned by Bashkir G…

Leeward Secures $162.9m Financing for Colorado Wind Farm

US-based independent power company Leeward Renewable Energy has completed financing for its 170MW Mountain Breeze wind farm located in Colorado.

Thermal Plant

Analysis of the Potential for Hydrothermal Geothermal Energy in Germany

A study conducted in 2017 looked at the hydrothermal geothermal potential of Germany with its conclusion recently presented in a webinar by Enerchange in German…

Oil & Gas Trade

Trump Pledges to Support Oil, Gas Industries Amid Oil Futures Crash

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed his administration to work on a plan to get funding to the oil and gas industries as a steep sell-off in oil fut…

Market Analysis

America’s Green Fuel Is Likely to Escape Negative Prices

The American ethanol industry has been absolutely pummeled in the last year, forcing a wave of production shutdowns across the Midwest.

Oil Pipeline

US Delays Oil Pipeline Approvals after Environmental Ruling

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide program used to approve oil and gas pipelines.

Nuclear Fuel

Trump Officials Eye Blocking Uranium from Russia, China to help U.S. Nuclear Industry

Trump administration officials on Thursday recommended granting U.S. energy regulators the ability to block imports of nuclear fuel from Russia and China and de…