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Hydrogen Park South Australia Takes Shape

Australia’s largest renewable gas project Hydrogen Park South Australia (Hyp SA) is starting to take shape.

Nuclear Power Plant

Hot Tests Completed at Ostrovets Unit 1

Hot-tests have been completed at unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be constructed in Belarus, Rosatom announced yesterday. The Russian state nuclear co…

States ask EPA for Nationwide Biofuel Waiver to help Oil Refiners Weather Coronavirus

The governors of five U.S. states have asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil-refining industry from the nation’s biofuel law…

Market Analysis

Europe can be 60% powered by solar before 2050

Perhaps it is not surprising a report co-produced by Europe’s solar industry places PV at the heart of a zero-carbon, mid-century energy system on the continen…

Wind Power Project

New UK Wind Capacity to Fall 20% This Year

Disruption caused by the coronavirus could see the UK's installed capacity of wind energy in 2020 shrink by 20%.

Oil Price

Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output

The Kremlin may have succeeded in ending its oil war with Saudi Arabia, yet the pain of crude’s crash is only just starting to hit Russia’s budget.

LNG

Networks Unveil Plan to Deliver World's First Zero Carbon Gas Grid

The UK's gas network operators have set themselves the ambitious target of delivering the world's first zero carbon gas grid, as part of a major new programme d…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

The Decline of Coal-Fired Power Will Not Impact Reliable Electricity Supply

If the economic viability of the coal industry was not already in question before the outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing economic downturn has really laid bare t…

Hydropower Plant

ABB Equipment to Help Transmit Hydro in China

ABB's Power Grids business has won several major orders to supply advanced HVDC converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for three 800kV.

Solar Technology

Ultrathin, Flexible Solar Cell with 13% Efficiency

The ultraflexible organic solar cell (OSC), or flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV), is 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair and approximately the siz…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Shell Deepens Carbon Reduction Plans

Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced plans to deepen its greenhouse gas emissions reduction "ambitions".

US Power Demand Falls to Near 17-yr Low as Coronavirus Cuts Use by Companies

Electricity demand in the us last week fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years.

Nuclear Fusion

Jacobs Awarded Several Nuclear Fusion Contracts

US-based Jacobs said it has been awarded several contracts worth more than $25 million in total for work on nuclear fusion projects in the UK and France.

Oil Shale

Nagpur: Petrol, Diesel Sale Just 10-15% of Earlier Level

The sale of petrol and diesel is now just 10-15 per cent of normal levels in the city proving the lockdown has been effective to a great extent. However.

ARENA Opens $70m Hydrogen Deployment Funding Round

The Australian renewable energy agency has announced the launch of a $70 million renewable hydrogen fund.