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Seven Reasons to be Wary of Waste-to-Energy Proposals

Burning rubbish to generate electricity or heat sounds great: you get rid of all your waste and also get seemingly "sustainable" energy. What could be better?

Solar Power Panel

ARENA Targets Solar Panel Recycling in New $15m Funding Round

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has launched a $15 million funding round to support projects aimed at cutting the cost and amount of waste created by sol…

Offshore Wind Power

Denmark's Ambitious Energy Plan: One Or More 10GW Offshore Wind 'Energy Islands'

Denmark unveiled plans for one or more ‘energy islands’ each supporting at least 10GW of offshore wind at a cost of up to DKr300bn ($44.5bn), in what could be…

Nova Innovation Raised More Than GBP 700,000 Urpasses The Initial Target

Scottish tidal energy firm Nova Innovation Ltd said on Tuesday it had raised more than GBP 700,000 (USD 919,394/EUR 835,674) through its crowdfunding initiative…

Flora to Fuel: Could Wind-Powered Algae Make Bioreactors Competitive?

The ENBIO project uses excess energy from wind turbines to power 16 1,000-litre photo-bioreactors which grow algae that can then be used for biofuels. The proje…

Gas turbine engine

Siemens to Deliver Gas Turbines for Two New Peaking Power Plants in Belarus

Siemens has been selected to deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants for the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo in th…

Coal Trade

Bearish US Thermal Coal Export Market Driven by Unsupportive Pricing

Exports of Illinois Basin coal from the US Gulf Coast and Northern Appalachian coal exports through Baltimore have both slowed considerably from levels seen thi…

Coal Trade

Japan to Keep Pushing Coal in Developing World Despite Criticism

Japan will continue providing backing to new coal-fired power projects in developing countries, a government source said Monday, despite international efforts t…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Up with Positive US, China Trade Talks

Crude oil prices were up early Tuesday supported by a top U.S. official's comments on positive trade talks between the U.S. and China on Monday.The trade talks …

The Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES)

The Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES) is the only event in Oman that serves the entire the oil and gas industry. It comprises of a series of dedicated yet co-…

Nigeria International Petroleum Summit

Nigeria’s petroleum industry is the largest in Africa with proven Oil and Gas reserves of 37 billion barrels (bbl) and 192 trillion cubic feet respectivel…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Is Winning the Offshore Oil Competition

Hydrocarbon-hungry China is tearing it up on the offshore oil and gas scene, and its rapidly growing global footprint is helped along because it’s not unconcer…

Five Emerging Energy Sources That Could One-Day Change Our Lives

Fossil fuels aren’t just killing the environment, we’re running out of them – fast. Could any of these emerging sustainable sources replace them?

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Virtual Power Plant Rescues Grid After Coal Peaker Fails

Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant project in South Australia is only around ~2% complete, but it is already proving to be a difference-maker, rescuing Queensland’s …

Thermal Plant

Engie Will Close its Newest Power Plant in Chile to Become Carbon Neutral

Engie will close its newest power plant in Chile after just five years of operations as part of the country's efforts to become carbon neutral, the company said…