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Crude Oil

Goldman Cuts Q3 Brent Forecast to $75 a Barrel

Oil prices fell $5 a barrel on Monday in response to fears over the hit to demand from rising Delta coronavirus infections and an OPEC+ agreement to boost outpu…

CCS

Russia's Sakhalin Island Set for Carbon Capture Deal with Japanese Firm

The Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin is close to a cooperation agreement with a Japanese company on carbon capture and storage technology as it moves to carbo…

Microgrid

US Airport goes “Off-Grid” with Solar Hybrid Microgrid

Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, serving to inc…

Floating Offshore Wind

South Korea Floater Wins DNV Approval

Samsung Heavy Industries has developed an offshore wind floating platform design for the South Korean market that has received approval in principle from DNV.

Energy Storage Battery

Group14 Technologies and SK Materials form JV to Build Plant for Lithium-silicon Battery Materials

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers o…

Cooperation case

Kenyan, Chinese Trade Promotion Bodies Woo Kenyans to Invest in Shenzhen

Kenya Investment Authority and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shenzhen Municipal Committee partnered to showcase China's booming coastal…

Hydropower Plant

Video: Extreme Drought Could Shut Down a Hydroelectric Power Plant In California

Officials are preparing for the likelihood that California’s record breaking drought will come for its renewable energy stores.

LNG

Japan’s Toho Gas Starts Carbon-Neutral City Gas Supply

Japanese gas distributor Toho Gas plans to start carbon-neutral city gas supplies as a part of its effort to achieve decarbonisation by 2050.

Hydrogen Project

Morocco Outlines Plans for New Green Ammonia Project

Plans for a new green ammonia project in Morocco have been revealed, with production estimated to reach 183,000 t/yr by 2026.

Crude Oil

Sapref to Restart Durban Refinery

BP and Shell's South African joint venture Sapref will restart its 180,000 b/d Durban refinery tomorrow after a temporary shutdown last week in response to civi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Doel 2 Shut Down After Hydrogen Leak

Unit 2 at Belgium’s Doel NPP was shut down manually during the night of 14-15 July, after Engie Electrabel employees noticed a rapid increase in hydrogen consu…

Nuclear Reactor

China Adding Finishing Touches to World-First Thorium Nuclear Reactor

China is moving ahead with development of an experimental reactor that would be the first of its kind in the world, but could prove key to the pursuit of clean …

Energy Transition

BHP Considering Exiting Oil and Gas Business

Global miner BHP Group is considering getting out of oil and gas in a multibillion-dollar exit as it looks to speed up its retreat from fossil fuels.

Solar Power Plant

Philadelphia Solar Plans to Build 1 GW Module Plant in the U.S.

Site negotiations are underway for the facility, which would produce monocrystalline facial and bifacial modules for C&I and utility markets in the U.S. and abr…

Floating Offshore Wind

Equinor, RES and Green Giraffe Team up for Floating Offshore Wind Power Growth in France

Equinor, RES and Green Giraffe join forces and form Océole, a partnership dedicated to developing floating offshore wind in France.