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South Africa

South Africa’s Draft Green Paper On New Energy Vehicles Is A Step In The Right Direction

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the inc…

Energy-Eficient Building

Keppel Saves $68 million from Energy-Efficient Initiatives

Green initiatives might seem a burden for companies already grappling with a challenging operating environment but they have paid off in spades for Keppel Group…

Energy Transition

Commonwealth Puts $20 mill into Amber, Helping Energy Customers Ditch Exxie Fossil Fuels for Renewables

That’s the Commonwealth Bank of Australia we’re talking about, not the Commonwealth Government … but someone has to lead the way. Sustainability-savvy CBA is…

Electricity Trade

Consumers Energy will Charge 50% More for Afternoon Electricity Starting June 1

Electricity is about to get more expensive for Consumers Energy customers.

Oil Refinery

Oil Refiners to Begin Olefin Business in 2nd Half of 2021

GS Caltex and Hyundai Oilbank will start operating their olefin facilities in the second half of 2021, signaling a big change in the petrochemical industry.

Electric Car

Hyundai Motor Co. to Sell off Its First Plant in Beijing

Hyundai Motor Co. is seeking to sell off the site of its first plant in Beijing to a district government of the city, Chinese media outlets reported on May 30.

Oil Price

US Pump Prices Become Pressure Point for Biden

Rising gasoline prices heading into the summer are emerging as a political liability for President Joe Biden, as critics try to direct voter frustration about p…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Japan Targets 1,000 Hydrogen Stations by End of Decade

Move part of plan to make green vehicles more convenient in carbon neutral push

Solar Power Plant

Lightsource BP Partners on 1.35GW Portuguese PV

Lightsource BP has entered into a co-development partnership with Portuguese company Insun for five utility-scale solar farms that will add over 1350MW of new c…

Wind Farm

GE Renewable Energy Wins one of the Largest Onshore Wind Contracts in South-East Asia

Contract signed with BIM Wind JSC, a joint venture company between Philippines AC Energy and Vietnam BIM Energy Holding for an 88 MW wind farm

Hydrogen Project

Ørsted and POSCO Sign MoU to Strengthen Collaboration on Offshore Wind Energy and Renewable Hydrogen in Korea

Ørsted, the world’s most sustainable energy company, and POSCO Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Korea, today announced the signing of a MoU to expan…

ITER

MHI Completes Four TF Coils for ITER

The completed TF coils will be shipped to southern France from Kobe, and installed on site by the Iter Organisation.

Oil Refinery

South Africa: Engen To Convert Durban Refinery to Terminal

As expected, Engen announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is…

Carbon Neutral

Volvo Cars Torslanda Becomes Company’s First Climate-Neutral Car Plant, Second in Overall Network

Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status.

Solar Power Plant

Russian Oil Firm Energises 20MW Solar Plant Featuring Hevel Heterojunction Modules

Oil and gas company Lukoil has commissioned a 20MW PV plant that features heterojunction modules from Hevel and has been constructed at a refinery in Russia’s …