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Solar Power Plant

UAE’s Taqa Seeks to Shine with Solar Energy Push

State-owned utility introduces sustainability goals as part of the emirates’ drive to wean itself away from oil

Carbon Emissions

Elevated CO2 Levels in Atmosphere Increase Plant Carbon Uptake but Decrease Soil Carbon Storage

Increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are boosting the uptake of carbon by plants but may decrease carbon storage in the soil.

Wind Turbine

Samsung Heavy Industries Develops Eco-friendly Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Samsung Heavy Industries’ eco-friendly wind turbine installation vessel has been certified by the world’s top three ship classification agencies at the same t…

Wind Turbine

Work At The Middle East’s Largest Wind Farm In Saudi Arabia Reaches 50% Completion

Consortium led by EDF Renewables and Masdar is delivering the 400 MW Dumat Al Jandal utility-scale wind farm project in Saudi Arabia

Offshore Wind Power

Tokyo Gas to Install 19 Offshore Wind Turbines in Carbon-Free Push

Tokyo Gas Co will install 19 offshore wind turbines near the eastern Japan coast from 2024 as the government moves toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050,…

Net Zero Emission

Global CO2 Emissions far Off Net-Zero Trajectory

The global energy system has become greener over the last decade, but most countries are nowhere near on track to achieve net zero emissions by the middle of th…

Geothermal Power Plant

First Drilling of the 150MW Tulu Moye Geothermal Project Completed

Ethiopia’s state-owned power utility, Ethiopian Electric Power, reported late last month that the drilling of the first well for the Tulu Moye Geothermal proje…

Carbon Emissions

South Africa Proposes Cutting Emissions by One Third by 2030

South Africa recently published its draft climate plan which sees the country proposing ambitious cuts to its emissions by 2030.

Energy Investment

Portugal to Leverage EIB Support to Develop Hydrogen Economy

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Portuguese government and the European Investment Bank is expected to help the country fast-track the deploymen…

Oil & Gas Trade

Libya’s Largest Oilfield Could See Exports Interrupted

The largest oilfield in Libya, the 300,000-bpd Sharara field, could see crude oil exports from it disrupted if members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard follow …

Oil Field

Southeast Asia Looks To Increase Offshore Oil Production

Malaysia and Brunei have signed an agreement to develop two offshore oil fields on the maritime boundary, with greater exploration of recent ultra-deepwater dis…

Oil Field

CNOOC Sees Minimal Output hit from China Oil Field Fire

China's state-controlled CNOOC expects a fire at one of its offshore platforms earlier this week to reduce crude production by around 600,000 bl this year.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

China's Capital Envisages 10,000 Fuel Cell Vehicles by 2025

The city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road and build 74 hydrogen filling stations by 2025, as the Chinese capital maps out an a…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China Drills Deep in Disputed South China Sea

It was unclear exactly where the drilling took place in the South China Sea, around 90 per cent of which is claimed by Beijing as its territorial waters

Solar Power Plant

Construction Begins on the Largest Solar Facility in Texas

In the southeastern US state of Texas, surrounded by farmland, Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group has begun building the largest solar power project in the stat…