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Electric Car

Huawei Files Two Patents Related to Electric Vehicles

Huawei is in talks with state-owned Changan Automobile and other automakers to use their car plants to make its electric vehicles (EVs).

Nuclear Power Plant

China Should Speed Nuclear Development to Meet Carbon Goals

China should accelerate development of nuclear power to help meet Beijing's pledges to bring greenhouse gas emissions to a peak before 2030 and become "carbon n…

Electric Car

Israeli 5-Minute Battery Charge Aims to Fire up Electric Cars

From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes -- an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate the "range anxiety" associated wit…

LNG

Japan-backed AG&P Says Gets Approval to Develop Philippines LNG Terminal

Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company said on Monday its Philippines subsidiary has received the green light to develop a liquefied natural gas import and regasificat…

Power Construction

ERCOT Overcharged Power Companies $16 billion for Electricity During Winter Freeze, Firm Says

An independent market monitor for the Public Utility Commission of Texas wrote in a letter that the power grid operator kept market prices too high for nearly t…

Solar Power Plant

Dutch Startup Develops Offshore Floating PV Platform

Dutch startup SolarDuck has developed a triangular structure for floating PV that resembles an offshore oil platform.

Oil Price

Oil up Nearly 5% on Possible Extension of Saudi Output Cuts

Oil prices rose nearly 5% on Thursday on a possible extension of voluntary output cuts by Saudi Arabia into April, as OPEC ministers and their allies continued …

Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

China

China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year

China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, ci…

Germany

Germany Agrees Compensation for Nuclear Phaseout

The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reacto…

Nuclear Reactor

Hungary and Poland Plan Nuclear to Replace Coal

Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025.

Energy Storage Battery

Rosatom Subsidiary Acquires 49% Stake in Korean Power Storage Company

RENERA LLC, Rosatom’s integrator company for the energy storage business has finalized the deal to acquire 49% share of Enertech International Inc, a South Kor…

Coal Trade

Australia Resumes Coal Shipments to China

Australian shipments of coal to China have resumed, after the port of Gladstone in Queensland sent a shipment bound for Hong Kong and with initial shipping data…

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Rally to Highest Since 2019 After Opec+ Extends Output Curbs

Brent may trade as high as $80 a barrel in the second half of 2021, analysts say

Paris Climate Agreement

India on Track to Achieve Paris Agreement Targets Before 2030 Deadline, Modi Says

Opec+ decision to continue with output cuts will hurt consumers, according to India’s oil minister