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Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bangladesh Scraps Nine Coal Power Plants As Overseas Finance Dries up

The rising costs of coal imports and Bangladesh’s role as chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum contributed to the decision to axe power projects, analysts say…

Carbon Emissions

Japan, US Exposed as UN Chief Urges G7 to Commit to 2030 Coal Exit

At a summit on “powering past coal”, António Guterres called on rich countries to lead, putting pressure on Japan and the US to produce exit plans

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Eskom Improves Operational Efficiency at Kusile and Medupi

The recently appointed transformation management office in Eskom has made significant inroads in improving the operational efficiency at the Kusile and Medupi p…

Energy Security

South African Municipalities to Launch R69m Energy Security Project

In South Africa, the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier through a media statement announced the six municipalities that …

Solar Power Panel

Shortage In PV Module Material To Drive Up Prices In 2021

This is reflected in the actions of almost all industry giants like JinkoSolar, Longi, and JA that reversed their price cut policy and raised their bid quotatio…

Energy Investment

Apple Invests $2.8bn in 17 Renewable Energy Projects in 2020

The projects will cut 921,000 metric tonnes of carbon emissions annually and help the iPhone maker to become carbon-neutral by 2030

Hydrogen Production

BP Plans to Build Britain's Largest Hydrogen Plant by 2030

The Teesside plant in northern England will have capacity of up to 1 gigawatt of so-called blue hydrogen, about a fifth of Britain's target of 5 GW of hydrogen …

Electric Car

German Automaker BMW Ramps up Electric Vehicle Offerings

BMW declined, however, to follow General Motors and other automakers who have said their goal is to phase out internal combustion passenger vehicles by a specif…

Oil & Gas Trade

India to Cut Saudi Arabian Oil Imports After OPEC Ignores India Demand

Weaker demand due to increasing Covid-19 cases or regular maintenance shutdowns may also contribute to lower purchase from Saudi Arabia in May, they said.

Energy Transition

IRENA Highlights Top Five Green Tech to Deliver Decarbonisation

The International Renewable Energy Agency has released its World Energy Transitions Outlook, presenting the key green technologies that will help the globe to m…

LNG

Video: Establishing Mozambique As A Global LNG Player

Africa Oil & Power spoke to Carlos Zacarias, CEO, INP about Mozambique’s enormous resource potential, the government’s electricity expansion initiatives, and …

Coal Production

India to Enhance Coal Output

To enhance coal production and reduce imports, Coal India Ltd has identified 15 new projects with a capacity to produce 160 million tpy.

Energy Storage Project

GE to Provide DC-Coupled Solution to 123MWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New York

Energy storage project developer Convergent Energy + Power has contracted GE Renewable Energy to supply key equipment to a three-site large-scale solar-plus-sto…

Crude Oil

EIA: OPEC+ Cuts To Lift Oil Prices Through April

Oil prices will likely remain at the current high levels in March and April, with Brent Crude prices averaging between $65 and $70 per barrel, after the OPEC+ g…

Solar Power Plant

Poland to Add Another 11 GW of PV Over the Next Five Years

The Eastern European country is expected to add around 2 GW per year over the next five years, according to Polish research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawi…