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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

Gas turbine engine

Decentralised INNIO Gas Engines Help Stabilise Europe’s Power Grid

In a recent announcement, INNIO Jenbacher revealed their part in preventing a blackout on the European grid on 8 January 2021.

Crude Oil

OPEC, Allies Agree to Keep Oil Output Steady into April

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies agreed on Thursday to largely continue current production levels into April.

Substation

Dutch Crew Starts HKN/HKW Onshore Substation Job

BAM Infra Nederland says that work on the transformer at Beverwijk will be completed in November 2023

Crude Oil

Oil Extends Gains on OPEC+ Supply Restraint, Expected Demand Recovery

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 17 cents, or 0.3%, to $64.00 at 0128 GMT, holding below a 13-month high hit on Thursday.

Crude Oil

PetroSA Merger to Form South African National Petroleum Company

In South Africa, the portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy was recently briefed by the department of mineral resources and energy on the merger of…