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Crude Oil

Libya Oil Comes Back to Life but with Fragile Infrastructure

Libya is now producing 1,224 million barrels per day — a tenfold increase from a 121,000 bpd average in the third quarter of 2020, before the ceasefire deal.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Oil Major BP Significantly Downsizes Oil Exploration Division

As part of its ambition to reduce oil and gas production and raise investments in clean energy, BP has been cutting staffing levels at its oil and gas explorati…

Oil Field

China Locates Oil and Gas Field in South China Sea

China has located an offshore oil and gas field in the South China Sea, according to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation on Monday.

Energy Subsidies

CAMEROON: the Maroua and Guider Solar Power Plants Tax-Exempt

The future photovoltaic solar power plants in Maroua and Guider will be tax-exempt for 10 years.

Smart Meter

EDF Orders Additional 650k Landis+Gyr Smart Meters for UK Rollout

UK utility EDF has ordered an additional 650,000 smart gas and electric meters from Landis+Gyr to meet its UK smart meter rollout target.

Energy Storage Project

Eelpower JV to Boost UK Battery Storage

Eelpower has signed a JV with SUSI Partners to accelerate the rollout of the UK energy portfolio.

Solar Power Plant

Leeward to Buy 10-GW Project Platform from First Solar Tied to Panel Orders

First Solar Inc has struck a deal to sell a 10-GW utility-scale solar project platform to the development arm of US independent power producer Leeward Renewable…

Hydropower Plant

Stortemelk Hydropower Project Receives Recognition for Sustainability

Using an industry-leading assessment tool, a small-scale hydro project in South Africa, Stortemelk, has been recognised as an impressive example of sustainable …

Energy Technology

Researchers Advance New Route to Chemically Recyclable Plastics

As the planet's burden of rubber and plastic trash rises unabated, scientists increasingly look to the promise of closed-loop recycling to reduce waste.

Energy Technology

Boosting the Efficiency of Carbon Capture and Conversion Systems

Systems for capturing and converting carbon dioxide from power plant emissions could be important tools for curbing climate change, but most are relatively inef…

Thermal Plant

Japanese Paper Mills to Boost Biomass Power Capacity

Japanese paper producers may expand use of biomass fuels at their in-house power generation plants to help achieve the country's 2050 carbon neutrality target.

EU

Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall Revise EU 2030 Climate and Energy Legislation

Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall, three of the largest Nordic energy utilities, welcome the EU’s revised 2030 climate target of at least -55% as a crucial step…

Hydrogen Project

Shell, Mitsubishi and Vattenfall Partner on Hamburg Hydrogen Project

Shell, MHI, Vattenfall and municipal company Wärme Hamburg are exploring a plan to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg p…

Energy Storage Material

EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub

The EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub is pleased to announce a free to attend webinar, focused on ‘Automated Fibre Deposition Technologies’, …

Energy Storage System

Video: How Flywheel Energy Storage Works

Learn how flywheel storage works in this illustrated animation from OurFuture.Energy.