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Japan

Japan’s KHI Exits Nuclear Sector to Focus on Hydrogen

Japanese engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries has decided to withdraw from its nuclear power-related business operations, shifting its focus to hydrogen i…

Coal Trade

Beijing Mulls Allocating Extra 2020 Coal Import Quotas

Chinese authorities may allocate an additional 20mn t of coal import quotas for this year, according to multiple market participants, to help cope with firmer w…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Impact Coatings Opens South Korea Office

Impact Coatings has opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea as the Swedish fuel cell technology supplier expands into the Asia region.

Solar Power Plant

AkzoNobel Accelerates Transition Towards Cutting Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030

Thousands of solar panels have been installed at two AkzoNobel sites on two continents as the company continues to accelerate towards its ambition of cutting ca…

SINOPEC

Fitch Affirms Sinopec at ‘A+’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has affirmed China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings at ‘A+’.

Crude Oil

Marginal Oilfields Output Dips to 1.52mb

Marginal oil fields in Nigeria produced 1.52 million barrels of crude oil and condensates in August 2020, accounting for 2.97 per cent of Nigeria’s total oil a…

Solar Technology

25.17% Efficient Perovskite Solar Cell Via New Photoactive layer

Scientists in South Korea demonstrated a perovskite cell with a certified efficiency of 24.4%.

Hydrogen Project

Plug Power Raises $1B for US Green Hydrogen Infrastructure Build-Out

Stock sale to fund U.S. green hydrogen production facilities and fuel cell and electrolyzer gigafactory.

Offshore Wind Power

Orsted Eyes 1.6GW South Korea Offshore Wind

Developer confirms intention to develop projects off Incheon city at event with government officials.

Nuclear Power Plant

NERSA Takes Action on New Nuclear Power Procurement

In a consultation paper gazetted on Monday, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa outlined government plans to add 2,500MW of nuclear power to South Afr…

Biofuel

Bioenergy Has an Important Role in the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels and to Move the Global Energy System Towards Carbon Neutrality

Bioenergy has an important role in the transition...

Power Construction

The HVDC Link Between Germany and Belgium is Put into Operation

​The transmission system operators Amprion and Elia Group officially opened the Aachen-Liege grid connection line, which is the first power connection channel …

Oil Price

Oil Prices Reach Three Month High on Improving Demand Outlook

Oil touched its strongest level since early September as signs that Covid-19 vaccinations in the U.S. could be underway within three weeks improved the demand o…

Solar Power Plant

Austrian Developer Eyes up to 54MW Croatia Solar PV

Austrian renewables developer RP Global is planning to build two solar PV plants in Croatia with a combined installed capacity of up to 54MW at the site of its …

Oil Field

GeoPark Announces Agreement to Sell 10% Working Interest in the Manati Gas Field in Brazil

The total consideration of the transaction amounts to R$144.4 million, including a fixed payment of R$124.4 million plus an earn-out of R$20.0 million, which is…