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Microgrid

New Jersey Regulators Urged to Include Microgrids, Storage in Efficiency Plan

The Sierra Club is urging New Jersey regulators to include microgrids as part of the state's strategy for supporting energy efficiency and peak demand reduction…

Microgrid

Sunverge to Install Nanogrid-Style Virtual Power Plant for Maryland Utility

Sunverge Energy has landed a contract to build a residential virtual power plant for Delmarva Power in Maryland, using a nanogrid controller platform.

Oil Field

U.S. Energy Giant ExxonMobil Puts Stake In Azerbaijani Oil Field Up For Sale

ExxonMobil has again put its stake in Azerbaijan’s largest oil field up for sale despite a historic decline in oil prices linked to a decline in consumption du…

Renewable Energy

Global Green Energy Growth to Fall for First Time in 20 Years: IEA

Global growth in new renewable energy capacity will experience its first annual decline in 20 years this year amid the coronavirus pandemic but is expected to p…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

DEFF Orders Eskom to Shut Down Kendal Power Station

South Africa's environment minister, Barbara Creecy, has rejected Eskom's objection to and confirmed the compliance notice issued to Eskom in December 2019 by t…

Coal Trade

Asia Has Already Begun Coal to Gas Switch

An escalating decline in thermal coal imports among major Asian buyers can largely be attributed to a collapse in LNG prices, according to commodity tracking fi…

Oil & Gas Trade

Chinese Oil Demand has Almost Rebounded to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Oil demand in China has almost returned to its level before the coronavirus pandemic spurred the government to impose lockdowns and shut down industries.

Electric Vehicle Sales Are Expected to Fall by 18% in 2020, the Long Term Outlook Remains Positive

With a decade-long upward trend in electric vehicles sales boosted by the popularity of Tesla's vehicles and other EVs such as Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius, aut…

ABB to Automate Lhyfe's Green Hydrogen Production Plant

Swiss technology company ABB has secured a contract from Lhyfe, a French producer and supplier of green hydrogen.

Nuclear Power Plant

Norwegian Reactor Dismantling to Cost Almost USD2 Billion

The decommissioning of Norway's shut down research reactors at Halden and Kjeller will cost around NOK20 billion (USD1.96 billion) and take 20-25 years, accordi…

Energy Transition

Australia Looks to Big Oil in Latest Plan to Curb Emissions

Australia is seeking to cut emissions in one of the world’s biggest per-capita polluters by encouraging oil firms including Chevron Corp. and Woodside Petroleu…

PowerGrid Technology

GE Digital: IoT is Mission-Critical for Energy

Energy Digital spoke with Jim Walsh, GM for Grid Software at GE Digital, about the critical importance of IoT in modern energy operations.

Solar Power Plant

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Launches New Solar Development Company

Renewables investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has launched a new solar-plus-storage development arm headed by former executives from First Sol…

Electric Car

Xcel Wants To Invest $102 Million Into Colorado’s Electric Vehicle Future

Colorado got its first glimpse of how the state’s largest utility plans to gear up to help meet the state’s goal of having hundreds of thousands more electric…

Nuclear Power Plant

NIASA Sets Out Funding Options for South African New Build

The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa has outlined six potential options for financing new nuclear power plants in the country.