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Oil Pipeline

Shell Restarts US Offshore Oil Hub After Pipeline Leak

Royal Dutch Shell Plc resumed production of 100,000 barrels a day Tuesday at its Perdido deepwater center in the U.S. gulf of Mexico.

Hydrogen Park South Australia Takes Shape

Australia’s largest renewable gas project Hydrogen Park South Australia (Hyp SA) is starting to take shape.

States ask EPA for Nationwide Biofuel Waiver to help Oil Refiners Weather Coronavirus

The governors of five U.S. states have asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil-refining industry from the nation’s biofuel law…

Oil Price

Russia’s Oil Pain Deepens as OPEC+ Prepares to Cut Output

The Kremlin may have succeeded in ending its oil war with Saudi Arabia, yet the pain of crude’s crash is only just starting to hit Russia’s budget.

Oil Field

Production of Iran's South Yaran Oil Field Increases

The oil production at the South Yaran joint oil field in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran (this field is called Majnoon field in Iraq) was increased as a…

Clean emission

Royal Dutch Shell Commits To Net Zero Emissions By 2050

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, one of the world's largest oil and gas producers, on Thursday promised to become net carbon neutral by 2050 at the latest.

Offshore Wind Power

SSE Rolls Out Action Plan for UK to Reach 40GW Offshore Wind Goal

Developer SSE Renewables – which with partner Equinor is building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, the 3.6GW Dogger Bank in the UK North Sea .

Electric Vehicle Charging

Largest Utilities in China Invest in Charging Infrastructure

China’s two largest power utilities, State Grid and China Southern Power Grid, are investing heavily in the expansion of charging infrastructure.

Oil Price

Oil Prices Sink On Record Breaking 19.2 Million Barrel Crude Build

A day after the American Petroleum Institute estimated crude oil inventories had added more than 13 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration confi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

The Decline of Coal-Fired Power Will Not Impact Reliable Electricity Supply

If the economic viability of the coal industry was not already in question before the outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing economic downturn has really laid bare t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Reactor is Back Online as Hartlepool Nuclear Plant

A Hartlepool nuclear reactor is back in service after a shutdown – and the plant’s boss has praised staff for their efforts during ‘unprecedented times’.…

Solar Technology

HZB Scientists Announce 24.16% Efficiency for Tandem CIGS Solar Cell

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ (ISE) CalLab has confirmed the new efficiency rating. The researchers have combined semiconductors, perovski…

China Cuts Subsidy for New Solar Projects in 2020

The total subsidy for solar will average $214m for the year.

Solar Technology

Ultrathin, Flexible Solar Cell with 13% Efficiency

The ultraflexible organic solar cell (OSC), or flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV), is 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair and approximately the siz…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Shell Deepens Carbon Reduction Plans

Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced plans to deepen its greenhouse gas emissions reduction "ambitions".