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Ultra-high voltage grid

China's SGCC Resumes Construction of 800kV Transmission Line

It was suspended in the Hubei province due to the outbreak.

Geothermal Power Plant

Munich Taps into Geothermal Power to Widen District Cooling Grid

Munich utility Stadtwerke München is investing €80m to expand its climate-friendly district cooling network with pipelines carrying cold air from a geothermal…

Nuclear Power Plant

Three New Wildfires Break out Near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Three new wildfires have broken out in the radiation-contaminated evacuation zone around the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Nissan Gives Lithium-ion Battery Technology to APB Corporation

Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan has announced on Thursday that it has licensed an advanced technology to the APB Corporation.

Market Analysis

Coronavirus Spurs New Clash Between Big Oil and Big Corn Over U.S. Biofuels

A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the na…

Energy Transition

Italy's A2A to Stop Using Coal at Italian Power Plant with Immediate Effect

Italy's biggest regional utility A2A said on Thursday it would stop using coal at its power plant in the northern town of Brescia with immediate effect.

Energy Storage Battery

Will Hydrogen Fuel Cells Play a Role in the VTOL Revolution?

Almost all players in the emerging urban air mobility industry have converged on the idea of using fully-electric aircraft, powered by lithium-ion batteries, to…

Shell Greenlights $6.4 bln Australia Natural Gas Project

Royal Dutch shell said on Friday it would develop the first phase of Australia's largest coal-bed methane resource in Queensland.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

New Mexico Weighs Plans to Replace Coal-Fired Power Plant

“If we don’t ask them to do that, there’s no one else out there to do it,” he said, urging his fellow commissioners to “give that careful thought” before …

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.