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Crude

China Sinochem to Start $4.6 Billion Quanzhou Petrochemical Complex in Mid-2020

China Sinochem Group is expected to start up a new crude processing unit and a petrochemical complex in southeastern China around mid-2020, marking the state fi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Power is Emissions-Free, but at What Cost?

Nuclear power generates electricity without emitting greenhouse gases or other air pollutants. Yet it hasn’t been extensively deployed to fight climate change …

Solar Power Panel

Union Government Releases Rs 5 Crore for Solar Subsidy

In the new year, the UT administration will transfer subsidy amount in the account of eligible beneficiaries.

Oil & Gas Trade

Venezuela's PDVSA to Deliver Gasoline to Fuel-starved OPEC Nation

With an emoji of a flexing bicep, Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., or PDVSA, on Tuesday celebrated what was once a routine task in th…

Thermal Plant

Turkey Shuts Down Five Thermal Power Plants over Environmental Concerns

Greenpeace in early November called for the closure of 15 thermal power plants in Turkey. It shared measurements that showed air pollution around thermal power …

Climate Change Hope for Hydrogen Fuel

A tiny spark in the UK’s hydrogen revolution has been lit – at a university campus near Stoke-on-Trent.

Oil & Gas Trade

New Dispute Over Oil Could Be Brewing Between Russia and Belarus

Moscow and Minsk have had several oil and gas rows over the past decade in what has been described as love-hate relationship between president Vladimir Putin an…

New Way to Make Hydrogen Energy Out of Water Much More Cheaply

Scientists show how using only water, iron, nickel and electricity can create hydrogen energy much more cheaply than before.

Oil & Gas Trade

Axxis Geo Solutions finally pens OBN survey deal in the Middle East

Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS), a Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company, has finally put pen to paper on a long-awaited final contract for a large OBN survey i…

Micro Reactor

NRC Says TVA can Consider SMR Nuclear Energy Site at Clinch River

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission this month approved the Tennessee Valley Authority’s early-site permit for potentially putting a small modular nuclear r…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Set to Start First Nuclear Plant; Sweden, Germany Shut Units

The first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly will come online in early 2020.

Britain's Zero-Carbon Power Outstrips Fossil Fuels in 2019

Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the f…

Biomass Power Plant

​Case study: Fast Boiler Repair at Biomass Plant

Biomass is becoming an increasingly popular fuel solution for power generation. It is one of several technologies being implemented to improve the sustainabilit…

Microgrid

Why Microgrids? The Evolving Energy Landscape

Concord Engineering Group’s Joe Sullivan walks readers through the evolving landscape that is bringing about energy independence. This shift involves a reshapi…

Distributed energy

Distributed Energy Resources to Grow 15.9% CAGR

Basic economics, local electricity prices and government incentives are driving the growth of distributed energy resources, including microgrids and solar-plus-…