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Solar Power Plant

Greece’s Coal Phase Out Enters Shaky Ground

Greece’s government announced in September 2019 that it aims to phase coal out of its electricity mix by 2028 at the latest.

Electric Car

Tesco Launching UK’s First Commercial Electric Heavy-Duty Tractor-Trailer Trucks

Tesco is launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy-duty freight articulated trucks.

Electricity Transmission

Bulgaria's YTD Power Output Grows 17%, Consumption up 4%

Bulgaria’s electricity production rose by 16.87% year-on-year to 46,942 GWh in the period from January 1 to December 26.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kusile Unit 4 to Boost SA Power Grid with Additional 800MW

The fourth unit of Eskom's Kusile power station is up and running and expected to soon contribute an additional 800MW to the country's power system.

Carbon Emissions

China Mandates State Companies To Reduce Energy Consumption

Chinese authorities have asked that state companies reduce their energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 2025 compared to 2020 levels as part of Chin…

Hydrogen Project

Korea Gas Corp. Looking to Supply 1.03 Million Tons of Hydrogen in 2030

As a first step toward realizing the plan, it broke ground for the construction of a hydrogen production base in Gwangju on Dec. 2.

Crude Oil

Saudi Arabia may Set Deep Crude Price Cuts for Asia in February

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may implement deep price cuts for the crude it sells to Asia in February after Middle East benchmarks and spot prices slumped this…

Market Analysis

How Nuclear can Help the Planet Achieve Net-Zero

Nuclear power offers the world an abundant future if it is embraced, said speakers at an event jointly organised by the New Nuclear Watch Institute and World Nu…

Wind Power Project

Construction of Largest Wind Farm in Southern Hemisphere to Begin in 2022

The Golden Plains wind farm is planned to have 215 turbines and produce enough electricity for 765,000 homes.

Nuclear Reactor

TVEL Ships Testing Equipment for China’s Fast Reactor

Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal manufactured 32 layouts of control and protection system assemblies for China’s CFR-600 high-power fast reacto…

Hydrogen Project

Korea Gas Corp. Looking to Supply 1.03 Million Tons of Hydrogen in 2030

The production base in Gwangju is scheduled to be completed in March 2023.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Snam to Build Hydrogen-Ready Fuel Cell for Italy’s Torino Airport

Gas group Snam has agreed a 14 million euro contract to build a hydrogen-ready fuel cell for Italy’s Torino Airport to help it to cut its carbon footprint, the…

Pumped Storage

Utility Pushes UK's First Big Pumped Storage Hydro Project in 30 Years

The project would involve construction of an upper reservoir providing a 500-m drop to the existing Loch Lochy lake, about 15 km northeast of Fort William in th…

Energy Storage Battery

VW-backed Northvolt Starts Output at Swedish Lithium-ion Battery Cell Gigafactory

Battery storage specialist commissions first factory at Skellefteå amid efforts by Europe’s car industry to lessen dependence on Asian producers

Crude Oil

Oman's Ras Markaz Crude Storage Outside Strait of Hormuz to Come Onstream Q2

Infrastructure to store crude at Ras Markaz in Duqm on the southern coast of Oman is already complete, Salim al-Hashmi