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Oil & Gas Trade

Japan Gas Imports Fall to Two-Decade Low on Energy Savings Push

Source: Ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg; Ministry of Finance Japan(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s liquefied natural gas imports last month fell to the low…

Floating Offshore Wind

EDF Renewables and Simply Blue Enter Floating Offshore Wind Partnership in Ireland

EDF Renewables Ireland has entered into a partnership with Simply Blue Group to develop the Western Star and Emerald floating offshore wind projects.EDF Renewab…

Offshore Wind Power

Ocean Winds Breaks Ground on Moray West O&M Base

Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has started construction of an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Scotland that will initia…

Electric Vehicles

Nine New Electric Buses Roll Out in Melbourne’s Inner West

Melbourne has another nine Volgren-made electric buses traversing its roads, this time housed in West Footscray to service the inner western suburbs.The buses a…

Oil Field

Aramco to Develop 400 MCF per Day Iraqi Gas Field

Saudi oil giant Aramco will develop a gas field in Iraq that could produce more than 400 million cubic feet of gas per day, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Bechtel and PEJ Push Ahead on Poland AP1000

Seated (from left): Patrick Fragman, Łukasz Młynarkiewicz, Craig Albert; standing (from left): Mark Brzezinski, Anna Moskwa, Poland Minister of Climate and En…

Natural Gas

Falling Gas Prices Calm Europe After Energy Crisis

Benchmark Dutch futures drop for eight straight weeks to the lowest since May 2021European gas prices could fall even further, below €20 a megawatt hour, i…

Hydropower Plant

Western US to See Higher Levels of Hydropower This Summer

Image by David Mark from PixabayUS power prices have been lower in 2023 than 2022 due to lower natural gas prices and modest power demand, and it will be import…

Renewable Diesel

Groups Applaud EPA Letter From 3 Midwest Governors on Need for Higher Biobased Diesel Volumes in Rfs

Clean Fuels Alliance America, the Iowa Soybean Association, Iowa Biodiesel Board and the Missouri Soybean Association welcomed a letter sent by Govs. Kim Reynol…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Bechtel Form Consortium to Design and Build Poland’s First Nuclear Plant

Westinghouse Electric Co., Bechtel, and state-owned Polish entity Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) will work together to kick off design activity for Poland&r…

Biofuel

South African Beverage Company Uses Biogas Facility to Recycle Wastewater

The biodigester at Bren-o-kem's Vinaqua wastewater treatment plant in Worcester. Image Source: ESI Africa.Amidst the picturesque winelands of Worcester in t…

Solid-State Batteries

Western Europe Is Anticipated to Emerge as a Highly Remunerative Market for Traction Batteries

　　The global traction batteries market is expected to create an incremental opportunity of US$ 34 Bn by the end of 2022. The demand for traction batteries is …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements, Hydropower Output Remain Important This Summer

US power prices have been lower in 2023 from 2022 due to lower natural gas prices along with modest power demand, and it will be important to watch coal-fired p…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Initial Tests Completed for Westinghouse LFR Design

Ansaldo Nucleare and Westinghouse Electric Company say initial testing has been completed for their Generation IV lead-cooled fast reactor design. The testing c…

Solar project

Korean Group Closes Deal for 500MW Oman Solar Project

Leading South Korean group Kowepo (Korea Western Power) said it has officially signed the contract with Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) for the …