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Electricity Reform

France Needs to Reform Its Power Market: IEA

France could "progress faster" in its energy transition and should carry out power market reforms to foster competition and improve system flexibility.

Mexico

Wärtsilä to Deliver 600MW Multi-Fuel Power Plants to Mexican Utility

Technology group Wärtsilä will supply Mexico’s state-owned electricity utility, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), with two large multi-fuel power plan…

Hydrogen Project

China's Sinopec Builds Xinjiang Hydrogen Plant

China's largest oil refiner, state-controlled Sinopec, has started building a production facility for hydrogen in Kuqa city in northwest China's Xinjiang region…

Solar Power Plant

Dutch Start Trials of Flexible Floating Solar Panels which Move with the Waves

A consortium led by Dutch research institute TNO has launched a new project to study floating flexible solar energy systems as part a project to create economic…

Coal Gasification

China’s Longest Coal-Bed Methane Pipeline Completes, Adding New Momentum to Natural Gas Supply

The Shanxi-Hebei section of the coal-bed methane pipeline starts from Lüliang in Shanxi and reaches Hengshui in Hebei, spanning a total length of 548.95 kilome…

Energy Storage Project

Long Duration Energy Storage Needs to be Scaled up Drastically

The Long Duration Energy Storage Council has released a report which found that this type of storage needs to be scaled up 1.5 – 2.5TW by 2040, approximately 4…

United States

More Gulf of Mexico Work for Seadrill Rigs

While working to emerge from Chapter 11, offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured more work for its rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and added about $0.…

Electric Car

China’s Xiaomi to Build EV Plant in Beijing

Chinese technology firm Xiaomi plans to build an electric vehicle production plant in the Daxing district of the country's capital Beijing.

Cooperation case

China, Africa Further Cement ties

Xi announces additional 1 bln vaccine doses to continent; vows joint green development

Natural Gas

Largest Natural Gas Storage Begins to Supply Gas to West-East Gas Pipeline

China's largest natural gas storage facility, the Hutubi gas storage under CNPC in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, began to supply gas to th…

Oil Field

BP Brings Field Offshore Angola on Stream

Oil major BP has started production at the Platina field in Block 18, which is located in the Angolan offshore, approximately 140 kilometres northeast of Luanda…

Energy Storage Battery

Thrive Renewables’ Maiden 5MW/7.45MWh Battery Starts Operating

Thrive Renewables’ first battery storage project is now fully operational, and providing flexibility to the grid.

Wind Power Project

EDP Renewables Inaugurates Its First Wind Farm in Greece

The wind farm will contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions by approximately 48,000 tons per year.

Smart Grid

EC Approves Romania's First Cross-Border Smart Grid Project

The Carpathian Modernized Energy Network project has been included in the 5th list of Projects of Common Interest, adopted at the end of last week by the Europe…

Market Analysis

Xi Urges Sci-Tech Management System Reform, Development of Unified Electricity Market System

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of speeding up reform of the science and technology management system