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Hybrid Power Plant

World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid

Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free powe…

Natural Gas

Environmental Knowledge and Solutions Initiative: GECF Explores Consensus on Methane Emissions

It exists in abundance on Earth and has even been found on other planets, including Mars, but this major force of life – methane – can also harm the environme…

Electricity Transmission

Xinjiang's Electricity Transmission Tops 400 bln kWh

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has transmitted over 400 billion kilowatt-hours of locally generated electricity to other parts of the countr…

Oil Field

China Discovers 900m-Tonne Oil and Gas Field in Xinjiang

China has discovered a new 900-million-tonne oil and gas field in the Tarim Basin in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after six years' intensiv…

Market Analysis

Xcel Energy Sets New Regional Wind Energy Records

Boosted by strong production from Xcel Energy’s new Sagamore Wind Project in New Mexico, wind energy accounted for more than half the region’s electricity sup…

Oil & Gas Trade

ExxonMobil Exit Delay Threatens Baghdad’s Oil Future

Disagreements prompting the delay to ExxonMobil's exit from Iraq's West Qurna 1 field could have longer-term ramifications for Iraq's upstream oil and gas secto…

Solar Power Plant

Goldi Solar Plans to Expand Manufacturing Capacity to 2.5 GW

At present, the existing facility has a capacity of 500 megawatt

Solar Power Plant

First Solar to Expand US Solar Manufacturing Capacity

The company intends to fund construction of its third US manufacturing facility, in Lake Township, Ohio, with existing cash resources.

Electric Car

New Zealand Told to have EV Policy by Mid-2022

Petrol and diesel cars accounted for around 11mn t of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), or about 14pc of New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions, in 2019.

Nuclear Technology

Curtiss-Wright Provides Tech Upgrade for Columbia Nuclear Plant

Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear Division has been selected to replace the existing plant process computer system at the Columbia Generating Station in Washington stat…

Energy-Eficient Building

Energy Efficient Homes Could Save us £9.5bn

New research estimates nearly 52 tonnes of carbon dioxide could be slashed if the energy efficiency of all homes in the UK improved to EPC band C

Energy Taxation

UK 'Determined' to Reach Fair Global Taxation Deal as G7 Finance Ministers Gather in London

Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes international pact on taxing digital tech firms 'a priority'

Coal Production

Romania Commits to Phase Out Coal by 2032

Romania will exit coal by 2032 at the latest and pass a law by mid-2022 to address the closure of mines and adopt socio-economic measures to support coal commun…

Video: Are African Countries Ready for Nuclear Energy

​As the population grows and urbanization increases, African countries need to close the existing energy gap as well as prepare for future demand.

Carbon Emissions

Australia's Carbon Emissions Drop 5 per cent in 2020

Australia's carbon emissions fell by 5 per cent in 2020 with growth in wind and solar energy, a hit to transport from coronavirus lockdowns, and a rise in carbo…