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Oil and Gas Equipment

China Sets up National Oil, Gas Pipe Firm in Drive to 'Boost Competition'

China announced on Monday the establishment of a national oil and gas pipeline company in a move intended to boost competition, the Xinhua state news agency sai…

Crude

Asia Seen Adequately Prepared for Deeper OPEC Crude Output Cuts

Asia appears well prepared for OPEC's new crude production cut era as Chinese, South Korean and Japanese refiners' flexible feedstock procurement strategies wou…

Energy Developers on the Hunt for New Fuels

Energy firm Scottish Power is to construct solar projects for the first time to maximise onshore renewable energy potential in the UK and Ireland, it announced …

Coal Company

One of the Biggest U.S. Coal Companies Filed for Bankruptcy

A judge approved a bankruptcy reorganization for one of the biggest U.S. coal companies Thursday amid ongoing uncertainty about how its mines will be bonded in …

Fossil Fuel Use Continues to Push Up CO2 Emissions

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry are expected to grow slowly in 2019 due to a decline in the use of coal, according to a study by …

Global CO2 Emissions From Coal Down This Year

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities fell in 2019, according to research published Dec. 3, though ove…

Nuclear Power Plant

Emerging Europe’s Nuclear Option

No matter how many emission targets we put on ourselves, the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere keeps growing.

CCS

The Economics And Technology Behind Trapping Carbon Dioxide

The U.S. Department of Energy plans to partner with the University of Wyoming to accelerate research on carbon capture technology at two of the state’s coal-fi…

Solar Technology

Mapping the Energy Transport Mechanism of Chalcogenide Perovskite for Solar Energy Use

For solar cells to be widely used in the coming decades researchers must resolve two major challenges: increasing efficiency and lowering toxicity.

CCS

Four Major Comapanies Join Dutch Carbon Capture Project

Project Porthos has signed an agreement with Air Liquide, Air Products, ExxonMobil and Shell to collectively work on preparations for the capture, transport and…

CCS

CCS Has Emerged As One of The Most Controversial Issues at the CoP 14

Over the last few days of intense negotiations, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as one of the most controversial issues being discussed at the CoP …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Could Change the Way We Think About Driving

From battery electric cars and bike share schemes to on-demand taxi services booked via smartphone, the way we move around is changing.

Thermal Plant

Turkey Won't Allow Public to " Get Poisoned" Erdoğan Says After Thermal Plant Veto

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 3 said Turkey will not allow toxic fumes from unfiltered thermal plants to “poison” its public and accused ene…

Germany Delays Vote on Coal Law Until After SPD Congress

Germany's cabinet has deferred consideration of a proposed coal exit law until beyond a Social Democrat party convention that is likely to add strain to the gov…

Energy Storage Project

Bosch to Develop Fuel Cell Batteries in China

Bosch broke ground on a fuel cell battery development center last week in the east China city of Wuxi with the aim of supplying the emerging local fuel cell veh…