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Modern Diplomacy: Iranian Energy Ministry and some of the country’s private contractors signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) on Sunday for cooperation in the construction of renewable power plants to generate 10,000 megawatts (10 gigawatts) of electricity across the country. The signing ceremony was attended by senior energy officials including Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian and Head […]
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Renewable Energy Magazine: Sungrow and Enlight Renewable Energy, signed a joint agreement in which Sungrow will supply Enlight with 430 MWh of its flagship liquid cooled energy storage system (ESS). The contract is the largest ESS agreement signed to date in Israel, bolstering the country’s energy transition and marking a massive scale-up in installations for […]
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Tehran Times: Following the Energy Ministry’s public call for the contribution of private companies in a project for developing renewable power plants in the country, so far requests for the construction of 80,000 megawatts (80 gigawatts) have been submitted to the ministry, a senior energy official announced. According to the Head of Renewable Energy and […]
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Reuters: A fledgling international alliance to halt new oil and gas drilling added six members on Thursday during the U.N. climate conference but did not get the support of any major fossil fuel producers or the British government, host of the talks. The absence of more widespread backing reflects the difficulty of imposing blanket policies […]
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PV Tech: India and the UK will launch a transnational and transcontinental grid project, the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG or OSOWOG), at COP26 tomorrow. The project aims to connect the grids of 140 countries, harness the power of the sun all day long and exploit geographical differences in radiance throughout […]
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Bloomberg ($): The United Arab Emirates has become the first of the Persian Gulf’s petrostates to commit to eliminating planet-warming emissions within its borders. “We are committed to seize the opportunity to cement our leadership on climate change within our region and take this key economic opportunity to drive development, growth and new jobs,” said […]
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Asharq Al-Awsat: Iraq’s Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar announced Saturday that Iraq would rely on green energy to invest in gas and produce renewable energy. During his participation at a workshop organized by the International Energy Organization (IEA), the Minister stressed the government and ministry’s keenness on supporting clean energy projects. This support is represented […]
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The Guardian: The finance minister of Iraq, one of the founding members of the global oil cartel Opec, has made an unprecedented call to fellow oil producers to move away from fossil fuel dependency and into renewable energy, ahead of a key Opec meeting. Ali Allawi, the deputy prime minister and finance minister of Iraq, […]
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S&P Global Platts ($): Saudi Aramco is investing, alongside the country’s sovereign wealth fund and Riyadh-based ACWA Power, in the oil exporter’s largest solar project with a capacity of 1.5 GW as the world’s biggest energy company makes a push into renewables. The Saudi Aramco Power Co., a unit of the parent company, has joined […]
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ReNews.biz: A consortium of Masdar and EDF Renewables has delivered first power from the 415MW Dumat Al Jandal wind farm in Saudi Arabia. Dumat Al Jandal will comprise 99 Vestas V150-4.2MW turbines when fully complete next year. Vestas is installing the hardware as part of an engineering, procurement and construction contract secured in July 2019. […]
IEEFA: Canadian assessment of LNG ‘rising tide’ would drown balance sheets in red ink
Hope springs eternal for Chinese demand but reality suggests bleak forecast for new projectsOctober 19, 2020 (IEEFA)— The Conference Board of Canada, an Ottawa-based research organization, has doubled down on a bad hand, according to an analysis by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. The Conference Board’s report, A Rising Tide: The Economic Impact of B.C.’s Liquified Natural Gas Industry, claims an expansion of the British […]