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China’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive converted from an internal combustion engine rolled off the production line in Datong City, Shanxi Province on Thursday. China Railway Rolling Stock Corp. (CRRC), the country’s largest railway vehicle and equipment manufacturer, said the locomotive, Ningdong, is the world’s most powerful hydrogen-powered locomotive by far. CRRC …

Tax credits led to a surge in U.S. electric vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2023, making the United States the world’s second-largest EV market after China, Counterpoint Technology Market Research said in new research. U.S. passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales jumped by over 79% year-on-year in Q1 2023, …

Iraq has agreed to pay about $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran after receiving a sanctions waiver from the United States, a senior Iraqi foreign ministry official said. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein was given the clearance during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

Shenzhen-listed Jilin Jinguan Electric Co Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a road between Iran and Russia for the construction of new energy facilities, it said on Wednesday. The company plans to build 70 optical storage and charging stations worth 1.4 billion yuan and 3,400 charging facilities …

Announcing that $12 billion worth of semi-finished oil and gas projects have been completed in the last Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2023), Iran’s oil minister said that Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field will be put into operation within the next three months. Speaking in a …

More than 200 Foreign companies from 13 countries are going to participate in the 27th Iran International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (Iran Oil Show 2023), which is slated to be held at the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds during May 17-20. According to the Director General of the Iranian …

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari said that the fifth edition of the Export Potential Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran EXPO 2023) is going to help Iran boost its non-oil exports. Iran EXPO 2023 is set to be held at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds …

The crypto industry is in crisis. Crypto bigwigs all over the world, from the United States to South Korea, have been slapped with very public criminal charges concerning fraud. After the scandalous downfall of FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, regulators have escalated a crackdown on …

Average daily gasoline consumption in Iran rose 11 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20), according to the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC). Jalil Salari also said that the country’s average daily gasoline production has reached 115 million …

The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors on Friday backed the reappointment of Argentina’s Rafael Grossi to a second four-year term as director general, diplomats at the closed-door meeting said. The decision was a formality since there was no challenger, Reuters reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board approved …