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Chinese PV manufacturer Jetion Solar has announced completion of what it called the world’s highest-altitude, large scale solar-plus-storage project. Built in Gangba county, in Xigaze, Tibet, the 40 MW/193 MWh facility sits more than 4,700m above sea level and receives more than 3,200 hours of sunlight per year, according to …

Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said. Speaking at SolarPower Europe’s SolarPower Summit, held virtually this year, Birol, executive director at the IEA, teased new details to be released in this year’s World …

Baker Hughes has announced an order to supply multiple main refrigerant compressors (MRCs) for Qatar Petroleum’s North Field East (NFE) project, executed by Qatargas. The total award is part of four LNG ‘mega trains’, representing 33 million tpy of additional capacity, which will increase Qatar’s total LNG production capacity from …

China is set to build its largest import liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with operations slated to start in 2022, state media CCTV reported. According to the broadcaster, the LNG “reserve base” will be located in the Jiangsu province, eventually featuring 20 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) importing capacity. During …

Islamic Republic of Iran and Republic of Belarus explored avenues for broadening and developing bilateral cooperation in the field of energy. Iranian Ambassador to Belarus Saeed Yari met and held talks with Viktor Karankevich Energy Minister of Republic of Belarus in Minsk on Wed. In this bilateral meeting, the two …

It’s official: The big hydrogen techlash is now history. For decades, there was an undeniable and growing animus towards anything hydrogen by the investing universe, with the technology relegated to niche corners of the market, such as material handling and emergency power backup. Hydrogen technology was considered too costly and …

Total SE joined the ranks of oil companies anticipating a peak for the industry in the coming decade, saying demand growth will end around 2030. While the French energy giant’s analysis is more conservative than that of BP Plc, which earlier this month said the era of oil-market growth was …

A shipping line will be established between the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan as agreed by the relevant authorities of the four countries, an Iranian official announced. Deputy CEO of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization for Ports and Economic Affairs Farhad Montaser Koushari said that …

The first tanker of a three-vessel Iranian flotilla carrying much-needed fuel for Venezuela has entered waters of the South American country despite the sanctions imposed on both countries by the US, reports said. The Iran-flagged tanker Forest, which is transporting some 270,000 barrels of fuel loaded in the Middle East, …

Tehran and Sofia are to forge closer cooperation in the domains of economy, the transit of goods and transportation. In a meeting between Iranian Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Eslami and Bulgaria’s new Ambassador to Tehran, the two sides underlined the need to implement agreements reached by the two …