Tesla energyTesla partners with US utility to build li-ion battery energy storage facility in California PG&E will own the facility at its substation in Moss Landing, California, but the design, construction and maintenance operations will combine efforts by both by the San Francisco-based utility and the battery and electric vehicle …
Read More »GE Authorised to Use Supercomputer to Drive Wind Power Research
The Summit supercomputer will be used to conduct otherwise infeasible research that is expected to lead to improved efficiencies in offshore wind energy production.
Read More »Japan to Exceed 2030 Renewables Target Supported by US$100 Billion Investments
Over US$100 billion of investment in wind and solar power plants are expected to push the renewables share to 27% of Japan’s generation mix by 2030, exceeding the country’s target, says Wood Mackenzie. Outlined in the 5th Strategic Energy Plan, Japan had aimed for between 22% and 24% of the …
Read More »China Buys Millions of Barrels of U.S. Oil to Comply with Trade Deal
China, the world’s biggest oil importer, has ramped up purchases of American crude in the lead-up to a highly-anticipated review of the trade deal between the two economic powerhouses. As much as 14 million barrels — or seven super-class tankers full — of U.S. oil will be loaded next month …
Read More »China Ramps up U.S. Oil Purchases before Trade Deal Review
China, the world’s biggest oil importer, has ramped up purchases of American crude in the lead-up to a highly-anticipated review of the trade deal between the two economic powerhouses. As much as 14 million barrels — or seven super-class tankers full — of U.S. oil will be loaded next month …
Read More »Facebook Inks Large Solar Deal to Power Its Operations with Renewables
The new 70MW solar facility will power the social media giant’s operations in Tennessee.
Read More »China Ramps Up US Oil Purchases
US crude oil shipments to China will rise sharply in coming weeks, US traders and ship brokers and Chinese importers said, as the world’s top economies gear up to review a January deal after a prolonged trade war. Chinese state-owned oil firms have tentatively booked tankers to carry at least …
Read More »US-China Trade Review Delayed as Beijing Lifts Farm, Oil Spending
The US and China have delayed a review of their Phase 1 trade deal initially slated for Saturday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, citing scheduling conflicts and the need to allow time for more Chinese purchases of US exports. No new date for the initial six-month compliance review …
Read More »Masdar Acquires More of the US Renewable Market
The projects are expected to remove more than three million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
Read More »Iran’s Active Diplomacy Defeats US yet Again
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi reacted to the US historic failure against Iran and said Iran’s active diplomacy together with the legal strength of its nuclear deal led to the US defeat for the nth time. During the 75-year-old history of the United Nations, it was unprecedented for the …
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