GE Partners With Downer EDI Limited To Deliver $350M Boco Rock Wind Farm In...
GE today announced it had been awarded a contract with its consortium partner, Downer EDI Limited, to supply 67 turbines, build and maintain the $350 million Boco Rock wind farm in New South Wales,...
View ArticleTrinidad, BHP Billiton Sign Contracts For Four Deep Water Blocks
The PSCs for the four blocks were awarded after what Trinidad called the "most successful deepwater bid round in 14 years." Each PSC has an initial phased exploration period of up to nine years....
View ArticleBYD And Fenecon Sign Storage Systems Deal
BYD Europe and Fenecon have signed a contract for 1,000 DESS-series energy storage systems, which the German wholesaler will offer to PV installation companies. BYD, Fenecon at Intersolar Europe 2013....
View ArticlePetrobras' Brazil Stranglehold Saps Oil Services Sector
The scale of Brazil's offshore oil reserves should be bringing a bonanza to service and equipment companies....
View ArticleCity Says Drilling Of Test Well To End This Week
Drilling of a test well near Herron Park to see if the potential exists for a geothermal-energy project is expected to be finished this weekend, according to the city of Aspen staffer who is overseeing...
View ArticleDong Energy Sells Stake In Hydropower Plant For $773 Million
Dong Energy A/S agreed to sell its stake in a Swedish hydropower company for 5.2 billion kronor ($773 million) as Denmark's biggest utility seeks to boost its capital after losing money on natural gas...
View ArticleDeepwater Oil Drilling Gaining Momentum
Deepwater drilling for oil and natural gas reserves has returned to the level before the BP oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, analysis shows.
View ArticleTanker Cars Sinking Into River After Derailment On Calgary Bridge
A train carrying "petroleum products" has derailed on a bridge over the Bow River in Calgary and tanker cars are slowly sinking into the river, the city of Calgary says. Emergency management director...
View ArticleFinnish Fortum CHP Plant Dents Russian Dominance In Lithuania
Russian gas supplier Gazprom's 100 percent prevalence in Lithuania has been shaken up in the seaport city of Klaipeda, where Finnish energy firm Fortum has opened a $173-million combined heat and power...
View ArticleSolar Panels Are Getting Thinner
Most efforts at improving solar cells have focused on increasing the efficiency of their energy conversion, or on lowering the cost of manufacturing. But now MIT researchers are opening another avenue...
View ArticleKudankulam Nuclear Power Project To Be Operational Soon
"For all practical purposes, nuclear power is safe. Common people have difficulty in understanding probabilistic safety assessment and analysis. India has an excellent safety record... with so many...
View ArticleWill 'World's Biggest' Hydro Power Project Light Up Africa?
The world will have seen nothing like it. It is being hailed as the holy grail for power, the biggest hydroelectric project ever built that would harness sub-Saharan Africa's greatest river and light...
View ArticleJica Sh1 . 6 Billion Grant To Fund Power Expansion
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir says that geothermal development company requires a continuous capacity building in terms of equipment and human resources to be able to deliver on...
View ArticleWhy Hedging Oil And Gas Production Matters
Companies that hedge over the long-term can end up doing very well. This is really clearly seen when looking at an oil and gas MLP like Legacy Reserves ....
View ArticleWindMade Wants Consumers To 'Show You Care'
According to a global consumer wind study conducted by Vestas and Gallup in 2012, 73% of consumers around the world would view a product or brand more favourably if they knew that wind power was used...
View ArticleNabucco Pipeline Suffers Setback As Rival Expected To Get Azeri Gas
One possibility is that the pipeline will still find suppliers among other gas fields in Azerbaijan or on the eastern side of the Caspian Sea when countries there begin moving gas westward via a...
View ArticleCompany Spends $4.5B On Gas Processing In W.Va.
Carney said Williams processes gas for several producers including Chesapeake Energy, Gastar, Chevron, Stone Energy, Noble Energy and Trans Energy. At the original plant along U.S....
View ArticleJS Body For Quick National Coal Policy
The committee also reformed a sub-committee, led by Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, to investigate into the alleged irregularities of Petrobangla ....
View ArticleDNV Launch Improved Standard For Specialised Wind Farm Service Vessels
DNV has launched a significant revision to the rules for wind farm service vessels (WFSV) to improve the safety of these specialised vessels which are undertaking multiple roles further and further...
View ArticleAtwood Oceanics Confirms $635m Drillship Order
The DP3-capable Atwood Archer will feature dual derrick ultra - deepwater drilling rated to operate in water depths up to 12,000 feet and drill to a depth of up to 40,000 feet....
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