Energy Update
Beijing's sudden decision to drastically curb imports of thermal coal into the country's ports presents a golden opportunity to Indian coal buyers to pick up large volumes of Australian power station fuel at discounted prices, according to a S&P Global Platts analysis.
(Fri, 20 Apr 2018) At the end of 2016, the United States had 56 large-scale fuel cell generating units greater than 1 megawatt (MW), totaling 137 megawatts (MW) of net summer capacity. Most of this capacity (85%) has come online since 2013. Fuel cells collectively provided 810,000 megawatthours (MWh) of electricity in 2016, representing 0.02% of total U.S. electricity generation.
Russian oil giant Lukoil has commissioned the Kandym gas processing complex in Uzbekistan, two years after breaking ground on the $3.4bn project.
San Mateo Midstream has completed expansion of the Black River cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Eddy County in the US state of New Mexico.
BlueFin and Emerson have entered into a working partnership agreement to deliver the Roxar gauge technology to refineries in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) region.
Morocco plans to build plants to produce another 800 MW of solar power, just months after attracting bids for its Midelt project as the North African country moves to curb energy imports.
Coal, which fueled the world’s biggest economies for more than a century, is increasingly losing out to renewables. The latest example of how one of the dirtiest fossil fuels is being squeezed out of the market came this week in Britain.
Equilon Enterprises, doing business as Shell Oil Products US (Shell), and Toyota have provisionally secured $8m by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop the first hydrogen-truck refueling station at the Port of Long Beach.
Everything about the wind energy business is getting bigger. For example, current turbines averaging 4.1 MW with a hub height of 90 meters will soon be replaced by 11-MW giants with hubs 125 meters off sea level and blades spanning 190 meters. Their blade tips will cut the air at well over twice the height of the London Eye.
Japan's craft brewers have suddenly found their cups are running over, and exporting beer in aluminum cans may be the answer to their problem.
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