Energy Update
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.
(Thu, 19 Apr 2018) The United States exported 97.0 million short tons (MMst) of coal in 2017, a 61% (36.7 MMst) increase from the 2016 level. Exports to Asia more than doubled from 15.7 MMst in 2016 to 32.8 MMst in 2017, although Europe continues to be the largest recipient of U.S. coal exports.
CB&I has won an ethylene technology contract from Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical’s subsidiary Lianyungang Petrochemical for its petrochemical facility in China.
Italian oil and gas firm Eni has announced its plan to invest €7bn in several projects including renewables and oil and gas, over the next four years in the country.
Fluor has won a contract from Marathon Petroleum (MPC) for the implementation of the approximately $2bn South Texas Asset Repositioning (STAR) program at the Galveston Bay refinery in Texas.
Saudi Aramco has awarded a contract to Canada-based SNC-Lavalin to install additional facilities for Wasit gas processing facility in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
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