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In an order issued late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determined that Secretary Rick Perry’s Sep. 29 notice of proposed rulemaking on grid resilience does not meet the statutory requirements of the Federal Power Act.

Eni has sold the licence and basic engineering project to Sinopec for the construction of a refining facility based on the former’s Eni Slurry Technology (EST).

Enterprise Products Partners, a Houston-based natural gas and crude oil pipeline company, has revealed its plans to expand its butane isomerization plant at its complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas.

(Tue, 09 Jan 2018) Nearly all of the utility-scale power plants in the United States that were retired from 2008 through 2017 were fueled by fossil fuels. Of the total retired capacity, coal power plants and natural gas steam turbines accounted for the highest percentages, 47% and 26%, respectively.

Lucid Energy and its financial sponsor EnCap Flatrock Midstream have signed an agreement to sell Lucid Energy Group II, which has a portfolio of natural gas processing properties in the Delaware sub-basin of New Mexico, for $1.6bn.

The owners of a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen have released their design for making the roof of the plant into a community park, complete with a ski slope.

The Geothermal Resources Council and the Geothermal Energy Association today said that they will combine their organizations, with activities of the GEA transitioning into the GRC this year.

Rooftop solar in Thailand faces several challenges that have left the industry “largely untapped,” according to a recent report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

When winter sets in, "polar vortex" becomes one of the most dreaded phrases in the Northern Hemisphere. It's enough to send shivers even before the first blast of bitter cold arrives. New research shows that some northern regions have been getting hit with these extreme cold spells more frequently over the past four decades, even as the planet as a whole has warmed.

Today’s topics include predictions about what will happen with the U.S. solar trade case – will there be tariffs? If there are tariffs, how will they affect the solar market? Caution: distributors and system integrators. We’ll also look at supply chain issues for solar and batteries. 

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