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Gulfsands Petroleum says that it will no longer pursue the Moulay Bouchta Petroleum Agreement in Morocco (Moulay Bouchta) and consequently to immediately initiate the winding down of the activities of the group in Morocco.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in late October said that it received bids on geothermal leases in Nevada for about $78,000 in an online auction. Geothermal developer Ormat Technologies won a 5,078-acre parcel in Esmerelda County, Nev., paying about $20,000.

A successful transition to a 21st Century Electricity System requires careful consideration of a range of issues that will ultimately redefine the regulatory framework and utility business model while creating new opportunities for third-party providers and customers to contribute to the operation of the electricity system.

It's encouraging to see U.K. policy makers getting to grips with tackling heat loss, which is one of the biggest sources of energy waste in our towns and cities. Heat network expansion is among 50 policies proposed by the U.K. government in its recently published Clean Growth Strategy. 

It’s been nearly two years since the release of the GridWise Alliance’s last Grid Modernization Index (GMI-3). The results of the just-released GMI-4, GridWise’s latest tracking of grid modernization efforts across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, demonstrates increased participation in and acceleration of grid modernization efforts across the nation – as clean energy, distributed resources, smart meters, and other technology adoption expands.

Investment banks aren’t interested, and neighborhood banks just don’t understand. So where is someone who has a great commercial solar project supposed to get funding?

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary Shell Chemical Appalachia has started the main construction phase of its new petrochemicals complex in Potter Township in the US state of Pennsylvania.

(Thu, 09 Nov 2017) The power plant data file (2_Plant_Y2016) now includes:<br />
• Identification of plant-level energy storage capabilities including the distinction of natural gas storage type as liquefied natural gas<br />
• Identification of the Local Distribution Company (LDC) connected to natural gas burning power plants<br />

(Thu, 09 Nov 2017) In August 2017, coal stockpiles at electric power plants were 144 million tons, the lowest monthly level since late 2014, according to EIA’s <em>Electric Power Monthly</em>. Coal stockpiles at U.S. coal-fired power plants typically follow a seasonal pattern of increasing during the spring and fall, when electricity demand is relatively low, and decreasing during the summer and winter, when electricity demand is relatively high

US-based Air Products has signed an agreement with Yankuang Group, a China-based state-owned-enterprise, to jointly invest and develop $3.5bn coal-to-syngas production facility in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China.

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