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Argentina and US energy partners sign $500 million shale deal

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-16)
  • Junior Isles

Argentina’s state-run energy firm, YPF, said on Thursday that it preliminarily agreed on a deal with American Energy Partners LP (AEP), to explore for shale gas in Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta formation. The deal would be worth around $500 million over three years.

Minister says Azerbaijan gas output to hit 29.3 bcm

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-16)
  • Junior Isles

Azerbaijan’s energy minister, Natig Aliyev, has said the country is on course to produce a total of 29.3 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2016, after figures for 2015 were released.

Enel Green Power enters German renewable market with purchase

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-13)

Enel restructures to put renewables centre stage

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-12)
  • David Flin

The Italian energy company Enel has announced that it is finalising details of a corporate restructure designed to put renewables at the core of the company’s strategy, in a move approved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.

Denmark ramps up renewable investment in Iran

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-11)
  • David Flin
Kristian Jensen, Foreign Affairs Minister for Denmark, said that Denmark’s exports to Iran could increase after the lifting of western sanctions.

Terrestrial Energy raises $7 million for nuclear reactor technology

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-08)

Nuclear technology company, Terrestrial Energy, has today announced that it has generated $7 million in order to bring its next-generation molten salt reactor technology to industrial markets within the next ten years.

SSE and Coillte complete phase 2 financing for Galway Wind Park

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-08)

UK’s oldest nuclear power plant closes

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-08)

Wylfa Magnox, the oldest nuclear power plant in the UK, and the last of its kind in the world, has closed after 45 years of operation.

Climate change could cut global electricity output by disrupting water resources

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-05)
  • David Flin

A study published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) said that climate change could lead to significant declines in electricity production in coming decades as water resources are disrupted.

Breakthrough made in boosting solar cell power

  • 9 years ago (2016-01-04)
  • David Flin
The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have announced that they have developed a new light trapping technique that enables over 30 per cent power enhancement of an ultrathin solar cell.