Photovoltaic Grade Polysilicon Prices Crash

Photovoltaic Grade Polysilicon Prices Crash

Solar grade polysilicon prices crash amid global supply glut. Spot prices for the main ingredient in photovoltaic panels are crashing considerably and fast, fueled by a glut in China’s photovoltaic panel supply chain. Some companies manufacturing polysilicon make PV panels...
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Mexico To Buy 13 Power Plants From Spanish Energy Major

Mexico To Buy 13 Power Plants From Spanish Energy Major

Mexico is set to buy 13 power plants currently operated by Spain’s utility major Iberdrola in a deal worth some $6 billion. The purchase, Reuters reports, is part of the Lopez Obrador government’s ambition to return control over Mexico’s electricity...
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Massive Downward Reductions In US Shale Oil Output

Massive Downward Reductions In US Shale Oil Output

EIA issued the March DPR: A massive downward reductions in US shale oil output.  In the March report, shale oil output from the key plays is reduced by 443,000 bpd for January and 250,000 bpd for February.  If we go...
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Update: On March 13, the revolutionary clean energy technology will be presented in LiveStream

Update: On March 13, the revolutionary clean energy technology will be presented in LiveStream

The revolutionary zero-emission energy technology, whose origins date back to 1994, will be presented in February via LiveStream transmission from the Rome laboratory. The new technology works 24/365 non-stop and does not need sun or wind. It does not burn...
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The EU Needs More Diesel Fuel, But The Middle East Can’t Supply It All

The EU Needs More Diesel Fuel, But The Middle East Can’t Supply It All

The EU is banning—effective February 5—seaborne imports of Russian refined oil products, and it has to replace around 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian fuel imports, including 600,000 bpd-650,000 bpd of diesel. In December, for example, Russia’s...
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Shell Reports Record Earnings of $39.9 billion for 2022

Shell Reports Record Earnings of $39.9 billion for 2022

Shell just reported adjusted earnings of $39.9 billion for 2022, double the earnings from 2021, becoming the latest Big Oil firm to deliver record profits for last year. Shell’s adjusted earnings doubled to $39.9 billion in 2022 from $19.3 billion in 2021,...
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Chevron (CVX) posted mixed fourth-quarter results early Friday, missing on earnings views while topping revenue estimates. The energy giant reported record profits and cash flow for 2022, on top of its earlier announcement launching a massive $75 billion share...
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China Becomes World’s Biggest LNG Buyer

China Becomes World’s Biggest LNG Buyer

China is rapidly becoming the world’s most dominant force in liquefied natural gas, with Chinese buyers accounting for 40% of recent long-term LNG contracts among global players, according to Nikkei Asia. Take Chinese energy giant Sinopec Group, which ...
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Saudis Confirm Non-Dollar Oil Trade Plans In Davos

Saudis Confirm Non-Dollar Oil Trade Plans In Davos

Earlier this month, former NY Fed repo guru Zoltan Pozsar wrote one of his most important reports of 2022, in which he described how Putin could unleash hell on the Western financial system by demanding that instead of dollars, Russian oil exporters...
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Natural Gas Pipeline Connecting Lithuania And Latvia  Was Rocked By An Explosion

Natural Gas Pipeline Connecting Lithuania And Latvia Was Rocked By An Explosion

On Friday at around 5pm an explosion occurred in the Amber Grid gas pipeline in Pasvalys district. According to initial data, no people were injured. The explosion took place away from residential buildings. The fire is being extinguished by the...
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Freeport LNG Denies Reuters Report

Freeport LNG Denies Reuters Report

Freeport LNG has denied a Reuters report citing unnamed sources as saying that the restart of its Texas facility will be pushed back to February due to regulatory approval issues. On Wednesday, Reuters published a story citing three unnamed sources as saying...
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Russia Restores Output At Sakhalin-1 Oil Project After Exxon Exit

Russia Restores Output At Sakhalin-1 Oil Project After Exxon Exit

Russia has ramped up oil production from the Sakhalin-1 project and expects the field to soon pump at the full level of 220,000 barrels per day (bpd) after the project’s previous operator, U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil, quit Russian operations, an industry...
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ExxonMobil Sues EU Over Investment-Destroying Windfall Profit Tax

ExxonMobil Sues EU Over Investment-Destroying Windfall Profit Tax

ExxonMobil Corp. is suing the European Union on the grounds that the 33% windfall tax will hinder investment. Exxon’s chief financial officer Kathryn Mikells said the tax could cost $2 billion between now and the end of next year. Exxon Mobil...
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China Starts Work On The World’s Largest Desert-Based Renewable Energy Project

China Starts Work On The World’s Largest Desert-Based Renewable Energy Project

China has broken ground on a renewable energy project worth an estimated $11 billion in the province of Inner Mongolia. According to a Bloomberg report, the project will have a capacity of 16 GW and produce some 40 billion kWh of...
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Wind auction nets $757M in California

Wind auction nets $757M in California

For the first time in history, the U.S. government on Tuesday started auctioning off sites for offshore wind development near America’s Pacific coast. The Bureau of Ocean Land Management (BOEM) took bids for the rights to develop wind turbines in...
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