More than a quarter of the new generating capacities built in Russia in 2022 is based on renewable energy sources, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said at a meeting with the government.
INPEX, a Japanese oil and gas company, has acquired a 31.45% stake in the Rajabasa geothermal power plant project, which will be implemented in Indonesian province of Lampung in the south of Sumatra. The company will offer its proprietary well-drilling technology to the project participants: Indonesian PT Supreme Energy, French ENGIE SA and Japanese Sumitomo Corporation.
Scholars from the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies of Kazan Federal University (KFU) have developed a microwave aquathermolysis technology that allows extraction of high-viscosity oil from reservoirs lying at depths exceeding one kilometre. The findings were published in the Catalysts Journal, which is issued by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).