Posts in category: News from the fuel and energy sector

Enel Green Power Chile, the Chilean subsidiary of Enel Group of energy companies, commenced the construction of La Cabana 105.6 MW wind power plant (WPP) located in La Araucania region in the central part of Chile. The power plant will be equipped with the battery energy storage facility for 34.3 MW.

The scientists from the V.I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) developed a new method for breaking field oil-water emulsions into water and oil without specialised chemical agents. It helps to receive feedstock for downstream refining or for sales. The research outcomes are published in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

In March 2023, Japan’s Osaki CoolGen Corporation will complete its experimental project for generating electricity from coal with minimum CO2 emissions, which has been ongoing since 2012 in the town of Ōsakikamijima located in Hiroshima Prefecture in the south of Japan.

The C-Capture company developed a non-amine solvent for carbon dioxide absorption allowing for increasing energy efficiency of CO2 capturing process. The innovation will be tested within XLR8 CCS project currently being implemented by C-Capture jointly with Wood engineering company, cement manufacturer Hanson Cement, glass processer Glass Futures, and Bioenergy Infrastructure Group specialising in electricity generation from waste and biomass.

Scientists from Saint-Petersburg State University (SPSU) and Omsk research centre with the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) created a new composite material from nanotubes, manganese and rhenium oxide, which may improve the efficiency of super condensers used in the renewable energy sector.

In 2022, India commissioned 13,956 gigawatts (MW) of wind turbines and 1,847 MW of solar panels. Compared to 2021, the figures increased by 17.5% and 26.6% respectively. Last year, the capacity of all types of renewable energy sources (RES), with the exception of large hydroelectric power plants (HPPs), reached 120.9 GW. Of these, solar power plants (SPPs) accounted for 52%, and wind farms for 35% (the share of small hydropower plants and biomass installations is 4% and 9% respectively, according to JMK Research).