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  • U.S. natural gas inventories in underground storage ended winter at a three-year low
    After a relatively warm start to the 2024�25 winter heating season (November�March), colder-than-normal temperatures across much of the United States in January and February resulted in increased consumption of natural gas and more withdrawals from U.S. natural gas storage than normal. By the end of March, the least amount of... Read more »
  • The United States operates the world�s largest nuclear power plant fleet
    In 2024, U.S. utilities operated 94 nuclear reactors with a total net generating capacity of nearly 97 gigawatts (GW), the largest commercial nuclear power generation fleet in the world. The next three countries with the largest programs were France with 57 units (63.0 GW), China with 57 units (55.3 GW),... Read more »
  • Distillate and jet fuel contribute to record U.S. petroleum product exports in 2024
    In 2024, U.S. exports of total petroleum products increased to a record 6.6 million barrels per day (b/d) annual average. Annual U.S. petroleum product exports increased by 495,000 b/d as U.S. exports of distillate fuel oil, typically sold as diesel, and jet fuel increased compared with 2023, while exports of... Read more »
  • China's solar capacity installations grew rapidly in 2024
    Utility-scale solar power capacity in China reached more than 880 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, according to China's National Energy Administration. China has more utility-scale solar than any other country. The 277 GW of utility-scale solar capacity installed in China in 2024 alone is more than twice as much as the... Read more »
  • Five petroleum product pipelines were completed in the United States in 2024
    In 2024, pipeline companies completed five pipeline projects to transport petroleum liquids in the United States, according to our recently updated Liquids Pipeline Projects Database. The five projects consisted of three hydrocarbon gas liquid (HGL) pipelines and two petroleum product pipelines.... Read more »

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  • Power Returns After Massive Blackout in Spain and Portugal
    Electricity is being restored across Spain and Portugal after a massive outage left the two countries in chaos for most of Monday, grounding flights, forcing evacuations from metro stations, and bringing life to a standstill. On Monday midday, a sudden massive outage hit the electricity transmission systems of Spain and... Read more »
  • China Continues to Build Coal Power Plants Abroad Despite Vow to Quit
    China is still building new coal-powered generation capacity abroad despite a pledge made in 2021 to stop it and focus on transition technology. According to a new report by climate think tank Global Energy Monitor, China is involved in 88% of new coal power capacity projects in new BRICS members.... Read more »
  • Woodside Greenlights Louisiana LNG
    Woodside Energy has announced the final investment decision for the Louisiana LNG project and plans to start production in 2029. The facility is designed to have three liquefaction trains with a total capacity of 16.5 million tons annually. This would boost Woodside’s total LNG capacity to 24 million tons annually... Read more »
  • Oil Prices Slip Further as Market Remains in Grip of Tariff Fear
    Crude oil prices extended their decline today as traders remained fixated on demand and the impact of the tariff war between the U.S. and China on its future prospects. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $65.41 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $61.63 per barrel,... Read more »
  • Inside Trump’s Hardball Strategy to Control Global Oil Prices
    No previous U.S. government nor its now second-term President Donald Trump are known for their forgiving natures of supposed past betrayals. This is particularly true when the transgressor has been an entity on which both have been forced to rely for any length of time. Saudi Arabia as one of... Read more »
  • Summer Earnings Could Burn Oil Giants
    The world’s biggest oil and gas firms are set to see their earnings drop this year amid the decline in oil prices and lackluster trading business. Europe’s Big Oil firms have already flagged weaker first-quarter profits, which they will report in the next two weeks. Earnings for the second quarter... Read more »
  • Cheap Crude Tests U.S. Shale’s Breaking Point
    Drilling in the U.S. shale patch is starting to slow down amid weaker oil prices and cost uncertainty stemming from the tariff war. Smaller producers are suspending new drilling in anticipation of a turnaround. Perhaps larger producers will follow. The question now is how long until that turnaround. A month... Read more »

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  • China says no talks with US, despite Trump claim; China's top leaders pledge support
    Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2025 China repeated Saturday that it had held no talks with the United States on trade issues, despite President Donald Trump's claim that he had taken a call from Xi Jinping. In an interview conducted on April 22 with Time magazine and published Friday, Trump did... Read more »
  • Xi says China must 'overcome' AI chip challenges
    Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2025 President Xi Jinping said China must "overcome" the challenges of developing core AI technologies including high-end chips, state media reported Saturday, as Beijing seeks to become a world leader in the rapidly developing industry. China aims to dominate the artificial intelligence sector, a goal complicated... Read more »
  • China says on 'right side of history' in US trade war; Bessent defends 'strategic uncertainty'
    Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2025 A top Chinese economic official on Monday said Beijing was on the "right side of history" in its gruelling trade war with the United States. Since returning to the presidency in January, US President Donald Trump has imposed 10 percent tariffs on most US trading... Read more »
  • Foreign carmakers strive for 'China Speed' to stay in race
    Ningbo, China (AFP) April 26, 2025 In fluid synchronisation, dozens of robotic arms picked up metal parts and welded them onto vehicle beds, as car skeletons gradually took shape and progressed along an automated factory floor near the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo. Across the country, car models rolling off... Read more »
  • Markets rise as traders gear up for earnings, key jobs data
    Hong Kong (AFP) April 29, 2025 Markets edged up Tuesday after a largely positive day on Wall Street with investors eyeing a busy week of data and earnings releases that could provide clues about the effects of Donald Trump's trade policies. A month that started with the explosion of the... Read more »
  • China says ready to improve Canada ties after Carney win
    Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2025 China said Tuesday it was open to improving ties with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney won the country's election to lead his Liberal Party to another term in power. "China is willing to develop China-Canada relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and... Read more »
  • Volvo Cars launches $1.9 billion cost-cutting plan
    Stockholm (AFP) April 29, 2025 Sweden's Volvo Cars announced Tuesday a plan to cut costs by 18 billion kronor ($1.9 billion), including through job cuts, as its profits fall and the auto sector navigates US tariffs. The carmaker, owned by Chinese group Geely, posted a net profit of one billion... Read more »

PV MAGAZINE

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  • History repeats as Iberian blackout demonstrates urgent need for battery storage
    The vast blackout that gripped the Iberian Peninsula on April 28 has echoes of a similar event in an Australian state in 2016. The solution in both cases appears to be the same.... Read more »
  • Chile inaugurates largest standalone battery energy storage project
    Developer Atlas Renewable Energy has inaugurated the 800 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) plant in María Elena commune, in the Antofagasta region.... Read more »
  • Spain’s nationwide blackout leaves millions in the dark, cause still unclear
    Spanish energy expert Antonio Delgado Rigal tells pv magazine that while the exact cause of yesterday’s nationwide blackout in Spain remains unclear, preliminary signs point to grid instability triggered by system failure.... Read more »
  • India installs 7.8 GW of solar in Q1
    India installed 7.8 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2025, marking its second-highest quarterly total in the past 13 quarters, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).... Read more »
  • Solis launches new hybrid inverters for C&I solar
    The Chinese manufacturer said its new product is the world’s largest wall-mounted hybrid inverter. The series includes three models, with AC outputs of 80 kW, 100 kW, or 125 kW.... Read more »
  • Boviet Solar opens solar production facility in North Carolina
    With an investment reportedly approaching $400 million, the manufacturing plant will be built in two phases with phase one producing 2 GW of solar modules and phase two expected to produce 2 GW of solar cells in 2026.... Read more »
  • Fraunhofer ISE streamlines use of epitaxial wafers in TOPCon solar cell manufacturing
    Researchers at the German research institute have demonstrated that the so-called EpiWafers could be used directly for solar cell fabrication without needing a pre-gettering step. Their experiments provide a proof of principle* for epitaxially grown silicon wafers from German wafer manufacturer NexWafe GmbH.... Read more »

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