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2020, December, 15, 14:20:00
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND DOWN 9.77 MBD
World oil demand for 2020 is expected to decline by 9.77 mb/d,
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2020, December, 15, 14:15:00
GLOBAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND UPDOWN
Global electricity demand in 2020 is projected to fall by around 2%. With the recovery of the global economy in 2021, global electricity demand is expected to grow by around 3%.
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2020, December, 15, 14:10:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL (-137) TBD, GAS (-744) MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 137,000 b/d month-over-month in December from 7,575 to 7,438 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 744 million cubic feet/day from 81,521 to 80,777 million cubic feet/day .
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2020, December, 15, 14:05:00
CHINA'S GAS PRODUCTION UP AGAIN
China November natural gas production was up by 3.7% from October, the third consecutive month-on-month rise. It was also 11.8% higher from a year-ago level, the data showed.
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2020, December, 15, 14:00:00
CHINA CARBON TARGET 65%
China plans to raise the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption from around 20% to 25% by 2020, and to raise its total installed capacity of wind and solar power to over 1,200 GW.
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2020, December, 15, 13:55:00
CHINESE BAN OF COAL
In 2019, China accounted for 24% of Australia’s thermal coal exports.
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2020, December, 14, 12:55:00
ВОДОРОДНАЯ ЭНЕРГЕТИКА РОССИИ
«Россия является одним из потенциальных лидеров данного рынка в силу наличия большого ресурса газа как наиболее доступного способа получения водорода.»
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2020, December, 11, 10:55:00
U.S. SPACE NUCLEAR
The policy calls for the USA to develop and use space nuclear power and propulsion (SNPP) systems "where such systems enable achievement of United States scientific, national security, and commercial objectives."
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2020, December, 11, 10:50:00
CHINA'S FUSION ENERGY
China’s HL-2M tokamak fusion reactor in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was commissioned on 4 December and achieved its first plasma discharge, according to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
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2020, December, 11, 10:45:00
RUSSIA'S ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Natalya Nikipelova said that 180 centres for additive technologies will be created in Russia by 2030, ten of which a will be set up by Rosatom.
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2020, December, 8, 12:55:00
RUSSIA'S ECONOMY WILL UP 3.8%
Russia’s economy is on track to contract about 4% this year, according to the central bank,
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2020, December, 8, 12:35:00
IAEA, IEA NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, the two organizations will share data, statistics, energy modelling tools, policy analysis and research.
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2020, December, 7, 13:00:00
FUSION POWER PLANT FOR BRITAIN
The largest fusion device operating in the world today is a machine called JET, which is in the UK.
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2020, December, 7, 12:55:00
U.S. ELECTRICITY DEMAND CHANGES
In April and May, at the peak of the COVID-19 restrictions, electricity demand fell 5.8%, the largest two-month drop in 50 years of recordkeeping.
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2020, December, 7, 12:50:00
U.S. RENEWABLES ELECTRICITY UP
Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) continued to expand their share of the nation's electricity production during the first three-quarters of 2020,