BAKOU, Azerbaijan, August 31 By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend: Another meeting of the Working Group on Energy Supply of the Interdepartmental Center under the Coordination Headquarters, established to resolve the issues in the territories of Azerbaijan freed from Armenian occupation, was held, Tendency reports August 31. During the meeting, representatives of the relevant state agencies …

Companies evacuated oil and gas rigs in southern Louisiana before Hurricane Ida, but a far greater concern was potential damage to refineries and petrochemical plants on the predicted path of flooding and storm surges. Nearly 300 offshore platforms – half of the manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico – were evacuated before the storm, …

Solar and wind power plants provide clean, affordable electricity on a large scale, but they have one major scarecrow: intermittency. Essentially, intermittency refers to the fact that wind and solar power is both, to some extent, unpredictable and uncontrollable – and, in the context of a power grid, that means more controllable generating plants – …

New nuclear construction improves system-level energy security, increases the resilience of the power grid and helps reduce reliance on imported energy, according to a study by the New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI). The report makes a clear case for building and maintaining a diverse, low-carbon production mix during the transition to a carbon-free energy system, …

The 11.8% growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 has been celebrated with fanfare by the government and the ruling political party as “proof” that they are doing what it takes to get out. the economy of a prolonged recession. But that’s not a good way to look at …