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20 Jan 2020

Solar

Solar Company   / Longi Claims Another Solar Panel Efficiency Record

Solar panel manufacturing goliath Longi has announced what it says is “a new world record” for conversion efficiency in a monocrystalline module. But is it?

Solar Power Plant   / Electrifying Nigeria: could Solar Power one Million Households?

Nigeria is one of Africa’s dominant countries, with the highest population and greatest GDP on the continent, according to the International Monetary Fund. Boasting the world’s 31st-largest economy as of 2018, and over 2,600 hours of sunlight per year.

Solar Power Plant   / Turkish Solar reaches 6 GW

The nation deployed around 923 MW of new solar last year. Around 350 MW came in the form of unlicensed projects given an extension to their grid-connection deadlines.

Solar Power Plant   / Exploring 2019 Trends In Solar, Energy Storage

To ensure we deliver a compelling, relevant, and actionable conference experience this February, the Intersolar North America team has been watching how the solar, energy storage, and e-mobility industries evolved over the past year.

Solar Power Plant   / Off-Grid African Solar could Offer Opportunities Worth $24bn...

That’s the prediction from Kleos Advisory, which in a new report stresses the importance of harnessing the potential of the continent and strengthening ties with UK businesses.

Solar Company   / JinkoSolar: Successful Technological Transition

JinkoSolar's mono-crystalline products and leading cost structure should allow the company to further diversify to markets outside of China.

Wind Power

Offshore Wind Power   / UK Looks to Offshore Wind Energy for Transition to Carbon Neutrality

Britain, a global leader in offshore wind energy, plans to make the sector one of the pillars of its transition to carbon neutrality in the coming decades.

Wind Turbine   / China Lays Foundation for Asia's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

Installation completed to support 10MW prototype that will be region's highest-rated machine yet in service.

Wind Power Project   / Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Power Project

'First spade in the ground' on onshore civil works for $10bn Dogger Bank project, set to catapult sector into the global energy big league.

Offshore Wind Power   / China Lays Foundation for Asia's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

Installation completed to support 10MW prototype that will be region's highest-rated machine yet in service

Wind Power Project   / GE to Help Deliver Wind Energy to 375,000 Homes in Scotland

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded a multi-million dollar project for the design, supply, construction and commissioning of onshore and offshore wind substations for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm.

Hydropower

AP&T Announces Cost Increases on 5-MW Hiilangaay Hydropower Project

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has announced that its 2019 results will include a pretax charge of about $10.5 million to $11.5 million, or $8.30 to $9.10 per share, for estimated cost increases on the 5-MW Hiilangaay Hydropower Project.

Two New Run of River Hydropower Plants Reach Commercial Operation in Peru

Two new run of river hydropower plants are now fully operational in Peru, owner Polaris Infrastructure Inc has announced.

World's First Small Hydropower Technical Guidelines Published

​Nigeria Releases Funds for Compensation of Mambilla Hydropower Projec

Uganda Makes Considerable Progress on Large Hydropower Projects

Interim Agreement Is Signed for Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project in Pakistan

AfDB Approves €8 Million Grant to Support Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

Egyptian Govt Considers Building of Small Hydropower Plants in The Nile Delta

Nuclear Power

South Korea's SMART SMR Gets a New Life

(NucNet) The government of South Korea and the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia have updated their agreement to create a joint venture for the construction of a low-power small modular nuclear reactor (100 MWe).

Nuclear Policy   / Iran’s Parliament Reviewing Cooperation with IAEA

Iranian Members of Parliament, in a statement issued on Sunday, announced that they are reviewing Tehran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Nuclear Fuel   / Nuclear Waste could be More Useful

Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power - transforming an unused stockpile into a versatile compound which could be used to create valuable commodity chemicals as well as new energy sources.

Nuclear Fuel   / The Future Of The Iran Nuclear Deal

The Iran nuclear deal, promising Iran sanctions relief for limited nuclear activity, still exists. European partners want to save the deal but face pressure from both Iran and the U.S.

Thermal Power

Biomass Power Plant   / Ivory Coast Invest $223 Million in Biomass Power Plants

Coal-Fired Power Plants   / German Officials Agree Plan to Exit Coal-Fired Power by 2038

Coal-Fired Power Plants   / U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Market Analysis   / Japan – The ‘Odd One Out’ on Coal Power Plant New-Builds

Biomass Power Plant   / Ence Inaugurates a nNew, Low-Emissions Biomass Power Plant in Spain

Energy Storage

Energy storage technology   / S. Korean Government to Accelerate Blockchain Development

The ministry’s keyword for its blockchain development projects is service popularization. In this regard, the ministry will allocate a budget of 16.1 billion w

Energy storage technology   / New Membrane Technology Improves Battery Energy Storage

Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts.

Energy Storage Battery   / Trump Administration Halved Import Tariffs on Batteries Manufactured in China

The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, will fall from 15 percent to 7.5 percent, effective February 14.

Energy Storage System   / Energy Storage Systems Market to Record USD 500 billion by 2025

Increasing consumer inclination subject to energy efficiency along with rising concerns pertaining to renewable energy assets will stimulate the energy storage systems market growth.

Energy Storage Battery   / Tesla May Be Only Big Winner in U.S. Batteries Bound for China

Tesla Inc. may be the single largest beneficiary of a provision tucked into the trade deal between the U.S. and China.

Energy Efficiency

A Smart Way to Predict Building Energy Consumption

Researchers predicted the energy consumption of buildings using hybrid deep algorithms, computational experiments, and parallel computing. A team of international researchers has developed a smarter way to predict energy consumption in buildings.

Q&A: How Data Centers Can Become More Energy Efficient

As the world becomes more digital, electricity consumption in data centers will surge — that number could rise to 8 percent of the global total by 2030. A leading expert looks at energy efficiency options.

Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting Efficiency Hits 4.5%

A System That Leverages Radiative Cooling with High Efficiency

Xcel Energy Offers Energy Saving Tips for Customers in Winter Months

Thermoelectric Materials Lead to Cleaner Energy

Energy Saving Hot Water Tank Attracts £3.6m Investment

Ukraine to Boost Renewables And Energy Efficiency with EU's Help

Power Grid

Electricity Transmission   / China Xinjiang Transmits Record High of Electricity to Grid in 2019

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region transmitted more than 71.24 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to the national grid in 2019, up 1.4 times

Electricity Transmission   / Siemens, Ghana to Work Together on Transmission Upgrades

Siemens signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to address the country’s energy and infrastructure challenges, while contributing to the government’s growth and development agenda of creating high quality jobs and enhancing the voc

Electricity Transmission   / Nigerian National Grid Collapses, Leading to Blackouts Across the Country

The Nigerian national grid experienced its first collapse for 2020 on Thursday, 16 January, leading to blackouts across the country.

Electricity Trade   / Belarus to Negotiate Direct Electricity Supplies with Latvia

Belarus will discuss the possibility of directly supplying Belarusian electricity to Latvia, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas after he met with his Latvian counterpart Krisjanis Karins on 16 January, BelTA has learned.

Power Construction   / Ghana, Siemens Sign 250m-euro Deal to Upgrade Power Grid

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany.

Electricity Transmission   / National Grid Philippinesallots P132 Billion to Build New Po...

Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said it is spending P132 billion to build new power transmission projects.

Oil & Gas

Oil&Gas Drilling   / EU Warns Turkey Off Mediterranean Gas Exploration Plans

The European Union has urged Turkey to drop plans to drill for oil and gas around Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean, saying such exploration was “illegal”.

Crude   / Pipeline Closure Risks Taking Nearly all Libya's Oil Offline

Two major oilfields in southwest Libya began shutting down on Sunday after forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar closed a pipeline, potentially reducing national output to a fraction of its normal level, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.

Oil & Gas Trade   / Jordan Parliament Seeks Ban on Israel Gas Imports

Jordan’s parliament Sunday voted in favour of a law to ban gas imports from Israel, weeks after the Jewish state began pumping it to the kingdom in a $10 billion deal.

Shale Gas   / A Crude Restructuring: How America's Shale Revolution Changes the Oil Market in the Middle East

In the first week of January 2020, US special forces executed a strike killing the leader of Iran’s foreign paramilitary arm, Qasem Soleimani, and raised the alarm of an imminent war.

Oil&Gas Drilling   / Trump Administration Grants Chevron License to Keep Drilling in Venezuela

The Department of Treasury is allowing Chevron, along with four other U.S. service suppliers, to continue operating in Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions.

Coal

Coal Power   / Germany Needs 18 Years And $ 44 Billion to Quit Coal

Germany introduced on Thursday that it would certainly invest $445 billion to quit coal– however except an additional 18 years, by 2038.

Coal Trade   / China's Coal Imports Raced Ahead in 2019

China's coal imports raced ahead in 2019, surprising many who had expected that in the months of 2019 to come the government would clamp down strictly on shipments said Banchero Costa Research in its latest report.

Coal Power   / U.S. Coal-fired Power Plants Closing Fast Despite Trump's Efforts to The Industry

U.S. coal-fired power plants shut down at the second-fastest pace on record in 2019, despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up the industry, according to data from the federal government and Thomson Reuters.

Coal Power   / Sunflower Finally Abandons Plans 895-MW Coal-fired Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. has abandoned plans to build the $2.8 billion Holcomb Expansion after its partner on the 895-MW coal-fired power plant project in Kansas, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, announced it would no longer pursue

Coal Trade   / Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 20...

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an speech made available to Reuters, citing VDKI estimates.

Coal Power   / German Officials Agree Plan to Shut Down Coal-fired Power Pl...

German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s that will involve operators getting billions of euros in compensation, the government said Thursday.

Hydrogen

Canada New $200-plus Million Renewable Hydrogen Plant Secures Financing

Chevron Commits to The Development of Hydrogen Energy

20 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses Land in Changshu, China

GOLDI to Develop Hydrogen-powered Buses And Drones for Europe

Japan’s First Hydrogen Station Using Carbon-neutral City Gas

New Energy Vehicles

Electric Car   / “Made-in-India” electric vehicle sets world altitude record in Tibet

The Hyundai Kona Electric has achieved new heights, breaking the Guinness world record for the highest altitude reached by an electric vehicle at the Tibetan Sa

Electric Car   / Amazon India to use 10,000 EVs in delivery fleet by 2025

Amazon, in a statement, said it piloted electric vehicles in several cities across India in 2019 and is now expanding this initiative across the country.

Electric Car   / ABB And Porsche Announce New Exclusive Partnership to Promote E-mobility

ABB, an industrial technology leader, and the automobile manufacturer Porsche have announced a new and exclusive partnership to jointly promote e-mobility.

Electric Vehicle Charging   / Norway Strongly Opposes The New Rates As EV Charging Prices Higher Than Petrol

A hike in electric car charging rate has drawn backlash from the Norwegian electric car association Norsk Elbilforenig, which says the new rates make powering an electric vehicle more expensive than fuelling a similar petrol or diesel car.

EV Market   / Tesla Takes The Lion’s Share of The Electric Vehicle Market in Australia

California car-maker Tesla has taken the lion’s share of the electric vehicle market in Australia, with the recently released Model 3 sedan taking a dominant position in the market – as it has in nearly every other market.

Geothermal

Research into The Geothermal Port of Rotterdam Enters The Next Phase

Shell Geothermal BV and the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands have received an exploration permit to explore the option of utilising geothermal energy for heating purposes.

Researchers Develop A More Efficient Fracturing Fluid Called StimuFrac™ for Geothermal

Researchers at PNNL in the U.S. have identified processes that help to improve efficiency of fracturing activities with new fracturing fluid called StimuFrac (TM).

Geothermal Energy Pros And Cons

UAE Cooling Developer Acquires Business with Two Geothermal Wells

Renewable Heat Needs to Be Prioritised to Deliver EU's Zero-Carbon Target

How Storing CO2 Could Provide Heating Utilising Geothermal Energy to Cities？

Towards Carbon Neutrality with Geothermal District Heating in Germany

Using Geothermal Energy in The Process of Recycling Plastic Material in Iceland

Decentralized Energy

New Technology   / Future-Proofing Your Mature Gas Turbine Power Plant

Utilities, particularly in China and Europe, are retrofitting their gas turbine with combustor enhancements to make assets more cost-effective.

German CHP Plant Utilizing Jenbacher J920 Gas-Fired Engines

INNIO and Kraftanlagen München GmbH (KAM) have completed work on a 190-MW gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant replacing retired coal-fired generation in northern Germany.

Cadiz 1085 MW Gas Power Plant will be a $1 Billion Investment

A 1,085-megawatt power plant will be constructed this year in Cadiz.

Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant in Superior Gets Wisconsin Approval

Wisconsin utility regulators Thursday approved a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant that Minnesota Power wants to build in Superior, Wis.

Gas Turbines Have Become by Far the Best Choice for Add-on G...

They offer instant-on power that's compact, mobile, quiet, economical, durable, and matchlessly efficient.

Wartsila to Switch Brazilian Power Plant to Gas

Finnish firm Wärtsilä signed a contract with Rio Amazonas Energia to convert Cristiano Rocha power plant in Manaus, Brazil, to a 100% natural gas operation.

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Energy Economy

Rising Demand for Steel And Energy Pushed Global Coal Use

The global maritime coal trade grew 0.7 per cent last year, helped by increased output in China and Indonesia, according to Germany’s VDKI coal importers lobby.

Global Power Industry Tenders In December 2019: Solar Technology Declines 24%

Comparing tenders activity in solar technology in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position with 65 tenders and a share of 72.2% during December 2019, followed by Europe with 14 tenders and a 15.6% share.

​New York to Invest $2bn in Utility Energy Efficiency Initiatives to Combat Climate Change

Bloomberg NEF Report：China’s Renewable Investments Fall As US’s Rise in 2019

Experts Views About How the Energy Industry Will Grow in 2020

EU Wants to Spend 1 Trillion Euros for “Sustainable Investments” Across The Coming Decade

US And China Sign Trade Agreement of The First Step, Energy Tariffs Remain

Total Shifting ‘Finance Hub’from London to Paris‘due to Brexit’

Climate Change

Everyone Is Talking About Carbon Offsets. So How To Reduce Carbon?

Flying less is a great way to reduce your personal carbon footprint — but for people who rely on air travel to visit their families and perform their jobs, thi

How Solar Geoengineering Could Mitigate Climate Change And Poverty

As the world’s experts race to find ways to combat climate change, new findings reveal that an experimental process to redirect the sun’s energy could mitigate both climate change and global income inequality.

U.S. Presidential Election: Climate Is A Top Priority

Another climate action “first” this year will be the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Never before has climate change featured as a top priority for American politicians and voters, says Arnault Barichella writing for the IFRI Centre for Energy & Climate.

Microsoft Promise to Sequestered More Carbon Than It Has Ever Emitted by 2050

Tech giant Microsoft has today unveiled one of the most sweeping sustainability strategies in corporate history, promising it will become a 'carbon negative' organisation by 2030, including throughout its entire supply chain.

Climate Change Is a Planetary Emergency — How Can We Avert Disaster?

We have already crossed a number of 'tipping points' in the Earth system; vital thresholds beyond which irreversible and catastrophic consequences for all life on this planet will ensue.

Policy & Regulation

China Changes Policy on Foreign Oil Operators

U.S. Department of Energy Annouced Final “Process Rule” in the Consideration of Energy Conservation Standards

Argentine Govt Prepares Bill to Spur Oil and Gas Investment

Uganda Made New Energy Policy to Promote Solar And Geothermal Power

World Bank Coal Case a Testing Ground for Climate Liability

Future Energy

New Technology   / ABB: The World's First Subsea Power System Help to Meet Global Energy Demands

As part of a $100 million Joint Industry Project (JIP), ABB has pushed the boundaries in design, development and testing of subsea power distribution and conver

Finnish Marine Device Rules The Waves

Finnish marine developer AW Energy has received certification for its WaveRoller device from third-party verification outfit Lloyd’s Register.

Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell Powered IOT

A trio of researcher groups have developed a way to power tiny sensors with plants, including Harwell who specialize in extremely low powered IoT devices.

Solar And Wave-Powered Cleanup System for Collecting Plastics And Other Marine Debris

Calgary-based Technika Engineering is developing technology for collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces powered by solar and wave energy. The technology will also be adapted for the purpose of cleaning oil and chemical spills.

China Develops Large Tidal Current Generator Unit

China's tidal current generator unit with the country's largest single-machine capacity of 600 kW has passed the approval tests of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

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