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Saturday
25 Sep 2021

Solar

Solar Power Plant   / Republic of Srpska Plans to Build Solar Power Plants on Abandoned Coal Mines

[24/Sep]  The Republic of Srpska plans to install utility-scale solar power plants on abandoned open pits of coal-mining and power generation complex RiTE Ugljevik, which

Solar Power Plant   / Multi-gigawatt Australian Solar-Storage Sun Cable Project Clears Further Hurdle

[24/Sep]  A project that bids to combine up to 20GW of solar PV with the world’s largest energy storage battery and a 4,200km-long subsea power cable has moved a step forward after Indonesian authorities greenlit its proposed transmission cable route.

Solar Power Plant   / GE Renewable Energy and Kalyon to Deliver Solar Project in Turkey

[23/Sep]  The project is located in Turkey’s Konya Karapinar province and is expected to reach commercial operations by December 2022.

Solar Power Plant   / Ørsted Completes 227MW Solar Project in Alabama

[22/Sep]  The 227MW Muscle Shoals solar farm has been completed in Alabama.

Rooftop PV System   / Coal India Arm ECL Installs 250 kW Rooftop Solar Power Proje...

[19/Sep]  "ECL, the West Bengal-located coal-producing subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, commissioned a 250-kW rooftop solar power project on Wednesday ramping up its total installed solar roof top capacity to 692 kW,"

Solar Company   / China's JinkoSolar Says Some Panels being Held at U.S. Borde...

[19/Sep]  Jinko executives told Wall Street analysts on a quarterly conference call on Wednesday that its margins and profits had suffered due to the detainments.

Wind Power

O＆M   / RWE to Build New O&M Hub in Grimsby

[24/Sep]  Planned facility will be the base for servicing 1.4GW Sofia in future

Offshore Wind Power   / IRENA and GWEC Target 380GW of Offshore Wind Capacity by 2030

[24/Sep]  The IRENA and the GWEC have announced an agenda to ensure sustainable energy for all that helps the global battle against climate change.

Offshore Wind Power   / GE Renewable Energy and ACTA MARINE Sign Offshore Wind Energy Contract

[24/Sep]  The wind farm, located off the coast of Saint-Nazaire, is managed by a consortium between EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, and will be one of the first commercial wind farms in France.

Floating Offshore Wind    / Windfloat Atlantic Reaches 75 GWh in Its First Year of Operation

[24/Sep]  The project, driven by EDP Renewables through the Windplus consortium formed by OW, Repsol and Principle Power, is the world’s first semi-submersible floating wind farm.

Wind Power Project   / ABANCA and Endesa Sign a Long-Term Galician Wind Energy Supply Agreement

[22/Sep]  ABANCA and Endesa have signed a renewable energy collaboration agreement to cover most of the electricity demand of the financial institution with Galician energy for the next ten years.

Hydropower

Hydropower Plant   / Toshiba Wins Turbine Contract for 420MW Hydropower Plant in Indonesia

[23/Sep]  Toshiba Hydro Power, a Chinese subsidiary of Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, and PT.

Pumped Storage   / Pumped Storage Hydropower Ideal for Clean Energy Systems

[23/Sep]  The International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower, warn in a report that conventional batteries alone cannot provide adequate storage and grid flexibility.

[18/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / RFP issued for 500MW Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in California

[15/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / Three Gorges Project Operates at Full Capacity

[12/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / '300GW Hydro Black Hole' in Climate Fight

[09/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / Uganda Promotes Chinese-Built Power Plants As Superstructure Tourism Sites

[07/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / RENOVA Participates in 17.4-MW Kiangan Hydroelectric Power Project in Philippines

[06/Sep]  Hydropower Plant   / Upper Tamakoshi Hydel Begins Commercial Production

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Fusion   / Tokamak Energy Demonstrates New Magnet Technology for Fusion Power

[24/Sep]  Nuclear fusion developer Tokamak Energy said it has demonstrated a "transformative magnet protection technology" that improves the commercial viability of fusion power plants.

Nuclear Reactor   / Companies Sign Agreement to Increase Ukrainian Power Output

[24/Sep]  Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukrainian company NT-Engineering LLC have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to implement maintenance optimisation and system repair projects for VVER reactors.

Nuclear Power Plant   / Uranium Mining goes Digital in Russia

[23/Sep]  'Digital' mining has started at the Khokhlovskoye uranium deposit in Russia, Rosatom subsidiaries announced. Operators have full information on the process and its environmental effects, as well as simulation of their options.

South Africa   / South Africa Planning to Start Nuclear Procurement

[23/Sep]  The country is also finalising its ratification of the amended Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

Thermal Power

[24/Sep]  Thermal Plant   / PowerChina Plans to Enter European Green Energy Market via Serbia

[23/Sep]  Coal-Fired Power Plants   / China to Stop Financing Overseas Coal Power Projects

[18/Sep]  Thermal Plant   / EPS piloting mixing biomass with coal in its thermal power plants

[16/Sep]  Brazil   / Brazil Clears GNA's LNG Powerplant to Start up

[14/Sep]  Thermal Plant   / EPBIH Ready to Continue Construction of Tuzla 7 Coal Project

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Technology   / Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst Program Gets Anchor Partner in ArcelorMittal

[24/Sep]  The $100 million equity investment is being made through the XCarb innovation fund across 5 years.

Energy Storage Battery   / Polypore Establishes China JV for Li-ion Battery Separators

[24/Sep]  New JV combines manufacturing skills and distribution expertise.

Energy Storage Project   / Masdar City Start-up Launches World’s First Thermal Energy Storage Product 100% made from Recycled Materials

[22/Sep]  Seramic Materials, supported by The Catalyst, develops circular economy solution to recycle industrial solid waste into ceramic high-temperature thermal energy storage product

Energy Storage Battery   / NextEnergy Solar Fund Forms 250MW UK Storage JV

[20/Sep]  NextEnergy Solar Fund has entered into a £100m joint venture with Eelpower to develop up to 250MW of energy storage in the UK.

Energy Storage Battery   / BASF and CATL Partner with a Focus on Cathode Active Materials and Battery Recycling

[18/Sep]  BASF SE and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited announced a strategic partnership on battery materials solutions, including cathode active materials and battery recycling.

Energy Efficiency

Energy-Eficient Building    / Connecticut Losing Ground on Building Emissions Despite Efficiency Programs

[16/Sep]  Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating.

Energy Saving Products   / Ultra-Efficient Tech to Forge Sustainable Energy Future

[16/Sep]  Researchers from The Australian National University have developed a system to transport data using atomically-thin semiconductors in an extremely energy efficient way.

[01/Sep]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Scotland Appoints World’s First Zero-Carbon Buildings Minister

[22/Aug]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Egypt to Replace 1.5 million Streetlights with Energy-Saving Alternatives

[13/Aug]  Solar Cell   / ARMOR ASCA's Organic Solar Cells can Even be Integrated into Safety Glass

[12/Aug]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Energy Commission Adopts Updated Building Standards to Improve Efficiency, Reduce Emissions From Homes and Businesses

[06/Aug]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Lithuania to Renovate Private Residential Buildings and Cut Emissions with EU Help

[01/Aug]  Solar Power Panel   / Serbia to Introduce Incentives for Households to Install Solar Panels – Minister

Power Grid

Transformer   / Hitachi ABB Installs Digitalized Transformer at Trängslet Hydro Dam

[22/Sep]  Hitachi ABB Power Grids has installed a TXpert™ digitalized transformer for Fortum at Sweden’s Trängslet hydropower dam.

Electricity Transmission   / Lithuania Limits Electricity Imports from Belarus

[22/Sep]  Litgrid CEO Rokas Masiulis said that, on the first day of the new system the maximum transmission capacity of 262MWe from Belarus to Lithuania was set.

Electricity Trade   / India Readies for Cross-State Electricity Trading

[22/Sep]  This could pave way for cheaper power, but hurdles surrounding profitability remain.

HVDC   / Siemens Energy and Sumitomo to Partner on Irish-UK Interconnector

[22/Sep]  Siemens Energy and consortium partner Sumitomo Electric have signed a contract with Greenlink Interconnector Limited.

Solar Power Plant   / Hitachi ABB to Supply Step-up Transformers for World’s Larg...

[21/Sep]  Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced that it will supply large generator step-up (GSU) transformers, protection and telecommunication systems for the construction of the Al Dhafra PV2 Solar project in Abu Dhabi.

Substation   / China’s First Mobile Substation goes into Action

[21/Sep]  A 110 kV mobile substation has been put into use at a substation in Chengdu.

Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas Supply   / Norway's August Oil Output Beats Forecast, Gas Lags

[24/Sep]  Norway's oil production beat official expectations in August, while its natural gas output lagged, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate sho

Oil Price   / Demand Recovery Leaves $100/bl Oil on Track

[24/Sep]  Global commodity trading firm Trafigura is maintaining its forecast for oil prices to potentially hit $100/bl late next year, despite the risk of short-term Covid-19 headwinds heading into the northern hemisphere winter.

Crude Oil   / Goldman Sachs: Here’s How Oil Prices Could Reach $90 This Winter

[23/Sep]  Brent could reach $90 per barrel if the weather in the northern hemisphere turns out to be colder than normal this winter, Goldman Sachs’ Jeff Currie said on Wednesday.

Oil & Gas Trade   / India's Oil Imports Rose to 4-month High in August

[23/Sep]  Indian refiners mostly buy oil about two months ahead of processing.

Oil & Gas Supply   / OPEC+ Boosts Compliance With Oil Production Cuts To 116%

[22/Sep]  The OPEC+ group of producers raised their compliance with the ongoing collective production cuts to 116 percent in August, up from 109 percent compliance in July.

Coal

Clean Coal   / ACE and WCA: Modest Clean Coal Investment will Cut ASEAN Emissions

[23/Sep]  A new report by the ASEAN Centre for Energy and the World Coal Association has found that ASEAN countries will require approximately 234 GW of new coal capacity

Kazakhstan   / ERG and NFC China to Construct Special Coke Plant

[23/Sep]  The new 400 000 tpy plant will produce a reducing agent that is key to the production of ferroalloys.

Market Analysis   / IEA Says Climate Targets will Accelerate Czech Coal Phase-Out

[22/Sep]  Ensure that lessons are learnt by all relevant stakeholders from recent Gen-III nuclear new build projects in OECD countries to limit the risk of cost overruns and construction delays.

Coal Price   / Asia-Pacific Coal Market Strength Lifts NE Asian Prices

[18/Sep]  The South Korean coal market rebounded sharply this week owing to strength in the Asia-Pacific commodity complex, but despite a weaker domestic demand outlook.

Coal Mine   / Australia Dismisses Climate Caution to Continue Coal Mining

[13/Sep]  As demand for coal supposedly rises, Australia is keen to continue mining the fossil fuel, ignoring warnings over the negative impact on climate change

Coal Trade   / Tight Supply Limits US, Canada Coking Coal Exports

[10/Sep]  Supply constraints weighed on US and Canadian coking coal exports in July, trade data show, as producers were unable to take full advantage of strong Chinese demand for non-Australian coal and high seaborne prices.

Hydrogen

[24/Sep]  Hydrogen Production   / Offshore Hydrogen Production gets a Boost with New Partnership

[24/Sep]  Hydrogen Project   / Petrofac, Protium Team up to Deliver Green Hydrogen Projects

[24/Sep]  Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle   / Toyota Prius to Adopt Hydrogen-Fuelled Internal Combustion Engines from 2025

[24/Sep]  Hydrogen Storage   / Gasunie Gas Pipeline Operator Testing Hydrogen Storage

[23/Sep]  Hydrogen Project   / 'China should Install 100GW of Green Hydrogen by 2030', Says Beijing-Supervised Body

New Energy Vehicles

Electric Vehicle Charging   / TAE to Apply Fusion Power Technology in Electric Vehicle Charging

[23/Sep]  Fusion development company TAE Technologies has launched a division aimed at implementing its technologies in charging electric vehicles.

Electric Car   / Electric Vehicle Sales Surge in 2021

[16/Sep]  Electric vehicle sales have surged, with growth in all three top auto markets: China, the US, and Europe

Electric Car   / IONIQ 5 Ranked 1st in Electric Vehicle Evaluation in Germany

[14/Sep]  The IONIQ 5, Hyundai Motor's electric compact crossover SUV, beat electric vehicles from BMW and Audi in an evaluation conducted by a German automobile magazine.

Market Analysis   / Global EV Demand Seen Growing 11-Fold by 2035 in Zero-Emission Shift

[13/Sep]  Nissan Motor Co. exhibits its new all-electric Ariya sport utility vehicle at the Chicago Auto Show on July 14, 2021.

EV Technology   / Toyota to Spend $13.5 bln to Develop Electric Vehicle Battery Tech by 2030

[08/Sep]  The world's largest automaker by volume, which pioneered hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles with the popular Prius, is moving rapidly to deliver its first all-electric line-up next year

Geothermal

Geothermal Power Plant   / Rystad Energy: Geothermal Power on the Rise

[19/Sep]  Additional interest in geothermal may be generated by the repurposing of existing oil and gas infrastructure as well as the extraction of lithium.

Geothermal Power Plant   / Geothermal has Huge Potential As Future Energy Source

[19/Sep]  Turboden specializes in technologies that convert heat into electricity.

[02/Sep]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Vermont Digs in On Incentives to Boost Geothermal Heat Pumps

[25/Aug]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Geothermal Power for the People

[23/Aug]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Ormat Wins Contract for Polaris Geothermal Project

[13/Aug]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Central Coast Secures New Geothermal Power Source

[05/Aug]  Geothermal Power Plant   / GreenFire Energy and Dios Energy to Develop Geothermal Energy in Japan

[03/Aug]  Geothermal Power Plant   / World Bank Funds Geothermal Exploration in Saint Lucia

Decentralized Energy

Distributed energy   / $50 Million to Ramp up Microgrids in Regional Australia

[24/Sep]  On behalf of the Australian Government, the ARENA has today announced the launch of the $50 million Regional Australia Microgrid Pilots Program to support micro

Microgrid   / US Airport goes “Off-Grid” with Solar Hybrid Microgrid

[21/Jul]  Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, serving to increase the airport’s resilience and reliability by isolating it from potential power grid outage

Microgrid   / Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic Microgrid Inaugurated

[11/Jul]  Quebec state utility Hydro-Québec and Lac-Mégantic have formally launched the energy microgrid in the Canadian city’s new downtown.

Microgrid   / Engie Energy To Deploy 300 Mini-grid Projects Across Nigeria By 2025

[05/Jul]  Following federal government’s opening of the power sector to private investors, Engie Energy Access Nigeria, has unveiled a strategic investment initiative that will see a phased deployment of Mini Grid power stations across underserved rural communities

Hybrid Power Plant   / World's First 100% Solar-Plus-Storage-Only Community Grid

[23/Jun]  Horizon Power, Western Australia's regional and remote energy utility, and PXiSE Energy Solutions have collaborated on a first-of-its-kind hydrocarbon-free power grid that enabled a town to power itself entirely with fossil-free distributed energy

Distributed energy   / Blockchain Crowdfunding Platform to Scale Solar, Mini-Grids ...

[22/Jun]  Engie Energy Access and Energy Web are to develop a decentralised finance crowdfunding platform to support electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Hydropower Plant   / Hydro Plants Refinanced in Colombia

[24/Sep]  Holland & Knight has announced it advised Bancolombia S.A. as the lender in a refinancing of five hydroelectric power plants operated by Grupo LAREIF.

United Kingdom   / UK Power Sector Could See Tidal Wave Of Bankruptcies

[24/Sep]  More UK energy suppliers are set to go bust as soaring gas prices are putting an unprecedented cost burden on smaller electricity and gas providers, the head of the UK's energy regulator said on Wednesday.

[20/Sep]  Energy Storage Battery   / Dominion Acquires 20MW Virginia Battery

[19/Sep]  Thermal Plant   / Siemens Energy Bags Seal for Waste-to-Energy Plant in UAE

[16/Sep]  Energy Investment   / EBRD Signs EUR 40 million Loan for Serbia’s Smart Metering Roll-Out

[15/Sep]  Solar Power Plant   / France to Add 3.7GW of Solar Capacity with €5.7bn Aid

[15/Sep]  Energy Investment   / Algeria Aims for $2.6 billion Increase in Energy Investment Next Year

[14/Sep]  Energy Investment   / World Bank Approves Loan for Hydropower Plant in Indonesia

Climate Change

Energy Transition   / Eni Launches First-Ever Energy Compact

[24/Sep]  The company aligned some of its energy transition goals with UN-backed initiatives.

Carbon Emissions   / South Africa's Sasol to Reduce Carbon Emissions by 30% to 2030

[23/Sep]  South Africa's fuel and chemical producer Sasol Ltd has raised its emissions reduction targets for 2030 to 30% from 10% previously in a bid to make the company a net zero carbon emitter by 2050

Net Zero Emission   / Petrobras Commits to Net Zero Carbon Emissions

[23/Sep]  Petrobras' public-private structure means that it will face closer scrutiny over its emissions than other national oil firms

Net Zero Emission   / Eighty-Six Companies Join Amazon’s Climate Pledge

[22/Sep]  Members generate more than $1.8tn in annual sales and have over seven million employees in 21 countries

India   / Adani Calls for Global Unity in Managing Climate Crisis

[22/Sep]  Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani Tuesday called for implications of Covid-19 in India, the relevance of country's democratic system for doing business and the need for global unity in managing climate crisis.

Policy & Regulation

[23/Sep]  Smart City   / China Formulates Plan for New Infrastructure to Spur Domestic Demand

[23/Sep]  Energy Taxation   / EU Links Tariff Preferences to Paris Climate Agreement

[21/Sep]  Nuclear Policy   / Illinois Energy Bill Becomes Law

[18/Sep]  UAE-UK Ink New Energy Partnership

[15/Sep]  Carbon Emissions   / Energy Crunch Should Spur Green Shift, EU Climate Chief Says

Future Energy

Tidal Energy   / European Commission Backs Floating Tidal Innovation Project

[16/Sep]  The project aims to develop a multi-vector energy system that will combine predictable floating tidal energy, wind generation, grid export, battery storage and

Biobattery   / Grupo Cocal Secures Funding for Sao Paulo Biogas Project

[07/Sep]  Brazilian electricity provider Grupo Cocal has secured funding from international financial institutions to implement its biogas energy production project in Sao Paulo.

Biobattery   / MOROCCO: Rabat Wants to Increase the Share of Biomass in Its Electricity Mix

[03/Sep]  Morocco is developing its roadmap for biomass energy recovery.

Biobattery   / UK Government Unveils New Biomass Backing

[25/Aug]  London to fund 24 new projects that aim to boost production as part of renewable energy mix

Wave Energy   / 1 MW Wave Energy Project Ready to Go Live in Portugal

[25/Aug]  Eco Wave Power has secured approval from the Portuguese government for the installation and connection to the grid of a 1 MW wave energy project.

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