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Thursday
02 Dec 2021

Solar

Solar Power Plant   / Germany Deployed 4.42 GW of PV in First Ten Months of 2021

[01/Dec]  The country’s cumulative installed solar PV capacity has now reached 56.9 GW.

Solar Power Plant   / Boralex Inks First French Solar Power Play

[01/Dec]  20-year corporate PPA will enable the financing of the construction of the Grange du Causse project

Solar Power Plant   / Eurowind Energy, Solarpro to Build 250 MW Solar Power Plant in Bulgaria

[30/Nov]  Eurowind Energy, has established a joint venture called EURA Energy with Bulgarian clean energy and e-mobility investment firm Renalfa.

Solar Power Plant   / ITI Limited Installs 100 KW Captive Rooftop Solar Power Plant in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

[30/Nov]  ITI Limited inaugurated a 100 KW capacity captive rooftop solar power plant in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on November 16, 2021.

Solar Power Plant   / Dutch Start Trials of Flexible Floating Solar Panels which M...

[30/Nov]  A consortium led by Dutch research institute TNO has launched a new project to study floating flexible solar energy systems as part a project to create economically viable offshore solar farms.

Solar Power Plant   / LIBYA: France’s TotalEnergies Commits to Producing 500 MW o...

[30/Nov]  Through its dedicated subsidiary, the multinational will build 500 MW of solar power plants in Libya.

Wind Power

Wind Power Project   / Bureau Veritas Approves HHI Floater

[02/Dec]  Hi-Float offshore wind foundation designed to support 10MW turbine

Offshore Wind Power   / Amazon Signs 116MW PPAs for Two Orsted Projects

[02/Dec]  Retail giant will off-take power from Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm and NI site

Wind Power Project   / Ørsted Enters into pPA with Johnson & Johnson in Ireland and the US

[01/Dec]  Johnson & Johnson and Ørsted have signed two power purchase agreements.

Offshore Wind Power   / Google Signs 50MW German Offshore Wind PPA

[01/Dec]  US technology firm Google and Danish utility Orsted have signed a power purchase agreement for the supply of electricity from the 900MW Borkrum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind plant in the German North Sea.

Wind Farm   / Production Start-up of the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

[01/Dec]  TotalEnergies announces the start of power generation from the first turbine of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

Hydropower

Hydropower Plant   / Hydropower to Dominate New Zealand’s Energy Mix Through 2030

[27/Nov]  Hydropower generation in New Zealand will continue to hold the dominant share in the country’s generation mix until 2030, forecasts data and analytics company GlobalData.

Hydropower Plant   / ANDRITZ Receives Order for Indian Hydropower Project

[27/Nov]  Start of commercial operation is scheduled for the end of 2024.

[25/Nov]  Hydropower Plant   / Voith to Equip Nam Sam 3 Project, Loas PDR

[25/Nov]  Hydropower Plant   / Unit No 4 Commissioned at Baihetan, Marking Milestone for CTG

[24/Nov]  Hybrid Power Plant   / Turkish Cengiz Evaluates Expansion of Its Giant Hybrid Power Plant

[22/Nov]  Hydropower Plant   / Pakistan’s First Hydropower Project Under CPEC Begins Water Storage

[17/Nov]  Pakistan   / IEA Launches Hydropower Trading Roadmap for Tajikistan

[17/Nov]  Hydropower Plant   / EIB Funds to Support Small Hydro Development in Italy

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Fuel   / USA Relaunches Used Fuel Management Programme

[02/Dec]  The move represents a re-start of the federal programme after plans for a repository at Yucca Mountain were dropped in 2009.

Nuclear Decommissioning   / France May Need to Postpone Reactor Closures, Says IEA

[02/Dec]  The French government will need to take important decisions to ensure the country gets on track to meet its 2050 net-zero emissions goal, particularly in terms of plans to modernise its nuclear power fleet.

Nuclear Fuel   / KHNP Revises Agreement on Decommissioning with France’s Orano

[02/Dec]  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has revised its agreement on nuclear power plant decommissioning with Orano SA, a multinational nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Chatillon, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Nuclear Power Plant   / Atucha 1 Works Towards Long-Term Operation

[01/Dec]  It is the third such mission at the request of the Argentinian government.

Thermal Power

[01/Dec]  Mexico   / Wärtsilä to Deliver 600MW Multi-Fuel Power Plants to Mexican Utility

[29/Nov]  Combined Heat and Power   / Using CHP to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Emissions

[26/Nov]  Coal-Fired Power Plants   / No Extension Past 2030 for Belledune Coal-Fired Power Plant, Ottawa Says

[25/Nov]  CCS   / Singapore Targets 2mn t of Carbon Capture by 2030

[25/Nov]  Combined cycle power plant   / Siemens Energy to Build Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Brazil

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Project   / AGL and Wartsila Kick off Australia’s 2nd-Largest Energy Storage Project

[02/Dec]  Australian utility AGL has partnered with technology firm Wartsila and started the construction of what is claimed to be the second-largest battery energy stora

Energy Storage Battery   / Wartsila Wins Chile Storage Contract

[01/Dec]  8MW battery system will be co-located with Colbun’s 230MW Diego de Almagro solar farm

Energy Storage Battery   / Gore Street’s Kilmannock BESS to Expand by 90MW

[30/Nov]  Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's Kilmannock battery energy storage system in Co. Wexford, Ireland, has received an additional grid volume allocation of 90MW, building on the 30MW currently secured.

Energy Storage Project   / Long Duration Energy Storage Needs to be Scaled up Drastically

[30/Nov]  The Long Duration Energy Storage Council has released a report which found that this type of storage needs to be scaled up 1.5 – 2.5TW by 2040, approximately 400x present-day levels, as the world scales up its use of renewable energy

Energy Storage Battery   / Uranium One Holding Signs a Deal to Develop a Lithium Deposit in Argentina

[30/Nov]  On November 29th, Uranium One Holding N.V. entered into an agreement with Alpha Lithium Corporation to establish a joint venture to develop the Tolillar lithium deposit in Argentina.

Energy Efficiency

Energy Saving   / Energy Efficiency Improvements are Too Slow to Reach Net Zero

[24/Nov]  Global energy efficiency improvements are returning to pre-pandemic levels;

Energy Saving   / Abu Dhabi’s ADES Begins Phase 1 of SEHA Retrofit Project

[24/Nov]  ADES will ensure lighting replacements, install absorption coolers, upgrade chiller units, insulation systems, and voltage reduction systems

[15/Nov]  Energy-Eficient Building    / SOUTH AFRICA: GBCSA Certified a Record 140 ‘Green’ Buildings in 2021

[15/Nov]  Energy Saving   / Efficient Use of Energy Key to Carbon Goal

[25/Oct]  Austria   / my-PV Opens Austria's First Solar-Electric Commercial Building

[25/Oct]  Energy Saving   / Portugal has One of the Lowest Levels of Energy Savings in the European Union

[25/Oct]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Saudi Startup Joins in National Efforts Promote Green Building

[25/Oct]  Energy-Eficient Building    / Singapore Seeks Proposals to Test Renewable Energy Use for Jurong Island - Minister

Power Grid

Market Analysis   / Brazil’s October Power Consumption Falls 3.4pc

[01/Dec]  Brazilian power demand fell by 3.4pc in October over the same month last year to an average of 68,793 MW, according to national power operator ONS.

Power Construction   / Turkey Receives Funding for Grid Modernisation

[01/Dec]  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a $110mn loan to Turkish distributor Enerjisa Enerji to modernise the network.

Wind Power Project   / Atlantique Offshore Wins Substation Gig

[30/Nov]  French company says it has secured an EPCI contract for the topside and foundation for an unnamed project

Power Construction   / SPIE to Construct Kehl Substation

[28/Nov]  European solutions provider SPIE has been selected to construct the Kork substation in the Kehl area of Baden-Württemberg on a turnkey basis, including the installation of a 380 kV transformer, by the transmission system operator TransnetBW.

Electricity Trade   / Cold Blast Sends Power Prices Soaring In Germany

[26/Nov]  Europe's first cold spell of the heating season has arrived, pressuring power prices higher as freezing temperatures ushers in increased power demand to heat building structures across the central-west region.

Power Cable   / Tekmar to Provide Cable Protection Systems for 257-MW Arcadi...

[26/Nov]  Tekmar Group Plc on Wednesday said it has secured a contract to supply cable protection systems for the 257-MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind project in Germany.

Oil & Gas

Natural Gas   / Hyundai Engineering Consortium Wins KRW2tr Gas Plant Project in Saudi Arabia

[02/Dec]  Hyundai Engineering announced on Nov. 30 that it has won a super-large gas plant construction project worth about 2 trillion won from Saudi Arabia’s state-run

Crude Oil   / Saudi Arabia May Raise January Oil Prices to Asia

[02/Dec]  Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may raise crude prices for Asia in January following large gains in the Middle East spot market last month

Natural Gas   / Natural Gas Plunges 11% as U.S. Weather Forecast Stifles Demand

[01/Dec]  Natural gas futures plummeted 11% in the U.S. as forecasts shifted warmer through the middle of next month, allaying concern about tight domestic supplies amid a global shortage of the heating fuel.

Crude Oil   / Guyana To Become The 11th Country To Produce Over 1 Million Bpd

[01/Dec]  The tiny South American nation of Guyana has emerged as the hottest offshore drilling location on the continent over the last six years.

Oil Price   / Oil Prices Projected To Hit $125 In 2022

[01/Dec]  In a new report from JP Morgan, analysts are predicting $125 oil next year and $150 oil in 2023

Coal

Coal Mine   / Adani Pushes to First Australian Thermal Coal Shipment

[02/Dec]  Indian developer Adani remains on track to ship its first coal this month from its 10mn t/yr Carmichael thermal coal mine in the Galilee basin in central Queens

Coal Price   / NE Asia Coal Prices Jump on Fiercer Competition

[27/Nov]  A cold snap across the northern hemisphere and fiercer inter-basin competition for fuel amid a decline in Russian natural gas deliveries to Europe supported coal prices across northeast Asia this week.

Coal Production   / Power Generation from Coal Falls 56% in Gujarat

[26/Nov]  Gujarat’s production of electricity from the coal-fired thermal power plants halved in October as private sector plants struggled to generate power due to spiralling prices of imported coal.

Coal Production   / Coal Storage at China's Power Plants Forecast to Hit Htoric High

[26/Nov]  Coal inventories at China's power plants continue to expand rapidly and may hit an all-time high by the end of this month, firmly safeguarding the country's power supply for the winter and spring.

Germany   / German Coalition Targets Earlier Coal Exit

[25/Nov]  Germany hopes to bring forward its coal phase-out by eight years to 2030, boosting renewables' share of the generation mix to 80pc.

Portugal   / Portugal Becomes Fourth EU Country to Stop Using Coal Plants

[23/Nov]  The Pego plant located 150 kilometers northeast of the Portuguese capital Lisbon stopped generating over the weekend

Hydrogen

[02/Dec]  Hydrogen Fuel Stations    / Australia to Gain its ‘First’ Commercial Hydrogen Refuelling Station for Heavy Vehicle

[02/Dec]  Hydrogen Production   / WAB Joins the OCEaN Initiative to Promote Hydrogen Production from Offshore Wind

[02/Dec]  Hydrogen Project   / EU to Promote Global Hydrogen Markets

[01/Dec]  Hydrogen Fuel Cell   / Alstom and Liebherr to Collaborate on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Optimisation

[01/Dec]  Hydrogen Project   / Putin Orders the Export of Hydrogen to the EU

New Energy Vehicles

Electric Car   / China’s Xiaomi to Build EV Plant in Beijing

[30/Nov]  Chinese technology firm Xiaomi plans to build an electric vehicle production plant in the Daxing district of the country's capital Beijing.

Electric Car   / Nissan to Spend $17.6 billion Over 5 Years in Electrification Push

[29/Nov]  Nissan Motor Co announced it will spend 2 trillion yen over the next five years to accelerate vehicle electrification, betting tighter carbon emission restrictions will spur demand for electric cars and hybrids.

South Korea   / IONIQ 5-Based Level 4 Self-Driving Car to Run in Downtown Seoul Starting in 2022

[28/Nov]  A fully autonomous vehicle developed by Hyundai Motor will hit the road in downtown Seoul in the first half of 2022.

Electric Car   / NIO, Shell Collaborate on Battery Swapping and Charging

[27/Nov]  Chinese automotive manufacturer NIO and Shell have signed an agreement to construct and operate battery swapping facilities in China and charging stations in Europe, to facilitate an increasing uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).

Electric Car   / XPeng Says It will Finally Bring Chinese-Made Cars to Europe

[26/Nov]  He added that the company would start exporting cars to Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands in 2022.

Geothermal

Geothermal Power Plant   / Geothermal-rich California could cover US lithium demand

[02/Dec]  The Salton Sea in the southern part of California can supply 600,000 tons of lithium per year, an amount exceeding the current annual consumption of this metal in the United States.

Geothermal Power Plant   / DJIBOUTI: KenGen Starts Drilling on the Gale Le Koma Geothermal Site

[02/Dec]  Kenya Electricity Generating Company announces the start of drilling on the Gale Le Koma geothermal site.

[26/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / First Electricity Produced at 33 MW Cerro Pabellon Expansion

[26/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Cornish Lithium Gets $24 million to Develop UK Assets

[19/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Drilling Kicking off for Patuha/ Dieng Geothermal Plant Expansion, Central Java

[18/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / Sarajevo to Start Using Geothermal Water in District Heating System

[17/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / CTR Begins Drilling at Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power

[04/Nov]  Geothermal Power Plant   / EMA to Explore Geothermal Energy Potential

Decentralized Energy

Microgrid   / Renewable Energy Microgrid to Power Japan’s Okinoerabu Island

[30/Nov]  The microgrid will use Kyocera’s energy management system, storage batteries, solar, and wind to maintain power even during emergencies or natural disasters, a

Microgrid   / Australia’s Largest Hybrid Renewable Microgrid Officially Opened

[04/Nov]  After successful commissioning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agnew Hybrid Renewable Microgrid was today officially opened in a celebration attended by dignitaries including the WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Servic

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 microgrid pilot projects across regional Australia.

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...

[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

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Energy Economy

Iberdrola to Increase Energy Prices from January 1

[02/Dec]  Iberdrola Ireland said it will increase its gas and electriciy prices from January 1, becoming the latest energy supplier to announce price hikes.

Solar Power Plant   / UK Fund Finances Two Solar Projects

[02/Dec]  Investment in 115MW sites part of £500m fundraiser to double the amount of subsidy-free PV

[02/Dec]  ‘The Energy Sector is Ripe for Disruption’ Says Siemens Chief

[02/Dec]  Hydrogen Technology   / Centrica Acquires a Stake in Green Hydrogen Technology Company

[01/Dec]  Oil Field   / Aramco Awards Contracts Worth $10bn to Develop Giant Jafurah Gas Field

[30/Nov]  Electricity Transmission   / Resurgent Power to Buy India's Transmission Line Project

[30/Nov]  Electric Car   / German Car Exports Fall in 3Q, EVs Buck Trend

[28/Nov]  Energy Investment   / UAE to Invest in Renewable Energy Projects of 3 GW in Turkey

Climate Change

Energy Transition   / EDF and RWE Sign Milestone Agreement to Support UK’s Energy Transition

[02/Dec]  EDF and RWE have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement which will see clean energy capacity equivalent to the requirements of 1.2 million UK households inje

Energy Community Meets to Advance Off-Grid Renewables in Pursuit of Development and Climate Goals

[01/Dec]  IRENA’s International Off-grid Renewable Energy Conference held virtually for the first time, gathers global stakeholders to mobilise investments

Climate Policy   / RWE Welcomes German Coalition’s Energy Policy

[26/Nov]  CEO says German SPD, Green and FDP parties’ agreement will give the energy transition a ‘considerable boost’

China   / China Adviser Says Energy Crisis Won’t Stall Climate Action

[26/Nov]  Forthcoming 2025 energy blueprint seen prioritizing renewables

Carbon Pricing   / German Energy Plans Hinge on CO2 Pricing

[26/Nov]  The incoming German government’s plans to introduce a carbon price floor underscored its intention to use price signals to eliminate coal by the end of the decade, observers said on Thursday.

Policy & Regulation

[02/Dec]  China   / China's High-Quality Development Offers Multiple Opportunities: Italian Experts

[02/Dec]  EU   / EU unveils 300 billion Euro Answer to China's Belt and Road

[01/Dec]  Cambodia   / Cambodia, Laos Pledge to Boost Energy Sector

[01/Dec]  Russian Federation   / Russian Energy Sector is Among the Most Green Worldwide

[01/Dec]  Electricity Reform   / France Needs to Reform Its Power Market: IEA

Future Energy

Tidal Energy   / Atlantic Canada’s First Instream Tidal Energy Set for Completion in 2022

[27/Nov]  Sustainable Marine is set to demonstrate that Nova Scotia can produce vast amounts of clean and predictable energy from its tidal energy streams, after completi

Tidal Energy   / UK Officially Backs Tidal Energy to Reach Net Zero Goals

[26/Nov]  The UK government has announced that it will invest £20 million per year in Tidal Stream electricity as part of its Contracts for Difference renewable energy auction scheme.

Wave Energy   / Mocean Energy Wave Prototype Completes Sea Trials

[24/Nov]  Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy machine has returned to dock after a successful five-month test period at sea.

Biobattery   / Sofia Wastewater Plant Expands Biogas Production Unit

[07/Nov]  Sofiyska voda presented its new digester at the wastewater treatment plant in Sofia.

Tidal Energy   / ‘Tidal could Supply 11% of UK Electricity’

[03/Nov]  Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero, according to research by the University of Plymouth.

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