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17 Feb 2020

Solar

Solar Power Panel   / UAE's 1st Floating PV Array to go Live Near Abu Dhabi Resort island

The Abu Dhabi resort island of Nurai will become home to the country’s first floating solar power array, which is planned to be tied to the grid “very soon.”

Solar Power Plant   / European Telecoms Ink Deals for 388 MW of Solar Power

French telecom Orange and Deutsche Telekom subsidiary Power & Air Solutions signed separate power purchase agreements this week to procure solar power totaling 388 megawatts.

Solar Power Plant   / Peru Authorises 160MW Solar Venture by Spanish Player

​Peru has waved through two large-scale solar projects Spanish firm Continua Energías Positivas is looking to develop in the southeast, bringing a boost to PV during the new energy minister's first week in office.

Solar Company   / French Telecoms Company Iberdrola and Spanish Energy Giant Orange Sign Solar PPA

French telecoms company Orange has signed a long-term renewable energy power purchase agreement with Spanish energy giant Iberdrola.

Solar Power Plant   / Abu Dhabi Island to Host Nation’s First Floating Solar Powe...

The United Arab Emirates’ first floating solar power plant will start producing electricity off the tiny resort island of Nurai within days.

Australia’s Renewables Chaos Prompts Solar Exit of top EPC ...

The builder of some of Australia’s largest solar plants will not take on any new sector contracts, amid claims that grid fallout and other factors have decimated the market opportunity.

Wind Power

Offshore Wind Power   / Delayed Fed OK of First US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Startup Date at Risk

Operation of America's first commercial offshore wind power farm now will not happen in 2022, as feared after federal officials said Feb. 11 that they expect a

Wind Power Project   / The UK Needs To Invest $62 Billion In Wind Turbines To Reach Energy Target

According to renewable energy analysts Aurora, in order to fulfil the goal, 260 wind turbines will have to be installed a year, roughly one for every working day.

Wind Farm   / New Spanish Wind Farm will Boast “the Most Powerful Onshore Wind Turbine”

Spanish utility Iberdrola will build its next wind farm, the Herrera Complex, with the most powerful onshore wind turbine installed to date – the Siemens Gamesa SG 4.5-145 4.5 MW wind turbine, which is almost seven times more powerful than the first wind

Wind Turbine   / Israel Prosecutes Leaders From Golan for Opposing Wind Turbines

The Israeli Magistrates Court in Nazareth held trial Tuesday evening of well-respected leaders from the occupied Golan, who opposed the Israeli project to install wind turbines to produce energy over large areas...

Offshore Wind Power   / Construction Finalised at EDP's 205-MW Wind Farm in Illinois

Construction has been completed at EDP Renewables’ 205-MW Bright Stalk wind farm in Illinois, civil contractor Mortenson said on Friday.

Hydropower

Liberia Signs US $34m Deal for Gbedin Waterfalls Hydropower Project

​The government of Liberia has signed a financial agreement worth US $34m with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Gbedin waterfalls hydropower project.

GE to Upgrade 218 MW Philippines Hydro Plant

GE Renewable Energy has won a contract with Angat Hydropower to rehabilitate the 218 MW Angat hydro plant in the Philippines.

PowerChina Seeks Licence for Ugandan $1.4bn Hydropower Plant

Africa Charts its Course for Sustainable Hydropower Development

GE to Work on Angat Rehab in the Philippines

Market Analysis   / Planned Hydropower Dams Threaten Fish in the Tropics

Rwanda Secures $214 mln China Loan for Hydropower Plant

RusHydro Inaugurates New Hydropower Plant

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power Plant   / IAEA Helps Streamline Pakistan's Nuclear Power Programme

Pakistan has described the support it has received from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in strengthening its nuclear power programme through a project launched in 2018.

U.S. Nuclear Regulators: Fuel Loading at Vogtle Unit 3 Could Begin in November

A subsidiary of Southern Co. has notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it intends to load fuel into the Unit 3 reactor at the Vogtle expansion project in Georgia later this year.

IAEA Reports 189 Nuclear and Radioactive Material Incidents in 2019

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported 189 incidents involving nuclear and radioactive material falling out of regulatory control in 2019, highlighting the nuclear sector’s need to improve its security measures.

Nuclear a Major Focus in Trump’s Latest Budget Request—and 8 Other Takeaways

Yucca Mountain, the 1987 Congressionally appointed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF), may be officially dead; transmission assets held by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and ...

Thermal Power

Coal-Fired Power Plants   / US DoE Pledges up to $64m in Clean Coal R&D Funding

Clean emission   / Researchers Work on Project to Develop Cleaner-Burning, Renewable Fuels

Thermal Plant   / Dubai Plans Thermal Power Plants

Thermal Plant   / UAE to Modernize Uzbekistan's Thermal Power Plant

Biomass Power Plant   / GE to deliver steam technology for Japanese biomass power plant

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Project   / Azelio Inaugurates Energy Storage Project in Sweden

Swedish thermal energy storage developer Azelio (FRA:4AZ) on Wednesday opened its verification energy storage facility in Amal, Sweden, with an official ceremon

Energy Storage Battery   / Renault Batteries Find ‘Megawatt-Scale’ 2nd Life use in Belgium

An energy storage system made up of ‘second life’ batteries previously used in Renault’s electric vehicle (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, a multinational materials technology company headquartered in Belgium.

Energy Storage Material   / Is Fair Lithium from Chile Possible?

“The dirty truth of the mobility transformation,” “The real cost of electric cars,” and“People die here for our electric cars” are simply sensational. And stories such as these cast doubt on the sustainability of lithium batteries.

Energy storage technology   / The Best Battery for Grid Level Energy Storage

A new paper published by researchers at China’s Tianjin University examines the state of the art in grid level energy storage, outlining the pros and cons of various battery technologies being deployed on grids around the world...

Energy Storage Project   / Renault Batteries Find ‘Megawatt-Scale’ 2nd Life Use in Belgium

An energy storage system made up of ‘second life’ batteries previously used in Renault’s electric vehicle (EV) has been deployed for Umicore, a multinational materials technology company headquartered in Belgium.

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Is A Core Target For Machine Learning

At a local climate action conference late last year, much of a session was devoted to making buildings consume less power, something with diminishing climate returns as energy decarbonizes.

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

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

Power Grid

Power Construction   / Greece's PPC Gets EUR 100m from EIB for Grid Modernisation

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greek utility PPC SA (ATH:PPC) on Friday signed an agreement for a EUR-100-million (USD 108m) loan supporting investments

Smart Grid   / Envision Digital to Develop First AIoT Smart Grid for PTT in Thailand

Envision Digital International Pte Ltd (Envision Digital), a global digital AIoT technology company headquartered in Singapore, has been appointed to develop the first smart grid for Thailand’s major energy company, PTT Public Company Ltd (PTT).

Power Construction   / South Korea’s First HVDC Upgrade Strengthens Renewables Transportation

The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and GE Renewables Energy’s Grid Solutions have upgraded a high-voltage direct current link between South Korea mainland and Jeju Island to optimise the transportation of renewable energy.

PowerGrid Technology   / UK Power Networks Trial World’s Fastest Circuit Breakers

Cable maintenance company UK Power Networks is trialling what it calls “the world’s fastest circuit breakers” in London.

Power Construction   / China to Ensure Power Supply in Battle Against Epidemic

China will step up efforts to secure the power supply of medical institutions, quarantine areas and firms making or transporting medical supplies to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, according to an official circular.

Power Construction   / New York Announces $341m Funding to Rebuild Transmission Lin...

The Government of New York has announced a funding of $341m to rebuild an 86-mile stretch of ageing Moses-Adirondack transmission lines.

Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas Trade   / Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Start Trial Oil Pumping from Divided Zone: Kuwait Minister

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will start trial oil production from the jointly-operated Wafra and Khafji oilfields on Sunday, Kuwait’s oil minister said.

Oil & Gas Trade   / Total Looks To Stop Selling Fuel Oil To Power Plants

​Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footprint, the company’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné told Reuters in an interview published on Frid

Oil & Gas Trade   / Russia-Belarus Oil Dispute Begins to Threaten Supplies to Europe

A long-running oil dispute between Russia and Belarus has for the first time threatened to disrupt supplies to Europe.

Crude   / South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals including mercury, manganese, and arsenic, according to four environmental reports obtained

Oil & Gas Trade   / Coronavirus Forces Qatar To Reroute Oil And Gas

One of the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters, Qatar, is working with importers in China to reschedule or re-route some oil and gas cargoes to the world’s second-largest LNG importer amid the coronavirus outbreak, Qatar said late on Wednesday.

Coal

Coal Trade   / Chinese Coal Traders Hunt for Short-Term Buys Amid Virus Disruption

Chinese coal traders and small coal-fired utilities are scrambling to lock in supplies of fuel from miners, worried about the prospects of market tightness as d

Coal Mine   / Angloto Decide This Year on Fate of South African Thermal Coal Assets

Global miner Anglo American expects to decide this year whether to sell its South African thermal coal business, Chief Executive Mark Cutifani told Reuters on Monday.

Coal Mine   / Reliance on Coal Divides European States

Two European states with a traditional reliance on coal are taking radically different paths as the climate crisis worsens.

Coal Mine   / Renewable Energy Policy Paper Proposes Crackdown on Coal Use

The accelerating renewable energy and energy efficiency discussion document explores possible options to address barriers to reducing energy-related emissions and improve energy efficiency.

Coal Mine   / Coal India Output in January Rises 10.7%

Coal India on Tuesday said it has registered a double-digit production growth of 10.7 percent in January. The company as a whole has been averaging close to 2 MT per day coal output during the month, it said in a BSE filing.

Coal Company   / ​Coal India to Follow Environmental And Sustainable Standar...

The miner's comment came after the CAG of India, in a report, said that six, out of seven coal producing subsidiaries of CIL, did not formulate environmental policies.

Hydrogen

Norwegian Company Partnership to Launch Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cruise Ship

How Hydrogen Fuel Cells are Transforming Industry

Hyundai Motor Expands Partnership with U.S. Gov to Support HFC Technologies

Hydrogen Investors Go All-in with Falling H2 Costs Within Their Sights

Belgium Hopes to Lead World with New Hydrogen Project

New Energy Vehicles

EVs Outsold Manual-Transmission Vehicles In 2019 In USA

Electric vehicles outsold manual-transmission vehicles in the USA for the first time in 2019. This is just another data point showing that consumers are making

EDF Acquires EV Charging Company Pod Point

EDF has acquired a majority stake in UK electric vehicle charging company Pod Point.

UK Fossil Vehicle Sales Tumble By 18% As EVs Triple To 6% Market Share

Will the UK government’s recent target of phasing out combustion vehicles by 2035 be overtaken by consumer preferences?

Electric Car   / Toyota And Panasonic Launch Joint Venture To Make Electric Car Batteries

Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. will collaborate on developing a new generation of batteries for electric vehicles. The joint venture, announced Monday, will begin in April, the two companies said.

Electric Vehicle Battery   / Panasonic and Toyota Team up to Build Prismatic Batteries for EVs

Industry watchers may well have been expecting this news. Back at the beginning of 2019, we discovered that a joint venture between Panasonic and Toyota on battery tech was in the works, and most of the information we learned back then appears to have pan

Geothermal

Securing Environmental and Safety Risk Elements in Geothermal Development

In an interview/ article by Warmtebron Utrecht, Robert Mout, coordinating specialist for Supervision Policy and sector leader geothermal energy at State Supervision of Mines in the Netherlands, highlights how “Security is essential for the success of the

Drilling for Geothermal Project to Proceed on the Azores, Portugal

​As reported by local news in Iceland, Iceland Geothermal Drilling Company has secured a drilling contract valued at ISK 2.6 billion (around EUR 18.6 million) for EDA on the Azores Island, Portugal.

New Technology   / Geothermal Energy: Drilling a 3,000-Meter-Deep Well

Geothermal Power Plant   / Construction of 10 MW Dieng Small-Scale Geothermal Plant Progressing In Indonesia

Geothermal Might Replace Coal and Revolutionise Production of Heat in Finland

Croatia’s Hydrocarbon Agency Estimates up to 500 MW Geothermal Potential

District Heating Network in Fondon, Spain to Tap Mine Water for Geothermal Heat

Indonesia Eyeing Cost Recovery Contract Scheme for Geothermal Exploration

Decentralized Energy

Wärtsilä Gets Service Agreement Extension For 25 MW Power Plant

Wärtsilä has signed a four-year extension to its operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement with Cemex Colombia S.A., one of Colombia’s major cement producers

Wartsila to supply gas power plant for industrial park in Bangladesh

Finnish company Wartsila has received a contract to supply 78MW engine power plant to support an industrial complex in Bangladesh.

USTDA and GE to Deliver 1,350 MW Gas-to-Power Plant in Nigeria

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to NNPC Gas and Power Investment Company LTD (GPIC) to provide the technical, economic and financial analysis necessary for the development of a 1,350 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired pow

Myanmar Orders Fast-Track Gas Engine Plants to Beat Blackouts

The government of Myanmar has ordered two fast-track power plants to try to put an end to large-scale blackouts.

GE to Add 253 MW to Côte d’Ivoire Gas Turbine Plant

GE is to carry out a 253 MW gas turbine extension to a power plant in Côte d’Ivoire which is expected to deliver 30 per cent of the country’s electricity.

Financial Close Reached for Expansion of Azito Gas-Fired Pow...

A financial close has been reached to pave way for expansion of Azito gas-fired power plant in Côte d’Ivoire. Independent power producer Globeleq and IPS (West Africa) made the announcement and said the close was reached by their subsidiary, Azito Energie

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Energy Economy

OPEC Underestimates the Virus

The Covid-19 virus is a human tragedy for many who have been affected by it and it’s having a profound impact on the lives of a large part of the Chinese population.

Libya's Oil Corporation: Blockade Losses Exceed $1.3 Billion

Economic fallout continues from the shutdown of Libya’s vital oil fields, with losses surpassing $1.3 billion, the national oil corporation announced Tuesday.

EDF Group Acquires 50% Interest in Irish Offshore Windfarm Project

US budget Request includes USD150 million for Uranium Reserve

Russian Oil & Gas Firms Plan to Invest $20 BILLION in Iraq’s Energy Industry

'Hypocrisy' : 90% of UK-Africa Summit’s Energy Deals Were in Fossil Fuels

DOE Secretary Says Coronavirus Unlikely to Hurt Energy Markets in Near Term

The Brazilian Bioenergy Firm to help Zambia Develop the Biofuel Industry

Climate Change

BP Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions, But Has No Plan For Doing That

There is an old expression that says, “If you fail to plan, you have a plan to fail.” It’s good to have goals, but plans are what make achieving those goals

Can BP Become Carbon Neutral?

BP’s new chief executive Bernard Looney outlined an ambitious new objective on Wednesday to make the oil giant carbon-neutral by 2050 - the most exacting sustainability promise made by any major oil company.

German Energy Leaders Seek Federal Support for Low Carbon Transition

A leading German energy association and regional energy minister both called for increased German federal support in meeting the country’s decarbonisation goals.

World's Carbon Emissions Flatline as Rich Nations Ditch Coal for Wind and Solar

Wind and solar expansion helped bring an unexpected stall to the growth of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) as it urged the world to make sure 2019 is a “peak and not a pause”.

Nordics Bet on Advanced Biofuels to Suit Carbon Neutrality Ambitions

Scandinavian governments have raised the bar in their commitment to becoming carbon neutral and several companies have responded by developing new technologies to harness forest resources...

Policy & Regulation

The Latest in Climate Change Attribution and the Law

Germany Floats Draft Hydrogen Strategy Ahead of EU Presidency

Oil&Gas Drilling   / Virginia Lawmakers Vote to Block Offshore Drilling in Rebuke to Trump Plan

Brexit Day: The Great Green Gamble Begins

‘Enhanced’ Environment Bill returns to UK Parliament

Future Energy

MeyGen Tidal Energy Project Achieves a World First

The MeyGen tidal array scheme in the Pentland Firth last year recorded the longest period of uninterrupted electricity generation ever reached.

MeyGen Tidal-Energy Array Exports Electricity for Whole of 2019

The world’s largest tidal-stream array ran for the whole of 2019, the longest ever period of uninterrupted generation from a multi-megawatt tidal turbine installation.

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 conversion technology.

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.

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