Electricity

Australia

Incentives for Off-Peak Charging of Electric Vehicles Could Ease Stress on the Australian Grid

New data from Cornwall Insight Australia's EV uptake model shows that under an extreme scenario, 22 million electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be part …

Hydro Generator Unit

Indonesia to Host 2023 World Hydropower Congress

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia will host the 2023 World Hydropower Congress alongside its electricity utility PLN and the International Hydropower …

Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Solar Power Plant

How Solar Surge Saved Europe From the Energy Crisis

Photo by Nuno Marques on UnsplashWhile both wind and solar delivered Europe through the energy crunch by generating more than a fifth of EU electricity in 2022,…

20th CPC National Congress

Thailand’s 14MW Hydropower Plant Starts Operations

It is located in Uttaradit Province.The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has started the commercial operations of the 14-megawatt Pha Chuk Da…

Solar Power Panel

BayWa r.e. Sells Two UK Solar Projects

BayWa r.e. has sold two solar projects in the UK. The solar farms have a total capacity of 110 MWp, which have the potential to supply over 31 000 UK households…

Australia

Energy Arbitrage Sends Big Battery Revenue to New Record High in 2022

Victoria Big Battery. Image suppliedLarge-scale batteries in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) earned record high revenue from arbitraging the…

Offshore Wind Power

Wind Farms Backed by Green Subsidies Could Be Paid More to Switch Off

Wind farms backed by government subsidies could be paid more to switch off than to generate power, The Telegraph has learnt.A lack of grid storage and transmiss…

Electricity Trade

Türkiye’s Daily Power Consumption Down 5.21% On Jan. 28

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.21% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 871,710 megawatt-hours, according to official f…

Solar Power Plant

Household Solar Power Systems Overload Cyprus Electricity Grid

Some small photovoltaic plants were disconnected from the grid in Cyprus for the first time in an emergency intervention to prevent network overload. The countr…

Power Construction

Serbia’s Power Utility EPS No Longer Dependent on Imports, Acting CEO Claims

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is importing much less electricity this winter than last one and it is not dependent on imports, according to Miroslav Tomašević,…

Wind Farm

World’s First Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Farm Exceeds Expectations

WindFloat Atlantic, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, has completed its second full year in operation.The 25 MW WindFloat Atlanti…

Solar Power Plant

Solar Wadi to Build 100MW Solar PV Plant in Oman

Once completed, the plant will provide the tenants of Suhar Industrial City with a cheaper source of electricity, while also allowing them to meet their decarbo…

Wind Farm

Ilmatar starts commercial production at Humppila-Urjala wind farm

The first wind farm that adheres to Ilmatar’s new strategy started commercial production on 17 January 2023. It will generate approximately 60 GWh of clea…

Wind Power Project

South Korea’s Non-hydropower Re to Post ‘Strongest’ Growth in Electricity Share

It is expected to reach 46GW in 2032.Non-hydropower renewables are expected to see the strongest growth in contribution to South Korea’s electricity share…