Energy

Photovoltaic （PV）

Construction of a Photovoltaic Plant Starts in Texas to Supply Solar Power to Facebook

Iberdrola’s US subsidiary Avangrid has begun construction of the 240 MW True North photovoltaic plant in Falls County (Texas). It will supply clean, renew…

Geothermal Heating Project

Geothermal Exploration License Granted for Norderstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany

Norderstedt Mitte, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (source: Christian Alexander Tietgen, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The State Office for Mining, Energy and Ge…

Microgrid

Smarter Grid Solutions Providing Derms for Nrel Energy Integration, Microgrid R&D Facility

A National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) research facility that works on utility microgrids is connecting new distributed energy resource management system…

Energy Storage Project

Engie Acquiring Broad Reach Power's Battery Storage Business

French multinational utility ENGIE has agreed to buy the battery storage business of Houston-based Broad Reach Power from its co-investment partners Yorktown Pa…

Solar project

Avangrid to Build 57 MW Solar Project in California

AVANGRID developed the 162 MWac/205 MWdc Pachwáywit Fields solar farm in Gilliam County. (Courtesy: AVANGRID)Avangrid, a leading sustainable energy compa…

Solar Panel

New Photovoltaic Leaf Technology Could 'Significantly' Enhance Solar Panel Efficiency

Cooling solar PV cells will help keep them at, or as close as possible to, their optimum temperature of 25°C. Image: Imperial College London.Imperial Colleg…

Geothermal Power Project

Scholz Pushes Expansion of Geothermal Energy in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Acquire Licensing…

Energy Storage Project

Engie Strikes $1.6 Billion US Battery Deal With Apollo, Encap

A logo on the Engie SA headquarters in the La Defense business district in Paris, France, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The shift of jobs and assets to Paris afte…

Energy Saving

Monolithic perovskite-PERC tandem solar cell with 23.7% efficiency

A research group in the Netherlands has fabricated a monolithic perovskite-PERC tandem solar cell that utilizes a new type of tunnel recombination junction (TRJ…

Biofuel

Port of Tyne Agrees Biomass Import Contract

Port of Tyne has agreed a deal with Drax. (Photo credit: Pixabay)The Port of Tyne is expanding its role in the UK's renewable energy market with a new suppl…

Microgrid

New power grid rules could reduce battery funding and lifespan

New rules proposed by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) could reduce the revenue streams available to batteries and cut their lifespan.The proposed c…

Energy Storage Project

Engie to Acquire Texas-Based Power Storage Firm Broad Reach Power

The logo of Engie is seen at a charging station for electric vehicles in Guignicourt, France, January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Acquire Lice…

Offshore Wind Power

POSCO E&C Inks MOU With Norwegian Firm on Offshore Wind Farm

South Korean builder POSCO E&C Co. said Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with Norway's state energy firm Equinor on cooperation in a massive floa…

Renewable Energy

Shell Energy India to Invest Rs 3,500 Crore to Set Up Renewable Energy Facility in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Aug 23 (PTI) Shell Energy India on Wednesday said it will invest Rs 3,500 crore in Gujarat to set up a renewable energy facility, charging stations f…

Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk Says 'If Lego Can Do It, so Can We' About Cybertruck Quality in Leaked Tesla Email

In a leaked email to Tesla employees, Elon Musk highlighted the need for high standards of quality and single-digit micron tolerance with the Cybertruck due to …