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Clean Coal

WCA: CCS Regains Momentum but More Ambition Needed

The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) has published its annual ‘Global Status of CCS’ report. CCS, or ‘Carbon capture and storage’ is a pr…

Solar Company

Shell Snaps up Esco Pacific in Major Push into Big Solar in Australia

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has snapped up a near half share in one of the biggest solar developers in Australia as part of a major push to expand its large-sca…

Solar Power Panel

Tesla Releases Giant New Home Solar Power System

Tesla has released a giant new version of its latest home solar system – a 15.4 kW solar system suitable for 4,000+ sq ft homes.Over the last few months, Tesla…

NYSERDA to Replace Fossil Fuels with 20 MW Energy Storage System

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a unit of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20 MW stora…

Electricity Trade

Europe Study: France Biggest Electricity Exporter, Italy Largest Importer

A new report reveals that France was Europe’s biggest exporter of power in the first 11 months of this year, while Italy imported the largest volume of electri…

Micro Reactor

SMR Design Review Enters Final Phases

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the fourth phase of its review of the design certification application for NuScale's small modular reac…

Coal Mine

US Coal in Downward Spiral, Says EIA

The US Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Coal Report for 2018, revealing that the nation’s coal mining employment numbers have dropped …

African Union to Roll Out Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…

Promising Plastic Waste Research could Benefit Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

Scientists have developed a new way to convert plastic waste into a useful chemical.

Power Electronics for Geothermal Drilling – An ARPA-e Funded Research Project

With funding under the ARPA-E awards, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is conducting research on Revolutionary, High-Drilling Rate, High-T Geothe…

Japan Companies Show Off Carbon-Free Tech as Tokyo Clings to Coal

While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Australian Virtual Power Plant Propped Up Grid During Coal Outage

The 50,000-home virtual power plant (VPP) Tesla is developing in South Australia helped maintain grid stability when a coal-fired unit in Queensland tripped off…

CCGT

1050-MW Fairview Energy Center Was Commercially Operational in Pennsylvania

The internationally funded $1 billion, 1,050-MW Fairview project was developed and is managed by Maryland-based CPV. Fairview utilizes GE equipment while Kiewit…

CCS

CCS And CCU Technologies Gain Political Momentum in European Green Deal

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) have been acknowledged as breakthrough technologies which should be fostered in a revi…

Smart Automation Can Contribute to Company Bottomline Through Energy Efficiency

Companies seeking to improve their bottomline in the current economy where they see flat or declining revenues, need to start taking a closer look at their oper…