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Energy Transition

Renewables Share at 9.1% as Global Generation Capacity Reached 3,064 GW in 2021

60% of the new capacity in 2021 was added in Asia, resulting in a total of 1.46 Terawatt (TW) of renewable capacity by 2021.

Offshore Wind Power

GWEC and GWO Sign Deal to Power the Global Wind Energy Workforce

The two organisations have signed a new memorandum of understanding to leverage shared resources, including unique datasets, analytical and forecasting capabili…

CCS

Indonesia Advances Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilisation Ambitions

Pertamina and Mitsui in joint feasibility study to commercialise CCUS in the Southeast Asian nation.

Energy Storage Technology

Liquid System Stores Solar Energy for Years and Releases It on Demand

Back in 2017 we caught wind of an interesting energy system from researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology designed to store solar energy in liq…

Crude Oil

Equinor Announces New Oil and Gas Discovery in the North Sea

Preliminary estimates suggest between 25m to 50m barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.

Electric Car

Japanese Car Giant Honda Targets EV Expansion, Earmarks Billions for R&D

Honda plans to invest around 5 trillion yen ($39.9 billion) in electrification and software technologies over the next 10 years, with the Japanese automotive gi…

Philippines

Higher Generation Costs Push Philippine April Rates up

Higher generation cost has driven the overall rate for a typical household in the Philippines up by P0.53 to P10.18 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in April, the Manila…

Wind Turbine

Mitsui & Co Invests €10mn in Lhyfe to Fuel Hydrogen Growth

Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Mitsui & Co becomes the first international company to invest in renewable green hydrogen company Lhyfe.

U.S. Plans Its Largest Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure

The largest gas utility company in the U.S. has proposed to build the nation’s largest green hydrogen energy infrastructure system. Some hail the move while ot…

Microgrid

First Time in the U.S. and Japan to Successfully Build and Operate Microgrid with Battery Storage on Actual Power Distribution Network

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. have completed a demonstration project in California to…

Energy Storage Battery

APAC to Lead Battery Storage Market Through 2026: GlobalData

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will likely lead the battery storage market across the globe through 2026 as it is projected to account for 68% of the global mar…

China

China Emerges as Top Contributor of New Renewable Capacity in Asia: Report

​China emerged as the biggest contributor of new renewable capacity in Asia after it added 121 gigawatts (GW) in 2021, the International Renewable Energy Agenc…

Rooftop PV System

Rooftop Solar PV Energy to Power Poultry Factories in Morocco

Norwegian renewable investment company Empower New Energy signed an investment contract with the largest poultry group in Morocco, Zalar Holdings, to develop a …

Nigeria

Fifth National Grid Collapse in Nigeria This Year

Nigeria has experienced its fifth national grid collapse this year. The Nigerian Government has said the collapse was due to vandalism.

Carbon Emissions

Climate Change Issues Are Health Issues Says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and key Nigerian stakeholders have called for a multi-sectoral approach toward climate change and other environmental threat…