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Coal Production

Germany Begins Allocating €40 Billion to Coal Regions to Start Phase-Out

By 2038, Germany’s last coal-fired power plants are expected to be shut down. To reorient the regions economically, however, they are to be replaced by researc…

Lithuania

Lithuania Pulls Outs of BRELL Power Reserve Agreement

Lithuania has opted out of the so-called BRELL agreement, which obligates it to exchange emergency electric power reserves with Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Bela…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage Systems Pushed on Massive RE Installations

The Philippine energy planners will be pushing for battery energy storage systems as key support technology for the targeted mammoth renewable energy installati…

Energy Storage System

Work Underway on Gravitricity Storage Demo

Winch specialists Huisman have begun on the fabrication of Gravitricity's €1.1m energy storage demonstrator, which is due for trial in Edinburgh early next yea…

VoltH2 & North Sea Port Sign Agreement to Develop Green Hydrogen Plant

VoltH2 is preparing to build a green hydrogen plant in North Sea Port. To this end, it has signed a cooperation agreement for its construction in Vlissingen.

Energy Technology

Siemens to Explore Leveraging Wind Power for Hydrogen Production

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role in creating hydrogen.

Crude Oil

Angola Aims to Ramp up Oil Production

Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, will need foreign and government investments to discover up to 57 billion barrels of crude oil by 2…

Market Analysis

South Africa Sees Worst Power Cuts on Record in 2020, Research Shows

The power cuts by ailing state utility Eskom are one of the biggest challenges facing President Cyril Ramaphosa as he tries to revive investor confidence in Afr…

Hydropower Plant

Renukaji Multipurpose Dam Project in Himachal Faces Fund Crisis

The over Rs 7,000 crore project, to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river, is meant to supply 23 cumecs of water to Delhi and also generate 40 MW of…

Energy Storage Battery

The Battery Breakthrough That Could Transform An Entire Industry

A team of researchers in India has introduced an eco-friendly and energy-efficient battery that is being touted as “the future” of batteries — not only for t…

China

China Sees Record-Breaking Electricity Consumption In August

China’s electricity consumption hit a record this month after rising steadily since the start of summer, noting that the trend suggested a robust recovery in e…

Thermal Plant

KenGen Seeks to Build a Waste to Energy Plant Via Bidding Process

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services – responsible for solid waste management in the city county – has partnered with Kenya Electricity Generating Company to est…

Energy Storage System

GE to Deliver Energy Storage System for Wykes’ Solar PV Plant in UK

GE Renewable Energy has secured a contract from Wykes to deliver 25MW of energy storage systems to its solar plant in the UK.

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF to Restart Operations at Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station

EDF Energy is ready to restart electricity generation at the Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Geothermal Power Plant

Schlumberger and Thermal Energy Partners to Create Geothermal Company

Schlumberger New Energy has signed an agreement with Thermal Energy Partners (TEP) to create a new geothermal project development company, STEP Energy.