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Offshore Wind Power

China Three Gorges Forges Global Offshore Wind Alliance with Turbine Group

China Three Gorges (CTG) signed an offshore wind alliance with compatriot turbine OEM Ming Yang Smart Energy covering developments at home and abroad.

Energy storage technology

America Developing Non-lithium Energy-Storage Technologies

The U.S. is hoping to boost the viability of innovative energy-storage technologies, including green hydrogen, by offering up to $11m in grants to solutions tha…

Maximize Energy Efficiency in Class A Office Buildings With Modern Building Systems

Advancements in HVAC systems, elevators, escalators and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems have resulted in modern building systems that improve perform…

Tokyo Olympic to Use Hydrogen Fuel to Light the Flames of Cauldrons And Torch

The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games is planning to use the next-generation energy of hydrogen fuel to light the flames of th…

Nuclear Power Plant

CGN Changes Hongyanhe ACPR-1000 Start-Up Schedule

China General Nuclear (CGN) has announced that units 5 and 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Liaoning province are now expected to start operating in th…

Snowy Hydro Scheme Lost Assets Due to Australian Bushfires

Although its power stations appear to have avoided major damage, Snowy Hydro reports it has “lost a number of other assets” in its Snowy Hydro scheme due to t…

Nuclear Fuel

Iran Scraps Limit on Uranium Enrichment

Iran said yesterday it will ignore the limit on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), thus w…

Smart Grid

Smart Grids to Manage Two Thirds of Global Power Networks by 2050

Grid balancing becomes paramount as the share of intermittent supply from renewable power sources keeps rising fast in most developed countries around the globe…

LNG

Australia Officially the World’s Largest Exporter of LNG

Australia has officially become the world’s largest exporter of LNG on an annualised basis.

Electric Car

Uber And Hyundai Motor Plan to Jointly Develop Electric Air Taxis

U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc and South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor plan to jointly develop electric air taxis, they said on Tuesday, joini…

Climate Change Can ‘Supercharge’ Wildfires in Australia for Extreme Heat And Drought

Climate change can increase the chances that areas prone to wildfires see both record high temperatures and drought simultaneously, creating the potential to ”…

Strategies on Reducing Induced Seismicity in Geothermal Energy And CO2 Storage

Swiss researchers at EPFL and the Federal Office of Energy have published a study that shares strategies that help reduce risk of induced seismicity in geotherm…

Geothermal And Biomass Have Great Potential in Indonesia's Energy Future

Geothermal and biomass could be key elements in efforts by Indonesia to curb the high current account deficit, which is caused by the large import of oil and ga…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Govt Approves Installation of 2,600 EV Charging Stations

The union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh are expected to get 72 and 70 charging stations while Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will get 10 each. The newly…

Iran, Iraq and Suleimani: How Will Things Play Out for Energy Markets?

It’s winter in Baghdad, but the US killing of Iranian major general Qassem Suleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis has raised the already heat…