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PowerGrid Technology

The POWER Interview: How Industry 4.0 Will Improve Sustainability

Many companies are working toward the goal of being sustainable while also maintaining profitability, in part by integrating and applying artificial intelligenc…

Nuclear Power Plant

Czech Republic Approves Construction of New Nuclear Plant

The Czech Republic approved the construction of the Dukovany II nuclear power plant, and has set a target date for completion of 2036.

Crude

Russia Plans To Boost Crude Oil Exports

Russia expects to increase its crude oil exports by around 400,000 bpd-500,000 bpd to more than 5.6 million bpd within five years, Energy Minister Alexander Nov…

New Geothermal Plant in Winton, Australia Provides Local Economic Opportunities

The local community of Winton Shire in Australia is set to benefit from the numerous opportunities that the upcoming geothermal project could provide.

EDC Increases Revenues with Better Performance of Geothermal Plants

EDC reports geothermal revenues of $514m for first three quarters of 2019 contributing around 34% of total revenues of its mother company First Gen. Better perf…

New Exploration Method to Localise Potential Drilling Sites for Geothermal Energy

Researchers by the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam introduce a new method for exploration and the localization of interesting potential …

Large U.S. EGS Collaboration Project Researching Hydraulic Shearing for Geothermal

A large collaboration project on Enhanced/ Engineered Geothermal Systems (EGS) in the U.S. is researching how hydro-shearing could help to extract geothermal en…

Geothermal ORC Units to be Set up in Demonstration Projects

French company ENOGIA ORC will be setting up three small-scale ORC units as part of a European research project.

EPFL-Developed Geothermal Panels Reach International Finals

EPFL researchers have developed a geothermal system for recovering the heat captured in basements, subway tunnels and underground parking garages.

Solar Company

Kyotherm Wins 2019 SHC Solar Award

Kyotherm, a French-based third-party investor, has won the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme’s Solar Award.

Ormat Targets Addition of Around 100 MW in Geothermal Capacity by End of 2021

11 Nov 2019With 6 geothermal projects, Ormat Technologies is planning to add around 100 MW in geothermal power generation capacity in Nevada, California and Gua…

Solar Company

Côte d’Ivoire Gets World Bank Support for 60 MW of Solar

The African country has joined the World Bank’s Scaling Solar Program. Two PV plants will be located in Touba and Laboa, in the northeast of the country.

Green Hydrogen to Reach Cost Parity by 2030

Recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie predicts green hydrogen, produced primarily by solar electrolysis, will reach cost parity in Australia, Germany and Japan by…

Hydrogen Fuel Technology Could Help Combat Dangerous India Air Pollution Levels

The Indian government wants to use hydrogen to help alleviate the crisis.

South Korea has Big Plans to Create Hydrogen Cities

The East Asian nation has big plans to build three hydrogen cities by 2022. South Korea is working hard to be seen as a world leader in green technology and is …