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Electricity Transmission

White House Announces $13 Bln in Funding to Modernize Power Grids

The White House announced through the Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday that it is soliciting grant applications for $13 billion in new financing under the b…

EIB Approves €4bn in Clean Energy Investment

The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) have approved €4 billion ($4.2 billion) in clean energy investment to upgrade energy networks, enh…

Carbon Emissions

US Launches $50M Pilot to Help Non-profits Make Critical Energy Upgrades

Organisation can purchase materials and implement building upgrades to decrease utility costs and help reduce carbon emissions in commercial buildings.

Smart Grid

EIT Innoenergy and Redeia Enterprises Close Three Smart Grid Projects

Together with EIT Innoenergy, Red Eléctrica and Elewit – Redeia enterprises – have closed three grid projects as part of the Grid2030 programme, aiming to de…

Electric Car

UK Unveils First Large-Scale Lithium Refinery to Boost EV Supply Chain

The UK’s first large-scale merchant lithium refinery has been announced, providing battery grade materials to bolster the electric vehicle (EV), renewable ener…

Carbon Neutral

Asia’s Coal Phase-Out Must Be Gradual, Says Mitsubishi Heavy Head

Asia must phase out coal power gradually while still making use of existing infrastructure to make the shift to a carbon-neutral society less disruptive, Seiji …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indonesia, ADB Launch First Coal Power Plant Retirement Deal

Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank and a private power firm are teaming up to refinance and prematurely retire a coal-fired power plant, the first such proje…

Hydropower Plant

Nigeria Offers Concession on $1.3 Billion China-Funded Hydro Power Plant

Nigeria plans to grant a concession on its $1.3 billion hydropower plant now under construction and is seeking bids from private investors to operate the China-…

Electric Car

Synthetic Graphite Becomes Crucial to Meeting Battery Demand Surge

Rystad Energy: total EV sales this year will reach nearly 10 million units, a 43% jump from 2021 sales.

Bentley’s Open-Access Digital Twin Integrates Carbon Calculator

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, an infrastructure engineering software company, announced at COP27 expanded workflows for embodied carbon calculation in the Bent…

Hydrogen Production

New Approaches to Create Hydrogen Energy From Biomass Feedstocks

An engineering group believes in the integrated promise of two paths to carbon-neutral power: biomass and hydrogen.

COP27: $1bn Signed for Grid-Based Projects ‘in Asia and Beyond’

A strategic investment partnership will see AIIB and GEAPP mobilise up to $1 billion and identify co-financing opportunities for projects and programs of common…

Energy Transition

Global Climate Pledges Lack Renewables Ambition Warns IRENA

Despite the Glasgow Climate Pact to upgrade 2030 targets in national pledges, the collective level of energy transition ambition to date is not enough.

Electricity Transmission

Transgrid Completes Smart Interconnector Upgrades

Australian utility Transgrid has used SmartValve technology from US-based grid enhancing technology company Smart Wires to improve the efficiency and capacity o…

CCS

GE Explores Carbon Capture at Combined Cycle Plants Across Asia

GE Gas Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean engineering firm DL E&C and its subsidiary CarbonCo to explore the integration of carbon…