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Joe Biden

Biden to Nominate Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Former EPA Chief Gina McCarthy for Energy and Climate Posts

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to soon announce his choices for two crucial positions in his administration — the Secretary of Energy and the White Hous…

Electricity Transmission

Integrated UK Grid from 2025 ‘Extremely challenging’

National Grid Electricity Systems Operator believes using shared transmission to link UK wind farms from 2025 could result in missed 2030 deployment targets of …

Electric Car

Mercedes Reconfiguring Factories To Produce 6 New Electric Cars By 2022

Mercedes-Benz announced this week it plans to introduce 6 new battery electric models to its EQ brand lineup by the end of 2022 and is making major upgrades at …

China

Xi Congratulates Complete Success of Chang'e-5 mission

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated the complete success of the Chang'e-5 mission that brings back the country's first samples collected from…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Video: Tesla NEWEST EV Batteries vs Solid State Lithium Metal Batteries

​There has been a lot of hype around Solid State Batteries over the years and they are often touted as the “Holy Grail” of battery technology.

PowerGrid Technology

Siemens Technology Used in Sarajevo Substation Upgrade

CET Energy have installed Siemens’ Ruggedcom technology in the Sarajevo 10 substation as part of a large upgrade.

Wind Farm

The Danish Energy Agency Grant Permits for Vesterhav Syd and Nord Wind Power Plants

On Monday 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency gave permission for the construction work on the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord to begin.

Electric Car

Aptera Launches First Never-Charge Solar Electric Vehicle

The EV, which integrates metal 3D printed parts, can now be ordered

Power Construction

AboitizPower Unit Cotabato Light Upgrades Power Substation, Improves Reliability

AboitizPower distribution unit Cotabato Light and Power Company is currently undergoing a major upgrade of its Malagapas substation.

Hydrogen Technology

Consortium Concludes Next-Generation Hydrogen Production Research

Advent Technologies has concluded a Department of Energy HydroGen Program in which a number of collaborators advanced the state of hydrogen production with a ne…

Gas turbine engine

GE Completes Upgrade Works at Iraq’s 125MW Power Plant

GE has announced the completion of a major overhaul of a 9E.03 gas turbine at the Ministry of Electricity’s Al Qudus Power Plant in Iraq.

Gas power plant

TVA Selects Emerson to Upgrade 980MW Magnolia Power Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected US-based technology company Emerson to upgrade and optimise its 980MW Magnolia natural gas power plant.

Electric Vehicle Battery

TU Graz and AVL Open Lab for Solid-State Batteries

A major challenge is high resistances form at the interfaces that prevent rapid ion transport between the electrodes and thus lead to a significant loss of perf…

Wind Turbine Blade

GE, Veolia Agree US Blade Recycling Pact

GE Renewable Energy has an reached an agreement with Veolia North America to recycle blades removed from its US-based onshore turbines during upgrades and repow…

Coal Production

Cerrejon Prepares to Gradually Restart Coal Production

Colombian coal producer Cerrejon is expected to gradually restart operations on 8 December following a three-month strike, according to Igor Diaz, president of …