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Angola to Buy 5000MW from Congo’s Grand Inga Hydropower Plant

Angola is set to buy 5000MW from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo’s proposed $14bn Grand Inga hydropower plant project.

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…

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.

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.

Energy storage technology

In Search for Cheaper, Longer Energy Storage, Mountain Gravity could Eventually Top Lithium-Ion

Mountain gravity energy storage could be a viable way to store electricity for longer durations and at larger scales than lithium-ion battery storage can, accor…

Energy storage technology

Using Mountains for Long-Term Energy Storage

The storage of energy for long periods of time is subject to special challenges. A researcher proposes using a combination of Mountain Gravity Energy Storage (M…

Electricity Trade

Energy Trading via Power Pools Can Ease Energy Poverty

Trade in electricity helps bring down energy prices, mitigate against power shocks, relieve shortages, facilitate decarbonisation and provide incentives for mar…

EV Technology

UK's Most Efficient Solar-Powered Electric Car at 50 Miles Per Hour

Undergraduate students at Cambridge University have teamed up with Formula 1 engineering experts and Bridgestone to design and build Helia — a solar-powered el…

Heat Pumps Will Be the Next Focus for Energy-Efficiency Gains

Leaders from regional energy efficiency organizations said the answers will include heat pumps for space and water heating, strategic energy management programs…

Pfizer Finds $35,000 Energy Savings Through Pilot Duct Sealing Project

When Pfizer began renovating its manufacturing facilities in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, it knew that much of the existing ductwork serving the various buildings wo…

Combined cycle power plant

Siemens To Upgrade Steam Power Plant In Vietnam To Combined Cycle Power Plant

Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This project wil…

Steam turbine

Toshiba Will Supply Steam Turbines and Generators for Major Thermal Power Plant Upgrade Project in Australia

Toshiba won a major contract to retrofit steam turbines, generators, and associated equipment as part of the modernization project of EnergyAustralia’s Mt Pipe…

ADB, Kyrgyz Republic Sign Agreement to Upgrade Uch-Kurgan Hydropower plant

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of the Kyrgyz Republic have signed a $100 million financing package to modernize aging equipment and improve…

High-Capacity Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project Moves Towards Trials

Norwegian shipbuilder Havyard, which won a Nkr104M (US$11.4M) technology development grant from the Norwegian Government in late 2018, has signed an agreement w…

Nuclear Power Plant

China's Nuclear Capacity to Hit 113GW by End-2028 as Reactors Quickly Upgrade

China is expected to remain a global outperformer in nuclear power, with its capacity projected to expand from the 44.6GW as of end-2018 to 113GW or over 25% of…