Power

Submarine Cable

NKT Commits to Net Zero Emissions

NKT has signed up to the Science Based Target initiative to become a net zero emissions company.

Distributed energy

New Coalition to Power 1bn People with Sustainable Energy by 2030

Global organisations have joined the Rockefeller Foundation to form a coalition aimed at providing sustainable energy for one billion people within this decade.

Coal Production

Pakistan's ‘No New Coal-Fired Power’ Announcement – Implications For Coal Across The Belt And Road Initiative

Pakistan was until now intending to exploit its domestic coal reserves and reach 38,000 megawatts of coal-fired power by 2047

Carbon Neutral

STMicroelectronics Announces will be Carbon Neutral by 2027

It added the plan for a 100 per cent renewable energy sourcing target through a combination of on-site solar installations, green-power purchase agreements, and…

Microgrid

The Renewable Microgrid Powering a Chilean Conservation Project

A renewable microgrid consisting of run-of-the-river hydropower, solar generation, and a battery storage system has been installed to provide green electricity …

Australia

Hydro Tasmania Selects Lake Cethana as First Pumped Hydro Project

Hydro Tasmania has announced that it has selected Lake Cethana as its preferred pumped hydro site, with the project now set to progress to final feasibility sta…

Hydropower Plant

Vinci-led Consortium to Build Sambangalou Dam, Senegal

A consortium led by Vinci Construction has signed a contract with the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation to build the Sambangalou dam in Senegal, close…

Wind Power Project

Wind Energy Project in Huascachaca will Operate from January 2022

The construction of the Minas de Huascachaca Wind Power Project is 56% complete, which is in the province of Loja, in the Saraguro canton, in the San Sebastián…

Wind Power Project

Morocco to be Home to a 900 MW Wind Energy Plant in Dakhla

Morocco is set to be home to a 900 MW wind power plant in Dakhla courtesy of Soluna Technologies Ltd, a newly-founded company powering the blockchain-economy wi…

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.

Smart Meter

Smart Thermostat-Linked Smart Meters to be Trialled for Energy Management in UK

UK supplier OVO Energy and German smart home startup tado° are to lead the first trial linking smart meters with smart thermostats in UK.

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: GRS Completes Construction of the Greefspan II Solar Power Plant

The Spanish company GRS Energy, completes the construction of the Greefspan II solar power plant in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

Solar Power Plant

US Large-Scale Solar On Track for a Record 2020

New Solar Market Insight report shows that, coronavirus-related hiccups aside, the utility-scale solar sector is set for growth.

Wind Farm

Enel Kick Starts 1.3GW Brazilian Mega-Builds

Work underway on four wind farms and one solar plant in the north-east of the country

Nuclear Equipment

Framatome and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Team up on Nuclear

Framatome and US-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) have signed a teaming agreement to provide digital protection relays to nuclear power plants.