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Penn Power Wraps Up Resilience Projects in Time for Winter Cold

As winter approaches, The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) is wrapping up major projects expected to enhance electric service reliability for nearly 20,0…

Enel Green Power Installs Interactive Renewable Energy Exhibition in Acquoria Hydro Plant

A new permanent interactive exhibition has been inaugurated at the Acquoria hydro plant “to provide an innovative approach to describe how renewable energy is …

Mexico’s CFE Outlines Plans for 32 New Hydro Projects

Mexican state power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) will construct 32 projects as part of a national plan to recover and increase hydroelectric g…

EV Technology

BlackBerry's QNX Software to Power Next-Gen WM Motor Cars

BlackBerry Limited (BB - Free Report) recently announced that it has collaborated with China-based electric vehicle manufacturer WM Motor to augment the in-car …

Gas power plant

India Hopes to Revive 24GW of Gas-fired Power Plants

The Indian government is working on a new proposal to help 24 GW of stressed gas-fired power plants to operate at 90% at their capacity by importing gas and sel…

Ballard and HDF Energy Sign Agreement For the Development of Hydrogen

Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France (HDF Energy) for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt s…

Offshore Wind Power

Denmark's Ambitious Energy Plan: One Or More 10GW Offshore Wind 'Energy Islands'

Denmark unveiled plans for one or more ‘energy islands’ each supporting at least 10GW of offshore wind at a cost of up to DKr300bn ($44.5bn), in what could be…

Flora to Fuel: Could Wind-Powered Algae Make Bioreactors Competitive?

The ENBIO project uses excess energy from wind turbines to power 16 1,000-litre photo-bioreactors which grow algae that can then be used for biofuels. The proje…

Gas turbine engine

Siemens to Deliver Gas Turbines for Two New Peaking Power Plants in Belarus

Siemens has been selected to deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants for the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo in th…

South Korea Shuts Down 10 Coal-Fired Power Plants to Curb Pollution

The shutdown comes after the government said last month it would idle up as much as 15 coal-fired power plants between December and February, while its remainin…

Coal Trade

Japan to Keep Pushing Coal in Developing World Despite Criticism

Japan will continue providing backing to new coal-fired power projects in developing countries, a government source said Monday, despite international efforts t…

Nuclear Power Plant

East of England Nuclear Contracts Top £650m

More than £650m worth of nuclear contracts have been awarded to East of England companies for a nuclear power plant project which is set to provide the templat…

Micro Reactor

France and Japan Collaborate in Fast Reactor Development

An agreement to cooperate on the development of fast neutron reactors has been signed between Framatome and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Co…

ENGIE Chooses Plug Power Hydrogen Refueling System for World’s Largest Mine Truck

Global energy and services firm, ENGIE, has announced its selection of the Plug Power hydrogen refueling system for its largest in the world hydrogen powered mi…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Virtual Power Plant Rescues Grid After Coal Peaker Fails

Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant project in South Australia is only around ~2% complete, but it is already proving to be a difference-maker, rescuing Queensland’s …