Power

Coal Power

Natural Gas Surpasses Coal in Carbon Emissions

Carbon emissions from coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, are on a steady decline, and carbon emissions from natural gas now surpass coal. The new data adds fuel to…

Clean Coal

Global Natural Gas Electricity Is Gaining On Coal

Perhaps the primary question for climate and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the ability of natural gas to displace coal in the power generation sector.

Nuclear Technology

Australia Taking First Steps towards Nuclear Energy

Australia’s Parliament presented this week a report that outlines a series of measures to take into consideration if the country wants to move forward with the…

Solar Power Plant

Solar Power Plant of 3.5 MW in Croatia’s Vis Island Nearly Completed

Ivo Radica, head of the Municipality of Vis in Croatia, said that the solar power facility that is under construction at a plot of 5.7 hectares would be an exce…

50 MWp Solar Park Combined with Pwalugu Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ghana

The Chinese company Sinohydro has begun construction of the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam in northern Ghana. It will be backed by a 50 MWp photovoltaic solar power …

Solar Power Panel

Tesla Releases Giant New Home Solar Power System

Tesla has released a giant new version of its latest home solar system – a 15.4 kW solar system suitable for 4,000+ sq ft homes.Over the last few months, Tesla…

Solar Power Plant

President Uhuru Launches Sh13b Solar Power Plant

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday launched one of the largest solar power generation facilities in East Africa.

NYSERDA to Replace Fossil Fuels with 20 MW Energy Storage System

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a unit of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20 MW stora…

Siemens Working on Modern Power Plants in Iran

Germany’s engineering giant Siemens, in a joint project with Iran’s largest energy construction and engineering group Mapna, is working on launching power pla…

Offshore Wind Power

A New Technology to Save the Region's Coastline from Being Ruined

While renewable energy is widely supported, there are concerns the associated onshore infrastructure, including substations, could risk "industrialising" the re…

Electricity Trade

Europe Study: France Biggest Electricity Exporter, Italy Largest Importer

A new report reveals that France was Europe’s biggest exporter of power in the first 11 months of this year, while Italy imported the largest volume of electri…

Micro Reactor

SMR Design Review Enters Final Phases

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the fourth phase of its review of the design certification application for NuScale's small modular reac…

India’s Azure Gets Green Light for 2GW ISTS Solar Project

Azure Power has lined up the latest solar contract of a string this year, securing the government’s backing for a major interstate transmission (ISTS) project.…

Rosatom

Orano to Supply Second Russian Deconversion Facility

France's Orano will supply a second depleted uranium hexafluoride defluorination plant to TVEL's JSC Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk in Russia's Krasnoyar…

African Union to Roll Out Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…