Power

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 …

Offshore Wind Power

Estonia And Latvia to Jointly Develop An Offshore Wind Mega-project of 1GW in the Baltic Sea

The Liivi Bay project in the Gulf of Riga, which would be developed by Estonia's Eesti Energia, would present the two small Baltic nations with a means of sprea…

Thermal Plant

Engie Will Close its Newest Power Plant in Chile to Become Carbon Neutral

Engie will close its newest power plant in Chile after just five years of operations as part of the country's efforts to become carbon neutral, the company said…

Sciencetists Develop A New Material for Capturing Carbon Dioxide

In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing ca…

Electricity Transmission

SSEN Submits Scots Grid Masterplan

SSEN Transmission has today submitted a business plan to the UK energy regulator Ofgem for the future of the north of Scotland electricity network that aims to …

New Technology

Reduce the Water Use in Thermal Power Plants by Satellite Imagery

A team of researchers at LUT University in Finland has recently investigated water use in thermal power plants, trying to project future scenarios for water use…

EU Opens Subsidies for Electric Battery Push

The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Monday approved billions of euros in subsidies from seven member states as Europe seeks to make up lost ground in batt…

PowerGrid Technology

Used Electric Vehicle Batteries Charge Up the Grid

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an innovative control system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to store electricity for …

Solar Price

Perovskite Solar Cell Method to Make Solar Energy More Affordable

That's when French inventor and renewable energy pioneer Augustin Mouchot used his diverse expertise in mathematics and physical sciences—along with his keen i…

World Bank to Monitor Implementation of Action Plan for 183.2-MW Isimba Hydro Project

The World Bank board of executive directors have considered a Management Report and approved a Management Action Plan that respond to an independent Inspection …

Seismic Upgrades Move Forward at B.F. Sisk Dam

A billion-dollar seimic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir in California is to move forward, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Ca…