Power

Indonesia Hopes to Raise the Geothermal Power Capacity from the Current 2GW to 7.2GW

The capacity would be an increase from less than 2GW of geothermal power currently, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources’s Director General of Renewabl…

Electricity Transmission

Power Cut Proved The UK Need to Have a Diverse Energy Mix

UK Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom has set out the scope of the government's investigation into the power cut that affected a million homes and caused travel …

PowerGrid Technology

Government Confirms Plan for Blackout Investigation

Andrea Leadsom announces Energy Emergencies Executives Committee is to review last week's power cut, as National Grid boss defends company's response.

Coalition of 22 US States in Lawsuit for the Trump Administration's"Dirty Power"

A coalition of 22 US states and seven local governments have sued the Trump Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its “Affordable Clean E…

Offshore Wind Power

US Picks Denmark's Offshore Wind Brain for Helping the US States in Their Work on Green Change

U.S. political representatives are paying a visit to Denmark to learn from its experience in offshore wind and to meet with the local industry.

Offshore Wind Power

First Haliade-X 12MW Blade Carried to the UK for Undergoing Testing

LM Wind Power has sent off the first 107m long blade for GE's Haliade-X 12MW turbine from its factory in Cherbourg, France, to the UK where it will undergo test…

Is Thorium the Fuel of the Future to Revitalize Nuclear?

This trend could continue until market forces make nuclear technology obsolete. Into this dynamic comes a resurgence in nuclear technology: liquid fluoride thor…

Rosatom

Rosatom Postpones Fast Neutron Reactor Programme

Rosenergoatom is expected to receive about RUB280 billion (USD4 billion) less in state funding for the construction of new nuclear reactors in Russia owing to t…

Peel Enviromental Invest £130m to Develop 11 Waste Plastic to Hydrogen Facilities in UK

Peel Environmental – part of Peel L&P – has signed a Collaboration Agreement with Waste2Tricity and PowerHouse Energy which would see 11 waste plastic to hydr…

Solar Power Plant

New Study Proves: Agrivoltaics Has Huge Potential to Provide Reliable Energy

Agrivoltaics – the concept of co-developing the same area of land to support both conventional agriculture and solar photovoltaic (PV) power – would be suffic…

Solar Price

New Study Shows:Solar Power Has Become Cheaper Than Grid Electricity Across China

Projects in every city analysed by the researchers could be built today without subsidy, at lower prices than those supplied by the grid, and around a fifth cou…

Solar Power Plant

One in Five Cities Finding Renewable Energy Lower Cost Than Coal

Researchers estimated the costs of solar energy systems in 344 Chinese cities.Commercial and industrial setups and grid-level generators were considered.Solar e…

Offshore Wind Power

UK to Probe World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm's Role in Blackout

An inquiry is underway into a huge UK power outage partly blamed on system disruption at the Hornsea 1 offshore wind project – the world’s largest – that is …

Orbital Choose Texo to Build O2 Tidal StreamTurbine

Scottish company Texo Group has been awarded a “multi-million pound” contract by Orbital Marine Power to manufacture to latter’s 2MW O2 tidal stream turbine.…

Market Analysis

Wind Power is Enjoying A Prime Period in US with Record Low Costs And Prices

Wind power is enjoying a prime period in the United States, with record low technology costs spurring strong investment, as local production of components helps…