Power

Wind Turbine

World's Largest Wind Turbine Blade Made by LM Wind Power Arrives in UK for Testing

The world’s largest wind turbine blade has arrived in the UK for testing at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult facility in Northumberland.

Wind Turbine

First Foundation Concrete Pour for Granville Harbour Wind Farm

Construction crews onsite at Granville Harbour Wind Farm have successfully completed the first concrete pour for one of the site's 31 wind turbine foundations.

Nuclear Power Plant

Three Mile Island Turned the Nation Against Nuclear Energy

Three Mile Island turned the nation against nuclear energy. Now the notorious complex is closing just as some say it still has a role to play.

Wind Power Tower

Taiwan's Offshore Wind Training Center Gets GWO Accreditation

Taiwan's first offshore wind energy training center has secured Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accreditation to deliver Basic Safety Training (BST) and Basic Te…

Solar Power Plant

Atlas Handed A Long-Term Solar PPA Agreement with Utility Engie Energía in Chile

Atlas Renewable Energy has landed a long-term PPA agreement with utility Engie Energía, which will help support the development of a 230MW-plus solar farm in C…

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Taking Module Capacity to Over 12GW in 2019

Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar plans to increase module assembly capacity to 12,220MW in 2019, an increase of 1,000MW on strong deman…

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…