Power

Offshore Wind Power

First-Ever Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Lease Sale Underway

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has kicked off the offshore wind energy lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico. As of 9:00 EST (15:00 CET), BOEM will…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Secures Wind Area Lease Offshore Louisiana, Texas Sites Attract Zero Bids

RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC has won the rights to develop offshore wind capacity at the Lake Charles Lease Area in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, USA.The area …

Offshore Wind Power

RWE Grows U.S. Offshore Wind Development Portfolio by 2-Gigawatt in Boem's First-Ever Offshore Wind Lease Auction in the Gulf of Mexico

RWE has secured a lease area in the Gulf of Mexico with a capacity to develop up to 2 gigawatts of fixed-bottom offshore wind and power over 350,000 U.S homes w…

Geothermal Power Project

British Star Energy Acquires Croatian Geothermal Developer

Galeria Petar Smajic in Ernestinovo, Croatia (source: Rp031, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)British energy company Star Energy Group, through subsidiary GT…

Geothermal Power Project

Swiss Geo Energy to Launch Geophysical Campaign in Eclépens Region

Simplified diagram of a how geophysical seismic campaign works (source: Swiss Geo Energy)Swiss Geo Energy (SGE) has announced the imminent launch of its geophys…

Solar Power Plant

Singapore's Bila Solar to Invest $35 Million in Indianapolis Manufacturing Plant

Bila Solar, a solar module manufacturer based in Singapore, announced plans to invest upwards of $35 million in a new module manufacturing facility in Indianapo…

Wind Farm

Google, Apex Clean Energy Enter PPA for 189 MW North Carolina Wind Farm

Apex Clean Energy and Google today announced a power purchase agreement for the full 189 MW capacity of Timbermill Wind to be constructed in North Carolina.Timb…

Solar Panel

Las Vegas Sphere Could Soon Get Most of Its Power From Solar and Battery Storage

(Photo by Tomás Del Coro on Flickr)Sphere Entertainment Co. announced it has submitted a 25-year agreement with NV Energy, the primary electric utility i…

Battery

Battery Storage Could Lower the Cost of Grid Infrastructure, Says Developers

A Harmony Energy BESS project. Image: Harmony Energy.Last week, Solar Power Portal’s sister publication Current± released a blog discussing how bat…

Wind Farm

Denmark's Orsted Anticipates $730 Mln Impact on US Portfolio

General view of the Walney Extension offshore wind farm operated by Orsted off the coast of Blackpool, Britain, September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo…

Solar Power Plant

FRV Australia Secures Three New Solar Sites in New Zealand

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Australia (FRV), a leading developer of sustainable energy solutions, and part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy and OMERS, has further …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Has 243 GW of New Coal Power Approved or Under Construction: Research

China currently has 243 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power either approved or under construction, enough to power the whole of Germany, with local governments s…

Electricity Transmission

Senegalese Power Plant Opts for Wärtsilä Long-Term Service Agreement to Ensure Supply Reliability

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a long-term service agreement for two years with ContourGlobal, a global energy provider based in the U.S. The ag…

Microgrid

Alliant Energy Completes Battery Storage Microgrid in Small Wisconsin Village

A small step for Wisconsin, a giant leap for energy resiliency.In what many are calling a first for the state, construction of a community-scale microgrid has b…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

TOGG's Ambitious Roadmap: Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles on the Horizon

The Turkish automaker, TOGG, known for its recent launch of the electric SUV model T10X, is setting its sights on a new realm of innovation. During a recent fac…