Power

Solar Power Panel

Germany Launches Tender for 1.95 GW of Solar PV Capacity

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has launched a new tender, which seeks to add 1.95 GW of solar PV capacity across Germany. The deadline fo…

Energy Technology

NREL Publishes New Analysis Quantifying EGS Potential

EGS diagram (source: DOE, Geothermal Technologies Program)The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a new analysis that quantifies the poten…

Geothermal Power Plant

Eramet Signs Mou for Geothermal Lithium Extraction in Alsace, France

Well at Rittershoffen geothermal site in Alsace, France (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)The French mining company Eramet has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understan…

Denmark

Locations Identified for Geothermal Heating Plants in Aarhus, Denmark

City view over Aarhus, Denmark (source: flickr/ User:Colin, creative commons)Danish geothermal heating company Innargi has announced the location of the first t…

Indonesia

Indonesia Will Issue Emission Quotas for 33.6 GW of Coal-Fired Plants in 2023

Indonesia will issue emission quotas for several coal-fired power plants before the end of January 2023, as a first step towards creating a mechanism for domest…

Wind Farm

Enel Green Power Concludes Ppa to Supply Wind Energy to Air Liquide and Sasol at Its Secunda Site in South Africa

Enel Green Power has signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Air Liquide Large Industries South Africa and Sasol South Africa respectively for the long-…

Energy Technology

NASA and DARPA Target 2027 Nuclear Rocket Engine Test in Space

The USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are to collaborate on developing an…

Hydropower Plant

Estonia Will Build Its First Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant (550 MW)

The Estonian developer Energiasalv has received the necessary permits to build a 550 MW pumped-storage hydropower plant, which will be located in Paldiski, nort…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukraine Plans to Build Two Us-Made Reactors for the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Plant

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted an order to launch organizational measures and begin work on project documentation for the construction of two …

Market Analysis

Victoria Must Increase Transmission Capacity to Meet Offshore Wind Targets

Data analysed by Cornwall Insight Australia has shown that Victoria will need to increase its transmission capacity in the South East by an additional 2GW by 20…

Market Analysis

“Fuels of the Future”: Biofuel Industry Blames Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke for Missed Climate Protection Targets in the Transport Sector

The Federal Ministry for the Environment, supported by Federal Minister of Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, risks derailing climate change mitigation in the trans…

Energy Storage Project

GSF Acquires Energy Storage Project in Texas

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc (GSF), London's first listed energy storage fund supporting the transition to low carbon power in the UK and internation…

Hydrogen Production

Axpo, Rhiienergie Break Ground on Swiss Hydrogen Production Facility at Hydropower Plant

Renewable energy producer Axpo and electric utility firm Rhiienergie have today (January 24) announced they have broken ground on a green hydrogen production fa…

Energy Technology

Containment Building Completed at Zhangzhou 1

Construction has been completed of the outer dome of the containment building of unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province, Chi…

Japan

IAEA Task Force Reviews Fukushima Water Discharge Plan

The International Atomic Energy (IAEA) Task Force established to monitor Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP has comple…