Power

Electric Car

German Tech Firm to Launch $25,000 Solar Car Next Year

German tech Sono firms expects to launch solar-powered EV in 2023.

Hydrogen Production

Indonesia Tests Co-Firing of Coal and Gas With Biomass and Hydrogen

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to explore co-firing less carbon intensive fuels at power plants owned and operated by Indonesia Power.

Wärtsilä Reciprocating Engine Undergoes Hydrogen Pilot

Utility company WEC Energy Group and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) were among the partners to announce the completion of a hydrogen blending pilot pr…

Offshore Wind Power

Japan's TEPCO Renewable to Buy British Offshore Wind Power Firm

TEPCO Renewable Power, a unit of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, said on Wednesday it will buy 100% stake in Flotation Energy, a British floating offshor…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Germany's Cabinet Approves Accelerated Coal Exit by 2030 in Western State

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law to phase out coal-fired power plants in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia by 2030 instead of a pre…

Nuclear Power Plant

Poland's First Nuclear Power Plant to Cost Around $20 Bln - PM

Poland's first nuclear power station, which will be built by U.S. firm Westinghouse Electric Co, will cost around $20 billion.

Denmark

Equinor to Acquire Danish Solar Power Developer

Norwegian energy firm Equinor said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Denmark's BeGreen, a solar project developer in north-west Europe, for an undisclosed sum. …

LNG

Mitsubishi Power Partners With Damietta LNG to Enhance Power Supply Reliability and Availability

Mitsubishi Power has signed a long-term service agreement (LTSA) with Egyptian liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Damietta LNG.

Floating Solar Project

ACWA Power to Develop Floating Solar PV Projects for Indonesia

ACWA Power Company has announced that PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has chosen the company to develop two floating solar PV projects.

Smart Grid

Illinois Regulators Approve US Utilities’ Smart Meter Data Collaboration

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a smart meter collaboration that enables Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to securely transmit natural gas meter da…

CCS

GE Explores Carbon Capture at Combined Cycle Plants Across Asia

GE Gas Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korean engineering firm DL E&C and its subsidiary CarbonCo to explore the integration of carbon…

United States

Conduit Hydropower Capacity Could Add 1.4GW to US Grid

Conduit hydropower, which uses water from structures such as water supply pipelines and irrigation canals, has the potential to add 1.41GW of electricity to the…

Hydrogen Project

ACWA Power, EBRD Sign Sustainable Infrastructure Financing Deal

Focus countries are Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Egypt.

Wind Turbine

Wind Turbine Orders in Europe Show Downward Trend – Urgent Policy Support Needed

Wind turbine orders in the third quarter of 2022 fell by 36% compared with Q3 in 2021.

GE’s Renewables Business Reports $1.8bn Loss so Far This Year

Industrial giant GE reported a bumpy third quarter across its renewable energy and power business segments.