Power

Pumped Storage

World’s Largest Capacity Pumped Storage Hydropower Project to Be Built in Queensland

An ambitious plan to build the world’s largest pumped storage hydropower project in terms of capacity has been announced by Queensland Premier, Annastacia Pala…

Electricity Transmission

Romania Secures €420m+ for Massive Grid Overhaul

Contracts have been signed valuing €424.4 million ($411.8 million) for nine projects to oversee the digitisation and modernisation of Romania’s transmission n…

Smart Grid

Northern Ireland Smart Grid Demo Delivers Savings

Project Girona, Northern Ireland’s first smart grid project, was designed by The Electric Storage Company to demonstrate the potential benefits of a smart loca…

Nuclear Giant Westinghouse Acquired by Renewable Power Company and Uranium Fuel Supplier

A consortium comprised of Brookfield Renewable Partners, together with its institutional partners, and Cameco Corp. announced on Oct. 11 an agreement to acquire…

Offshore Wind Power

Massive Stellar Winds of Growth for Global Offshore Wind, New Analysis Finds

Offshore wind opportunities soar with 135GW of potential capacity available in leasing rounds, according to a report.

Can Grid Expansion Keep up With Surge in Solar Power Generation?

Solar power generation to surge in the near to medium term.

Wind Farm

Nordex Received an Order for up to 137 MW Wind Farm in Poland

At the end of September, a subsidiary of Ignitis Group, Lithuania’s state energy holding company, commissioned the Nordex Group to supply 37 N117/3600 wind tur…

Floating Offshore Wind

World-Leading Pentland Floating Wind Project Selects Floating Technology Provider

Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF), a 100MW development key to advancing the global deployment of large-scale floating offshore wind, has selected Sti…

Offshore Wind Power

Major Milestone for Japanese Offshore Wind Energy

Seajacks International recently completed the installation of all 33 wind turbines at the Akita and Noshiro offshore wind farm situated off Japan’s Akita Prefe…

New Electrode Technology Boosts Efficiency of Power-to-Gas Production

Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation has developed new technology that helps to improve the efficiency and potentially the commercial viability of Power-to-Gas (P2G)…

Wind Farm

ENERCON and Enerjisa ÜRetim Partner on 1GW Wind Farm in Turkey

German wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON and Turkish renewables investor Enerjisa Üretim are teaming up to implement the YEKA RES 2 onshore wind energy project…

Natural Gas

GE and India’s NTPC to Demo Co-Firing Hydrogen in Gas Turbines

GE and Indian power company NTPC have agreed to evaluate the demonstration of hydrogen blending using GE’s 9E gas turbines.

United Kingdom

Octopus Energy Flexibility Scheme Pays Prosumers to Support the Grid

UK energy supplier Octopus Energy is announcing a new energy reduction and flexibility scheme while calling to end the prospect of electricity blackouts.

Smart Grid

FirstEnergy Brings 3-Year US Smart Grid Automation Project to a Close

As the grid implications of intense weather events become more obvious, an electric utility in Ohio has announced the completion of a smart grid automation proj…

Austria

Austria Seeks Allies for Legal Challenge to EU Green Investment Rules

Austria said on Monday it was seeking to enlist other European Union countries to support its legal action against Brussels for labelling investment in gas and …