Water

Coal Mine

Is Water From Disused Coal Mines the Best Alternative to Gas Boilers?

A £450k project will explore whether mine water from disused coal mines could be used to heat homes and schools

Oil&Gas Drilling

China’s First Self-Developed Shallow-Water Subsea Xmas Tree System Successfully Put Into Use

China's first self-developed shallow-water subsea Xmas tree system was successfully put into operation in the Jinzhou waters of the Bohai Sea, China National Of…

Germany

Germany’s Largest Heat Storage in the Starting Blocks

Germany's largest heat accumulator is expected to be commissioned at the start of next year. The heat storage is located on Vattenfall's site at the Reuter West…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and Hellenic Petroleum Collaborate to Develop Offshore Wind Farms

RWE and Hellenic Petroleum Holdings, through their respective subsidiaries RWE Renewables GmbH and HELPE Renewables SA, have joined forces to jointly explore of…

Floating Offshore Wind

Five Areas Flagged for Floating Wind Development in Celtic Sea

Five broad areas for the development of floating offshore wind have been identified in the UK waters of the Celtic Sea by the Crown Estate, the British Queen’s…

Germany

Vattenfall Starts Filling Up 200MW Thermal Storage Tower in Berlin

​Swedish public utility Vattenfall is about to start filling a 45m-high, 200MW-rated thermal energy storage facility with water in Berlin, Germany.

Smart Grid

DEWA’s Smart Grid System to Augment Restorative Management

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has launched an Automatic Smart Grid Restoration System (ASGR) to increase the control, management and monitoring o…

First Electric Flying Ferry Will Make Stockholm’s Waterborne Public Transport Faster Than Cars and Subway

The world’s fastest electric ship, the Candela P-12 Shuttle, is set to hit Stockholm’s waters next year, heralding a new era of transport.

Energy Investment

Renewable Energy: Bringing New Wave of Sustainable Energy Investment to Africa

As IWP&DC discovered, there is much to discuss with regards to climate change, water supplies, hydropower potential and investment across Africa.

Net Zero Emission

Japan Tests Deep-Ocean Current Turbines in Search of New Renewables

Japan has lots of coastline and control over the world's sixth-largest territorial waters, making ocean-based alternative energy ideas particularly attractive.

Solar Power Panel

Solar PV on Canals and Water Bodies

This clean energy is a solution promising self-sufficiency, but it is land intensive

Hydrogen Production

Organic Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysts Could Make Hydrogen Easier to Generate From Water Using Sunlight

A research team headed by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has developed organic semiconductor-based photocatalysts that could mak…

Hydrogen Production

Light Instead of Electricity: A New Kind of “Green Hydrogen”

Today, green hydrogen is usually created by splitting up water using electrical current derived from renewable energy sources. Scientists at TU Wien have now de…

Hydrogen Project

Green Hydrogen Projects in Desert Regions Could Boost Clean Water for Local People: Irena

Water desalination only adds less than 4% to the levelised cost of H2 in the most conservative scenario, says agency.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell, BP Strike US Gulf Deal Ahead of Planned Drilling

Shell and BP have finalized an exchange of acreage in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico ahead of planned drilling in the greater Mars Basin, one of the region’s mos…