Water

Zimbabwe Includes Pumped Storage Hydro in Renewable Energy Strategy

Swedish-owned Ngonyezi Projects has entered into a non-consumptive water use agreement with Zimbabwe National Water Authority, which will see the installation o…

Lehigh Engineers Designed A More Efficient Tidal Turbine with NSF Grant

Arindam Banerjee's lab uses innovative active grid turbulence generator to mimic water conditions of Verdant Power's Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Projec…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Ghanaian Firm Springfield Makes Historic Oil Discovery of 1.2bn Barrels in Deepwater

The company last month commenced its drilling activity in the West Cape Three Points Block 2 and a little over a month later made a discovery that was set to be…

Boralex Commissions 16MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station in Ontario

The hydroelectric power station includes two 8-MW turbines connected to a water intake, a concrete dam, water discharge facilities, including two inflatable wei…

New Exploration Method to Localise Potential Drilling Sites for Geothermal Energy

Researchers by the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam introduce a new method for exploration and the localization of interesting potential …

Biofuel Producers Made Significant Gains in Both Energy Efficiency And Water Conservation

The nation’s biofuel producers have made significant gains in both energy efficiency and water conservation in recent years, according to a report released by …

Solar Power Panel

Ecoppia to Deploy Solar Panel Cleaning Solutions for Over 400MW of PV Projects in India

Ecoppia, developer of fully autonomous, water-free PV panel cleaning solutions, has been chosen by Fortum to deploy its platform across multiple projects in Ind…

New Photocatalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Conversion by Solar Water-Splitting

This would allow clean fuel hydrogen to be made more economically and easily than before, making it a feasible source of renewable energy.

Norway Will Embrace Heating And Hot Water Control Solution for Smart Home

Norwegian households will soon for the first time have access to a heating and hot water control solution that embraces the Internet of Energy for the smart hom…

Heat Pumps Will Be the Next Focus for Energy-Efficiency Gains

Leaders from regional energy efficiency organizations said the answers will include heat pumps for space and water heating, strategic energy management programs…

Oil and Gas Technology

'Artificial Leaf' Successfully Produces Clean Gas

A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an 'artificial leaf' that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, an…

New Exploration Method for Geothermal Energy

Where to drill? This is the basic question in the exploration of underground energy resources, such as geothermal energy. Water in rocks flows along permeable p…

Geothermal Systems For Energy Efficiency, Comfort And Cost Savings

Geothermal systems use the earth’s constant temperature to maintain that same steady temperature in the home. The technology can supply heating, cooling, and w…

Swiss 900 MW Pumped Storage Plant Poised for Milestone

A €1.5bn pumped storage power plant in Switzerland will hit a major milestone this month when the plant’s two penstocks will be filled with water for the firs…

Iran 220 Water Power Projects to Come Online by March

More than 220 major power and water projects worth $3 billion will come on stream by the end of the current fiscal (March 2020), the Iran Energy Minister said M…