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Wind Power Project

Construction Starts on World’s Largest Offshore Wind Power Project

'First spade in the ground' on onshore civil works for $10bn Dogger Bank project, set to catapult sector into the global energy big league.

Energy Storage Battery

Trump Administration Halved Import Tariffs on Batteries Manufactured in China

The tariff on batteries, just part of $300 billion in Chinese goods targeted by the White House last year, will fall from 15 percent to 7.5 percent, effective F…

Global Power Industry Tenders In December 2019: Solar Technology Declines 24%

Comparing tenders activity in solar technology in different regions of the globe, Asia-Pacific held the top position with 65 tenders and a share of 72.2% during…

U.S. Department of Energy Annouced Final “Process Rule” in the Consideration of Energy Conservation Standards

On January 16th,the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final rule updating and streamlining aspects of the Department's current rule making process und…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Huge New Field Sends Norway’s Oil Production To 9-Year-High

The start-up of the massive Johan Sverdrup oilfield sent Norway’s oil production rising to a nine-year high in December 2019, beating the authorities’ forecas…

German CHP Plant Utilizing Jenbacher J920 Gas-Fired Engines

INNIO and Kraftanlagen München GmbH (KAM) have completed work on a 190-MW gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant replacing retired coal-fired generation…

AP&T Announces Cost Increases on 5-MW Hiilangaay Hydropower Project

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has announced that its 2019 results will include a pretax charge of about $10.5 million to $11.5 million, or $8.30 to $9…

Electricity Transmission

Nigerian National Grid Collapses, Leading to Blackouts Across the Country

The Nigerian national grid experienced its first collapse for 2020 on Thursday, 16 January, leading to blackouts across the country.

Offshore Wind Power

China Lays Foundation for Asia's Most Powerful Wind Turbine

Installation completed to support 10MW prototype that will be region's highest-rated machine yet in service

GOLDI to Develop Hydrogen-powered Buses And Drones for Europe

By Molly Burgess on Jan 16, 2020 Translate NEWSA new partnership has been formed to develop hydrogen-powered buses and drones for the European market.

Coal Trade

Seaborne Coal Trade Around The World Rose 0.7 Per Cent in 2019

Imports and exports, counted together, rose to 1.218 billion tonnes from 1.210 billion tonnes in 2018, VDKI Managing Director Franz-Josef Wodopia said in an spe…

Bloomberg NEF Report：China’s Renewable Investments Fall As US’s Rise in 2019

According to a report published by BloombergNEF, China, with $83.4bn of investments in the renewable sector, was still the biggest player in the industry but in…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Closes 2019 with a New Wind Energy Record in Spain

The Spanish business closed a successful year in 2019 with the installation of a new record of 1.2 GW, or 375 wind turbines, the highest amount of any year in t…

Solar Technology

An Invention could Soon Cut Five Percent of the World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In the 1980s, a global race was underway to find a more efficient way of converting energy from the sun into electricity.

Offshore Wind Power

Global Renewable Energy Capacity Investment of $282.2 Billion in 2019

Global investment in renewable energy capacity was $282.2 billion in 2019, up 1 per cent from $280.2 billion in 2018, according to the data. China, the world's …