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2019 Is "Historic Year" for Pakistan's Development of Hydropower Resources

The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority says 2019 was a historic year for development of water and hydropower resources in Pakistan.

Energy storage technology

America Developing Non-lithium Energy-Storage Technologies

The U.S. is hoping to boost the viability of innovative energy-storage technologies, including green hydrogen, by offering up to $11m in grants to solutions tha…

Power Construction

The World's First Truly UHV AC Ring Network is Completed and Put into Production

On January 4, 2020, the 1000 kV UHV AC ring network project in Shandong Province, Hebei Province, China successfully completed the 72-hour trial operation and w…

Gas power plant

Work Starts on €120 Million Croatian Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plant

Italian contractor FATA has started construction work on a new gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) unit in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Nuclear Power Plant

CGN Changes Hongyanhe ACPR-1000 Start-Up Schedule

China General Nuclear (CGN) has announced that units 5 and 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Liaoning province are now expected to start operating in th…

Oil Falls As Middle East Anxieties Ebb for Now

The front-month contract for Brent crude North Sea oil was last seen down USD 0.73 at USD 68.18/bbl – off Monday’s three-month high – while the WTI equivalen…

Nuclear Fuel

Iran Scraps Limit on Uranium Enrichment

Iran said yesterday it will ignore the limit on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges agreed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), thus w…

Climate Change Can ‘Supercharge’ Wildfires in Australia for Extreme Heat And Drought

Climate change can increase the chances that areas prone to wildfires see both record high temperatures and drought simultaneously, creating the potential to ”…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Govt Approves Installation of 2,600 EV Charging Stations

The union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh are expected to get 72 and 70 charging stations while Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will get 10 each. The newly…

Coal Power

Centre Deallocates Coal Block Allotted to Arm of PFC for Power Project

The coal ministry had in 2010 allocated the coal block in Odisha for a 4000 MW power project to be set up by Sakhigopal Integrated Power Company Ltd.

Power Construction

UK National Grid Announce Contractors for £1bn Project to Rewire London

UK National Grid has agreed a six-year contract with Hochtief-Murphy Joint Venture (HMJV) to deliver the tunnelling and shaft work of the second phase of its Lo…

The U.S. Is The Global Leader on CCS Deployment with 10 Large-scale Facilities

There are now 19 large-scale CCS in operation globally, four under construction, and 28 in various stages of development. The facilities pipeline has replenishe…

Offshore Wind Power

2019 was a Record Year for Renewable Electricity Generation in Denmark

2019 was a record year for renewable electricity generation in Denmark. The national media outlet dr.dk reports that, for the first time ever, half of Denmark’…

Solar Power Panel

BYD to Double Solar Panel Production in Brazil

Chinese batteries and electric vehicles maker BYD Company Ltd plans to double solar panel production in Brazil starting from February 1, 2020.

The Largest Cleanup of Coal ash in U.S. Reaches Settlement

Duke Energy will save about $1.5 billion in coal ash cleanup costs under a settlement between the utility and environmental and other groups announced Jan. 2 by…