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5 Emerging Energy Technologies to Watch Out For in 2020

2019 was a year of consolidation rather than breakthroughs for clean energy technologies. Will 2020 be different?

115 MW of Geothermal Capacity Under Development on Indonesia

With six geothermal power projects under development on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, up to 115 MW of geothermal power generation capaci…

Ireland to Open 1st Renewables Auction in Early 2020

The Irish government on Monday gave the green light to the country’s first auction under its new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) that is seen to pa…

German City Exploring Reactivating Geothermal Wells Drilled in the 1970s

The municipality of Bad Urach in Southern Germany is looking at repurposing two wells drilled for a hot dry rock geothermal project in the 1970s and utilise the…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Ethanol Conversion Approach Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40%-96%

One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II Plant Begins Providing District Nuclear Heating

Unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, operator Rosenergoatom has annou…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Continues to Drop in the US

By comparing 2018 and 2019 energy production data for the entire country, the researchers found that coal generation in 2019 Q2 was down 19% when compared to th…

Market Analysis

Installed Solar Capacity is Now Greater than Oil in the United States

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, sol…

Solar Power Panel

FRV Applies to Build 100MW Solar and Battery Project in South Australia

Plans to build a 100MW solar farm with a 50MW/100MWh battery in South Australia’s Clare Valley have been submitted to the state’s planning commission for deve…

Hydrogen Project

H21 100% Hydrogen project receives £6.8m for phase two of hydrogen network research

H21, a UK gas industry programme focused on converting the network to carry 100% hydrogen, has been awarded £6.8m from Ofgem to commence the second phase of it…

CSIRO Identifies Five Key Opportunities for Hydrogen Industry Growth in Australia

A report from the Australian national science agency CSIRO has mapped the critical research steps Australia must take to realize a potential 7,600 jobs and $11 …

Gas turbine engine

MET Turbochargers For X-DF Engines

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment said it is delivering MET Turbochargers for the world's largest two-stroke dual-fuel X-DF engine, the 1…

How Heat Pumps Can Cut Carbon Pollution from Buildings

When outside temperatures drop to 10 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it feels cold. But there’s still heat in that air that can be extracted and used to warm homes.T…

Combined cycle power plant

Biskra Combined-Cycle Power Plant

The Biskra combined-cycle power project involves the development of a 1,338MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Biskra Province, Algeria.

Power Construction

ADB to Provide $451 Million to Strengthen Grid in Southern India

The funds will be used to build an extra-high-voltage transmission link to transmit 9 GW of capacity, including 6 GW of renewables, to the Chennai–Kanyakumari …