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Distributed energy

European Investment Bank to Stop Financing Fossil Fuel Projects

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021 in a move to aligning all its financing activities wi…

Combined cycle power plant

Japan's Mitsui to Invest in 2.5 GW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Thailand

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co said on Monday it has decided to invest in a $1.6 billion project to build a 2.5 gigawatt(GW) gas-fired combined cycle power …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South Korea to Close 6 Older Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2021, from Planned 2022

South Korea’s six older coal-fired power plants will be retired by 2021, a year earlier than previously planned, as part of the country’s ongoing efforts to c…

Power Construction

Could the Nation’s Fridges Rebalance the UK Grid?

A new deal between the UK’s National Grid and Asda will see the supermarket giant provide around 13MW of ‘virtual battery power’ from its air-conditioning an…

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla Big Battery Adds New Capacity and Services on March to 100pct Renewables Grid

French renewable energy and storage developer Neoen has confirmed that the so-called Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in South Australia will get a 50 per cent li…

Nuclear Power Plant

Chinese Nuclear Heating Project Starts Up

China's first commercial nuclear heating project has begun operating at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong province. The plant's two AP1000 units will …

Iran Energy Minister : To Launch 9 Thermal Power Plants,Build 10 New Dams

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said nine thermal power stations are planned to come on stream in various provinces across the country, adding that ten …

Power Construction

As Extreme Storms Wreck Power Grids, Japan Seeks Home Battery Networks

After recent typhoons ravaged Japan’s grid and disrupted power to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage s…

Tidal Barrages – Power In The Balance

Global potential for tidal power is huge, with the World Energy Council estimating that up to 1,000GW of marine energy could be installed by mid-century – equi…

Atlantis Successfully Decommissions 1.2 MW SeaGen Tidal System in Industry First

SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited, the global developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy projects, is pleased to announce that it has successfully decommis…

Electric Car

Volvo Buses Demonstrates Autonomous Electric Bus in Bus Depot

Volvo Buses recently demonstrated the potential of a 12-meter electric and autonomous bus at a bus depot.

Thermal Plant

51% of India's Coal-fired Power Plants Set to Miss Emission Norm Deadline

Thermal power companies, which produce three-quarters of the country's electricity, account for some 80% of India's industrial emissions of sulphur- and nitrous…

Angola to Buy 5000MW from Congo’s Grand Inga Hydropower Plant

Angola is set to buy 5000MW from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo’s proposed $14bn Grand Inga hydropower plant project.

Innovate for Efficiency: The Industrial Blueprint for Energy Savings

The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) (Govt. of India, Ministry of Power), which ran its first cycle fro…

Combined cycle power plant

AES Corp to Build $1.7 Billion Gas-Fired Power Plant in Vietnam

The deal for building the 2.2-gigawatt Son My 2 Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant was signed in Hanoi in the presence of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur …