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Wind Farm

China’s First 16-Megawatt Offshore Wind Turbine Project Begins Construction

The construction of China’s first large-scale 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine project has begun. The total installed capacity of the wind farm is 400 me…

Offshore Wind Power

Wind Power and Solar Already Surpass Gas in Electricity Generation in the EU

Wind and solar generated a fifth (22.28%) of the EU’s electricity in 2022, surpassing gas (19.91%) for the first time in a sector dominated by nuclear and…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Reactor at Karachi Nuclear Plant

The third unit of the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) in Pakistan was inaugurated by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Feb. 2, adding another 1.1 …

Solar Technology

Space-Based Solar Market Worth $821M by 2027 – Report

The global Space-based solar power market was valued at US$455 million in 2021 and it is expected to reach US$821 million in 2027.This is according to the lates…

Floating Offshore Wind

Tokyo Gas Starts Joint Evaluation of Fukushima Offshore Wind Project

Japan’s Tokyo Gas 9531.T and Shinobuyama Fukushima Power Co have started to evaluate a floating wind power project off the coast of Fukushima, Tokyo Gas s…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Demolition of Biblis Cooling Towers Begins

The first of four 80-metre-high cooling towers has been demolished at the Biblis nuclear power plant in Germany. The two-unit plant was shut down in March 2011 …

Nuclear Reactor

Unit 3 of Slovakia’s Mochovce Nuclear Plant Connected to the Grid

Slovakia’s power utility Slovenské elektrárne (SE) has connected to the grid the 440 MW Unit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant. The 1.9 …

Natural Gas

Russia’s Natural Gas Production Fell by More Than 13% In 2022

Russia’s natural gas production fell by more than 13% in 2022, according to preliminary data published by the Russian state statistics service Rosstat. As…

Oil & Gas Trade

Shell and Conocophillips More Than Doubled Their Earnings in 2022

The British oil and gas company Shell has released its 2022 results, posting a US$40bn profit for the year, a more than twofold increase compared to its 2021 ea…

Solar Cell

Hanwha Will Buy All of Rec Silicon’s Polysilicon Coming Out of Moses Lake for Next 10 Years

REC Silicon just announced that 100% of its polysilicon product at its Moses Lake factory will go to Hanwha Solutions for the next 10 years.The polysilicon fact…

Solar Power Panel

New Community Solar Install Marks Milestone for Comed

Speedway Solar Project in Joliet, IllinoisComEd and Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) have announced the opening of the 75th community solar development in ComEd’…

Rooftop PV System

European Council Speeds up Permission Procedures but Only for Solar Systems on Buildings

Following an EU Commission proposal, the Council of the European Union adopted its Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 on 19 December 2022 as a framework to accel…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Could Answer Nigeria’s Rocketing Energy Demand Says Irena

According to the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hydropower capacity in the country could grow to 15.5GW by 2050, providin…

EV Market

America Has Come a Long Way From an Early Electric Car Casualty

Chelsea Sexton at Fully Charged LIVE, Austin, TX, Feb ,1 2020. Credit: BenjaminNelson via YouTubeTwenty-two years ago, Chelsea Sexton was laid off from one of h…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Enphase Will Release Its Own Bidirectional EV Charger

Enphase Energy is getting into the bidirectional EV charger game, after successfully demonstrating its vehicle-to-home and -grid functionality .Enphase acquired…