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Solar Company

Andrew Bray and Goldwind Among Winners of CEC Clean Energy Industry Awards

The 2021 Clean Energy Council Award winners announced today shine a spotlight on the leaders of the Australian renewable energy industry and reward the organisa…

Solar Power Plant

China to Add 619 GW of Solar This Decade

Indonesia will catch the eye too over the next nine years, according to analyst WoodMac, as its market grows from 300 MW to 8.5 GW.

Coal Production

EIA Says U.S. 2020 Coal Output Lowest Since 1965

The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday said U.S. coal production fell in 2020 to its lowest level since 1965 due to low global demand in the wake of…

EU

EU Unveils 'Fit for 55' Climate Package

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for realizing the European Union's ambitious target of reducing its net greenhouse gas emi…

Nuclear Fuel

Fuel Loading Under Way at Korean APR-1400

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power has today begun loading fuel assemblies into the core of unit 1 at its Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, days after being granted an o…

Iran

Iran Insists It can Enrich Uranium to 90% Purity - Weapons Grade - If Needed

President Hassan Rouhani's remark is his second such public comment this year about 90% enrichment -- a level suitable for a nuclear bomb -- underlining Iran's …

Coal Mine

Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery's First Large Set of Equipment Exported to Turkey

On July 12, the World-Energy was informed that the Chinese ocean-going container ship carrying the company's first large set of coal mining equipment had depart…

Power Construction

Burns & McDonnell, Entergy Start Aerial Work to Build 230-kV Transmission Line Through Louisiana Marshes

Engineering, procurement and construction firm Burns & McDonnell has finally started work to build an oft-delayed, terrain-challenged 16-mile electric transmiss…

United States

Elon Musk Says Tesla Powerwall Production Lagging Due to Chip Shortage

Musk said Tesla will only be able to make 30,000 to 35,000 of its home batteries in a best case scenario for the period ending in September 2021, blaming the ex…

Hydropower Plant

Croatia Prepares to Speed up Construction of Kosinj Hydropower System

Croatia plans to speed up the construction of Kosinj hydropower system worth an estimated 1.54 billion kuna ($243 million/205 million euro) by declaring it a st…

Energy Security

IS Militants Bomb 2 Power Transmission Towers in Iraq

Iraq has been witnessing a chronic power shortage since the US-led invasion in 2003, as the country's electricity plants generate a total of 19,000 megawatts, f…

Oil Price

Oil Falls Slightly Despite Crude Draw

The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday reported a draw in crude oil inventories of 4.079 million barrels for the week ending July 9, bringing the total 202…

Power Construction

Xcel to Build New 115kV Substation

Xcel Energy has begun construction on a new 115kV substation in Hereford, Texas.

EV Market

Korea: Sales of Imported Electric Vehicles Surge 65% in H1

Imported electric vehicle sales surged 65 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with a year ago.

Energy Storage Project

National Grid Says UK Could Need 13GW of Energy Storage by 2030 to Enable net Zero Future

The electricity system operator arm of National Grid in the UK has outlined four different pathways for the future of energy in the country in its Future Energy…