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Energy Storage Battery

AES Closes Financing for 400MWh US Battery

AES Corporation has closed a $154m non-recourse debt financing for a 400-megawatt hour standalone grid battery storage in California, US.

Energy Investment

CSIRO Receives $1 Million in Funding for Hydrogen Refueling Station As Part of VH2

The $10-million VH2 project is designed to bring researchers, industry partners and businesses together to test, trial and demonstrate new and emerging hydrogen…

Hydrogen Project

Naturgy and Enagás Studying Production of Green Hydrogen from 350 MW of Wind Power in Asturias

Naturgy and Enagás are studying the production of green hydrogen from a 250MW floating offshore wind farm and another 100MW onshore wind farm in Asturias for i…

Electric Car

Ford Increases Electric Vehicle Spending to $22bn

Ford Motors increased its planned investment into vehicle electrification to at least $22bn by 2025, nearly doubling its previous commitment of $11.5bn.

Distributed Solar

SirajPower Achieves 100 MWp Distributed Solar Portfolio

SirajPower, a leading distributed solar energy provider in the UAE, has reported significant growth as it doubled its solar assets in 2020 to achieve 100 MWp di…

Wind Power Project

South Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan for World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant by 2030 as part of efforts to foster an environmentally-friendly re…

Solar Power Plant

Green Lantern Completes Sixth Solar Array for Vermont’s Sugarbush Resort

Green Lantern Solar has completed construction of a 133-kW solar array on Sugarbush Resort property, adding to the ski destination’s existing solar portfolio.

Canada

Canada’s Hydrogen Strategy: An Ambitious Framework for a Strong Hydrogen Economy

On December 16, 2020, the Government of Canada released the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada.

Thermal Coal

Exxaro no Longer Investing in Thermal Coal as it Strives for 2050 Carbon Neutral Goal

Diversified miner Exxaro Resources will no longer invest in thermal coal assets, as this forms part of the company’s transition to becoming carbon neutral by 2…

Solar Cell

Hybrid Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell with 18.04% Efficiency

South Korean researchers claim to have developed a PV cell with a higher efficiency rate than any other tandem cell based on perovskite and organic materials.

Nuclear Fuel

Westinghouse Signs VVER Fuel Licensing Contract

A VVER-1000 fuel licensing agreement between Westinghouse Electric Company and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant has been described as a major step forward in Bulgar…

Solar Power Plant

Aleo Solar Announces 400 W Module

The German manufacturer will offer the solar module for rooftop PV applications from the third quarter of 2021. Aleo Solar will install a new production line at…

Microgrid

TOGO: 129 Localities Soon to be Electrified Via Mini-Grids

News on Togo's electrification project using photovoltaic mini-grids. According to the Togolese Agency for Electrification and Renewable Energies , the first ph…

Solar Power Plant

Slovenia’s GEN-I to Build 17 MW Solar Power Plant in North Macedonia

Slovenia’s GEN-I is launching construction on its first large-scale photovoltaic power plant, after gaining rights to develop 17 MW of capacity on state owned …

Energy Storage Battery

UK Battery Storage Pipeline Surges to 16GW

More than 16GW of battery storage capacity is operating, under construction or being planned in the UK across 729 projects.