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Solar Technology

HZB Scientists Announce 24.16% Efficiency for Tandem CIGS Solar Cell

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ (ISE) CalLab has confirmed the new efficiency rating. The researchers have combined semiconductors, perovski…

Thermal Coal

Thermal Coal Demand Declining Globally, Driving Fewer Imports, Production

Thermal coal demand is declining globally and forcing cutbacks of imports and production, driven by lower power-sector coal demand resulting from the coronaviru…

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Pushes Ahead with Nuclear Development Despite Pandemic Restrictions

Iran's nuclear activities were continuing despite the novel coronavirus outbreak and continuing US sanctions.

Tidal Energy

Tidal Power Operations See Minimal Disruption from Coronavirus Pandemic

Electricity is continuing to be supplied from the MeyGen project in Scotland to the grid.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Projects in Turkey Paralyzed Over COVID-19 Shutdown

Supply chain interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic brought seven projects of 100 MW in total to a halt.

Ultra-high voltage grid

State Grid Resumes Construction of 800 kV HVDC Line in China

Construction works had been suspended in the Hubei province, the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Electric Car

China's EV Sales Show Signs Of Recovering From Coronavirus Pandemic

Sales of new vehicles in China tumbled in February, which is hardly surprising since much of the country was in lockdown mode due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Electric Car

Italian EV Sales Stay Afloat In Catastrophic March For Car Industry

A matter of weeks. That’s all it took for the coronavirus pandemic to change the face of the world and wreak havoc at an unprecedented scale on all aspects of …

Wind Turbine

COVID-19: UK Wind Turbine Prices to Increase, Says GlobalData

Analysts GlobalData say UK wind turbine prices may increase in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as quarantine measures create a supply bottleneck.

Oil Price

G-20, OPEC Working to Rebalance Oil Market

​Energy Ministers of G-20 have arrived at a decision to rebalance global oil markets hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Clean emission

Rio Tinto Urges Climate Action Despite Pandemic

Rio Tinto Chairman Simon Thompson is urging governments across the world to take “urgent” action on climate change despite the twin evils of Covid-19 and econ…

Nuclear Power Plant

Magwood Outlines Nuclear Energy Agency's Response to Pandemic

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) is supporting its members as they adjust to the environment created by the COVID-19 crisis and establishing a means fo…

Solar Power Plant

Pandemic Causes Crucial Delays for India's Solar Projects

In India, around 2.3 GW of solar plants were expected to be commissioned from June to August 2020.

Solar Power Plant

Indian Solar Deployment Faces 25% Drop in 2020 Due to Pandemic

The production disruption caused by the coronavirus will be a "major blow" to the Indian solar industry.

Market Analysis

EIA Notes Power Demand Destruction from Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is altering the power landscape, with utilities and other power generators forced to adjust for load disruptions.