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Energy Storage System

PowerX Expands Energy Storage Manufacturing With New Hokkaido Facility In Japan

PowerX, Inc. has announced plans to set up a new manufacturing facility in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, as part of its strategy to expand renewable energy solution…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's Energy Minister: Plans to increase domestic refining capacity to twice its current level

As part of the international energy conference CERAWeek, Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhanov joined the session titled "Global Oil Market Outlook: Fundame…

Japan

World's 1st hydrogen-powered hotel opens in Japan's Fukushima prefecture

A hotel utilizing hydrogen as its main energy source opened in the town of Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Wednesday.The hotel is the…

Japan

QST and NTT Achieve World's First Ultra-Fast Real-Time Plasma Control Communication

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (hereinafter QST) and NTT, Inc. (hereinafter NTT) have successfully realized fast frequent, real‑time co…

Electric Vehicles

Honda, Sony hit pause on EV venture, scrap AFEELA launch

March 26 — Honda and Sony said yesterday they will put their electric-vehicle project on hold as they assess its future in a changing global market.Sony Honda …

Energy Storage Project

Construction starts on Arevon’s 250-MW energy storage project in California

Arevon Energy has started construction on its 250-MW/1,000-MWh Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, California. The $600 million facility is expected …

South Korea

Vestas Signs Strategic MOU with KPS and KMC to Strengthen Korea’s Offshore Wind Capabilities

Vestas, KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering (KPS) and KMC Line have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Korea’s offshore wind sector, specifica…

Energy Storage System

Capacity Greenfield cleared to build 99.9-MW battery in England

Greenfield has secured planning permission for the Earls Barton battery energy storage system in Northamptonshire.The company said the project will support grid…

Japan

Japan to start releasing state oil reserves on March 26

March 24 - Japan plans to start releasing oil from joint stockpiles ​held by producing nations in the country ‌by the end of March, Prime Minister Sanae Takai…

Belgium

TotalEnergies and partner inaugurate 31 MW floating solar power plant in Belgium

French energy giant TotalEnergies and Switzerland-headquartered sustainable construction player Holcim have inaugurated a floating solar power plant with a 31 M…

India

India orders Tata Power's 4-GW Gujarat coal plant to run full-tilt in summer

March 23 - India has directed Tata Power's 4-gigawatt imported-coal plant in the western state ​of Gujarat to run at full capacity from April ‌1 to June 3…

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

Gas power plant

NextEra secures Trump's approval for up to 10 GW gas power projects

March 20- NextEra Energy said on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the development ​of up to 10 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power ‌generation…

India

India Unveils Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035

India's solar power capacity is expected to quadruple over the next ​decade, while wind energy capacity could triple, according ‌to a report published on …

Japan

US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …