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Offshore Wind Power

Shimizu Corporation Takes Delivery of Mega Jack-up

The Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard delivered the GustoMSC designed and equipped offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to Shimizu Corporation at t…

Wind Farm

Record Growth in Wind Power and Solar Despite the Energy Crisis

By the end of 2022, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3372 Gigawatt (GW), growing the stock of renewable power by a record of 295 GW or by 9.6 pe…

Energy Storage Battery

Gotion Enters Japanese Large-Scale Battery Storage Market With Edison Power Agreement

Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has continued recent moves into new markets across Asia, signing a deal with Japan’s Edison Power.The two co…

Solar Power Plant

ACWA Power Secures PPAs for 1.4 GW of Solar, 1.5 Gwh of Storage in Uzbekistan

ACWA Power says it will develop three PV projects in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will also install storage capacity in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkan…

Energy Technology

A Fresh Start for Concentrated Solar Power?

SolarReserves Crescent Dunes CSP Project, near Tonopah, Nevada, has an electricity generating capacity of 110 MW. Photo from SolarReserveEpisode 40 of the Facto…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Japanese Firm Taking Over Country’s Only Offshore Drilling Contractor to Fortify Its Oil & Gas Business

Hakuryu-11 jack-up rig; Source: JDCJapan’s oil and gas player JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation is in the process of acquiring the country&rsquo…

India

Wind Power in India Can Increase 4-5 Times and Add 6-8 GW per Year

Positive policy moves by the new and renewable energy ministry can crank up the annual wind capacity addition by 6-8 gigawatt (GW) from fiscal 2026, around 4 ti…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

New Toyota CEO Still Wants to Prioritize Hydrogen Over Bevs

Toyota's new CEO, Koji Sato, believes hydrogen is the way forward when it comes to carbon neutrality. While virtually every other automaker on the planet is…

Energy Investment

Hydro-Québec Accepts Seven Projects Totalling Nearly 1150 MW of Wind Power

Hydro-Québec has accepted seven bids for a total of 1303.36 MW of installed capacity under the two calls for tenders launched on 13 December 2021. One of…

Hydropower Plant

TVA and DOE Sign Memorandum to Advance Hydropower Technologies

Bellows Falls Station. It has 49MW of capacity with three GE generators with Francis waterwheels. Credit: Great River HydroThe U.S. Department of Energy, throug…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Corolla Suffers Fire, Will Not Race in Super Taikyu Series Suzuka

Toyota’s #32 ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 Concept (hydrogen-powered Corolla) (earlier post), which was scheduled to participate in the ENEOS Super Taikyu Seri…

Solar Technology

Huasun Begins Mass Production of 25% Efficiency Bifacial Heterojunction Solar Cells

Inside Huasun's 500MW heterojunction module factory Image: HuasunHuasun has started manufacturing activities at its heterojunction (HJT) solar cell factory …

Energy Saving

‘Heat Pumps Work’: Study Confirms Air Source Heat Pumps Three Times More Efficient Than Gas Boilers

New government-backed research project confirms heat pumps are an effective form of heating homes, even on cold daysAir Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) could be as mu…

Natural Gas

MHIET Releases SGP M2000, a New Natural Gas Engine Cogeneration System

- Help Increasing the Value of DER, Offering High Efficiency in Compact Body -- Achieved electrical efficiency of 44.3%, world's highest-class for 2,000kW n…

Rooftop PV System

Masdar-EDF JV Develops Abu Dhabi’s Largest Rooftop Solar Project

It is located at Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi on Yas Island.Emerge, a joint venture between Masdar and EDF, has developed the largest rooftop solar project in A…