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Nuclear Reactor

Japan's JGC Invests in NuScale Power

Japanese engineering, procurement, and construction firm JGC Holdings Corporation has agreed to invest USD40 million in small modular reactor developer NuScale …

Offshore Wind Power

Development of the Kashima Offshore Wind Project to be Accelerated

The project is located in Kashima Port in the Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, and has a maximum capacity of 159.6 MW covering an area of 680 ha.

Wind Farm

Masdar to Extend Zarafshan Wind Farm Capacity in Uzbekistan

Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar has signed an implementation agreement with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to further enhance the cap…

Biobattery

JGC to Construct Biomass Power Plant in Japan

The plant is to be fuelled by woody pellets and chips.

Market Analysis

Global Renewable Energy Capacity Grew 10.3% in 2020, Irena Says

Solar and wind accounted for 91% of renewables capacity additions last year.

Hybrid Power Plant

Japanese Crew Teams up on 240MW US Solar-Storage Plant

J-Power and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group to jointly build the Birchwood project

HVDC

Successful Completion of the First Ever Submarine Interconnection Between the Island of Crete and Mainland Greece

Record water depth installation for the innovative non-metallic armour cable / The trustful relationship with IPTO and the Group’s consolidated project executi…

Wind Power Project

Electric Power and Capacity from the Rosatom’s Karmalinovskaya Wind Farm have Entered the Wholesale Market

The Karmalinovskaya wind farm began supplying electric power and capacity to the wholesale electric power and capacity market from April 1, 2021.

Energy Transition

Japan to Speed up Investment in Energy Transition

The Japanese government is working on domestic guidelines for local financial institutions providing climate transition finance, as part of efforts to create an…

Energy Technology

Grid Balancing Technology Launched by Wärtsilä

The technology group Wärtsilä has launched grid balancing technology - capable of ramping up to 10+ MW in 2 min - to bridge utilities to a 100% renewable ener…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

New Zealand’s First Hydrogen Powered Bus Unveiled in Auckland

New Zealand’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus, capable of being refuelled with green hydrogen, was unveiled on Tuesday as Auckland Transport looks to decarbonise …

Hydrogen Project

Japanese Plant Turns Sewage into Clean Hydrogen

Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H and its shareholder Japan Blue Energy have completed a plant in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewa…

Solar Cell

Multi-Layer Front Contact Perovskite Solar Cells with 16.55% Efficiency

Japanese scientists have used spray pyrolysis deposition to fabricate perovskite solar cells based on a titanium oxide electron transport layer.

United States

Here’s What Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Offers Solar and Cleantech

The $2 trillion package includes a proposed 10-year extension of the ITC and PTC and calls for further incentives to add transmission capacity.

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Lands 120MW Turbine Deal with Repsol

Siemens Gamesa and Repsol have closed their first deal for turbines for 120MW of capacity across four wind farms in Spain.