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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

Energy Storage Battery

U.S. Energy Storage Market Continues to Expand Rapidly

Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market installed 4.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2022, nearly equal to the combined 2020 and 2021…

Solar Power Plant

Ivory Coast: UAE-Based Masdar Negotiates 70 MWP Solar Photovoltaic Plant

The energy company Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with the Ivorian authorities. Object…

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Opens an Offshore Wind Energy Center in Spain

Siemens Gamesa bets on Sarriguren to open an offshore wind center in Spain. Its teams will be located both in the offices of the City of Innovation in Navarra a…

Power Construction

Wartsila Engine Plant Boosts Senegal Power Capacity

The 130MW Malicounda Melec power plant in Mbour.Plant is one of the first public-private partnership projects in West AfricaThe power generation capacity of Sen…

Solar Power Plant

Sunnova Increases Its Resi Solar and Storage Play in Iso-Ne Auction

Sunnova said it secured another 38 MW of behind-the-meter solar and energy storage capacity in the latest ISO-New England Forward Capacity Auction, increasing i…

Energy Storage Project

Construction Begins on Idaho Power’s First Energy Storage Projects as It Faces Growing Capacity Shortfall

Idaho Power sign and building.Permission granted by Idaho PowerDive Brief:Construction has begun on Idaho’s first utility-scale energy storage installatio…

Wind Power Project

Accelerating Wind Energy Deployment Can Be a Key Tool for Developing Countries

A new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) highlights the enormous potential of embracing the potential of wind energy. In just five years, five de…