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United Kingdom

British Solar Renewables Acquired by ICG Infra

It aims to have more than 1.5GW of renewable energy capacity in operation over the next five years.

Poland

Iberdrola to Expand Its Renewable Capacity in Poland With 98 MW of Wind and Solar Projects

When the new facilities, already under construction, come on stream in 2023, the company will have 261 MW of installed capacity in Poland, a market that has bec…

Oil Refinery

Global Refining Capacity to Expand With New Projects in Middle East, Asia

The world’s refining capacity is expected to increase by nearly 3 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of next year when at least nine refinery projects ar…

SMR

Last Energy Agrees to Build Ten SMRs for Polish Industrial Zone

US small modular reactor (SMR) developer Last Energy has signed a Letter of Intent with Poland's Legnica Special Economic Zone (LSEZ) and DB Energy on the const…

Hydropower Plant

Experts Say Hydropower Needs to Double by 2050 to Meet Climate Goals

Global installed hydropower capacity rose by 26 GW in 2021 to 1,360 GW, but that’s far short of the progress needed to achieve the world’s climate change miti…

Hydropower Plant

AGL Invests $27.7M to Upgrade Clover Hydro Power Station

This will add 14MW to the output capacity of the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.

Carbon Emissions

Siemens Partners With Storage Solutions Developer on Next Gen Supercapacitors

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are partnering on a fully automated, digital manufacturing technology to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

Natural Gas

EU Backs €406.4M Dutch Scheme to Support Filling of Gas Storage Facility

The scheme will enable the Netherlands to ensure existing gas storage facilities are filled up to at least 80% of their capacity by 1st November 2022 and comply…

Natural Gas

Russia to Cut Nord Stream 1 Gas Supplies to 20% Of Capacity From July 27

Move comes after Russia's Gazprom says another key turbine has to be closed due to repairs

Spain

Iberdrola and EU Bank Ink €550M Loan to Boost Renewable Energy in Spain

The loan will support the construction of solar and wind farms with a total capacity of around 1,800MW, generating enough electricity to power around one millio…

China

China Solar Installations More Than Double in First Half

China built nearly 31 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity from January to June, up 137% from a year earlier, with full-year installations on course to hi…

Net Zero Emission

GlobalData: India Likely to Fall Short of 2030 Renewable Target at Current Pace

India announced new renewable energy goals last year to increase non-fossil power capacity to 500 GW and meet 50% of the country’s electricity needs through re…

Geothermal Power Plant

Philippines Identified as ‘Outperformer’ in the Geothermal Power Market

Fitch Solutions has cited the significant installed geothermal capacity of the Philippines and potential for substantial growth in citing the country as an "out…

East Asia, Pacific Remain as Hydropower ‘Powerhouse’

Its total capacity reached 532GW in 2021.

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage to Be a Quarter of Ireland’s Installed Capacity by 2030

Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s - ‘All-Island Power Market Outlook to 2030’ paper - has shown battery storage capacity will grow to become nearly a quar…