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Energy Storage Battery

Using PET Waste Bottles to Make Batteries

Scientists in the U.S. claim to have successfully upcycled PET waste bottles into an electrochemical active-carbon material that functions as a double‐layer su…

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Begins Mass Production of 665-W, Large-Cell Modules

Canadian Solar Inc said on Monday that it has initiated mass production of solar photovoltaic modules with an individual capacity of up to 665 W and expects to …

India

Praj Industries to Set up Ethanol Plant for Godavari Biorefineries

Praj will expand the existing ethanol manufacturing capacity of the plant to 600 Kilo Liter Per Day, from the existing 400 KLPD.

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Builds Second Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Processing Plant

The commissioning of the W2- EKhZ unit, scheduled for 2023, will double the capacity of the enterprise for processing DUHF from 10,000 to 20,000 tons a year.

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Shuts Nuclear Reactors for Second Time Due to Influx of Marine Organisms

The Hanul-1 and –2 reactors, both with a capacity of 950 MW, were shut April 6 after an influx of marine organisms disrupted water pump operations, said an off…

Nuclear Fuel

Iran boosts uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 SWUs: atomic chief

Iran has increased its uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 separative work units (SWUs), Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEO…

Wind Power Company

Ingeteam Introduces a New Robust Wind Controller Firmware Development Methodology

This speeds up the time to market and commercial production capacity of new wind farm developments whilst ensuring the highest level of reliability in the field…

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…

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.

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.

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.

China

Video: Xinjiang Adds Record Power Generating Capacity in 2020

China's Xinjiang connected 10.84-GW installed power generating capacity to its grid in 2020, up by 11.76 percent year on year.

Natural Gas

Buffett Proposes 10 GW In New Gas Plants For Texas

Warren Buffett's investment company Berkshire Hathaway has proposed a plan for boosting Texas' energy security: building 10 GW in new natural gas-fired generati…