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Coal Trade

Rystad: Bangladesh to Scale Back Coal

Bangladesh’s 2016 energy plan showed some 20 GW of coal power capacity to be developed in the next two decades.

Solar Power for Home

Rooftop Solar Dodged Covid Impact In US, Record Year Ahead

US rooftop solar market is set to grow by a record level as the residential sector in the country has managed to avoid any Covid linked slowdown.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy Market Heats Up As Big Oil Moves In

Installed geothermal capacity is forecast to expand in the next five years as energy companies diversify into alternative markets, driven by the accelerating en…

Wind Power Project

Wind Energy and Solar Hybrid Systems Can Power India’s Renewables Growth

India’s total wind-solar hybrid capacity is expected to grow rapidly to reach nearly 11.7 gigawatts by 2023, according to a new report by IEEFA and JMK Researc…

Wind Power Project

New Belgian Government Set to Reinforce Wind Energy Commitments

Tinne Van der Straeten from the Greens is appointed as the new federal Energy Minister.

Energy Storage System

Hybrid Lithium-Lead Acid Smart Grid Demonstration Project up and Running in Poland

A hybrid battery energy storage project aimed at helping authorities and power system operators in Poland better understand how to integrate and expand renewabl…

Vietnam

Vietnam Gets Bids for Dung Quat Refinery Expansion

Vietnam's Binh Son Refinery has received bids for a $1.8bn upgrade and expansion project that will increase capacity at its 145,000 b/d Dung Quat refinery by ar…

Iberdrola Announces New €1.5bn Renewables Investment Plan

Spanish multinational utility Iberdrola has announced that it plans to triple its renewable energy capacity in Andalusia within the next five years.

Solar Power Plant

EDF Renewables Expands Irish Portfolio with Solar Acquisition and New Office

EDF Renewables has acquired Ireland-headquartered Wexford Solar Limited, which includes eight solar projects totalling around 100MW of capacity across the count…

Solar Power Plant

Vattenfall has Opened Its First Floating Solar Farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands

The solar farm, with a capacity of 1.2 megawatt, was built on the site of the sand and gravel extraction company Netterden.

Wind Farm

RWE Signs Agreements to Extend Four UK Offshore Wind Farms

The extension projects have a combined potential installed capacity of around 1.8 gigawatts, with RWE's share amounting to almost 900 megawatts.

China

China's Renewable Energy Investment Exceeds US$100 Billion for Five Consecutive Years

The number of patents, investment, installed capacity and power generation in the field of renewable energy in China has ranked first in the world for many cons…

Iraq

Iraq Plans To Boost Power Capacity With An Additional 3GW

Iraq’s electricity ministry has revealed the country’s plans to boost its power capacity with an additional 3 gigawatts.

Solar Power Panel

Trina Solar Confirms 15GW Module Assembly Hub for ‘Vertex’ Series Ramp

The SMSL, recently highlighted that its new ‘Vertex’ series module manufacturing capacity ramp would start in the fourth quarter of 2020 with a planned namepl…

Coal Mine

Coal India to Close 23 Lossmaking Mines

State-controlled Coal India plans close 23 underground mines with combined capacity of around 1.1mn t/yr in the April 2020 to March 2021 financial year after th…