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Australia

Renewables Investment in Australia Reaches $1.56B in June 2022

This is up from $97.2m in March 2016.

Philippines

Philippine President Encouraging Most Competitive Energy Sources Including Russian Fuel

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is encouraging local energy firms to tap fuel supplies from "the most competitive sources", including Russia, to mitiga…

Natural Gas

German Gas Commission Wants One-off Payment Now, Price Break Next Year

Germany's expert commission charged with drawing up plans to ease the impact of soaring gas prices on consumers favors a one-off payment this year and a price b…

Energy Storage System

Netherlands Commissions Country’s Largest Energy Storage System

An energy storage system (ESS) co-located with solar and wind power assets is now online at a research center in the Netherlands.

Novel Inexpensive Wind Energy Harvester

Nanyang Technological University researchers (NTU Singapore) have developed a low-cost device that can harness and store wind energy as benign as a light breeze…

Ammonia

Mitsubishi Power Advances Ammonia-Fired Power Generation in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Power and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) have signed an agreement to partner on research of firing ammonia in gas turbines.

OPEC

Opec+ to Hold In-Person Meeting Next Week in Vienna

This will be the first in-person ministerial meeting since March 2020, the group says

Wind Turbine

Developing the Next Generation of Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Motivated by the need to eliminate expensive rare-earth magnets in utility-scale direct-drive wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories researchers developed …

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Unveils Ambition to Extend Life of UK Nuclear Power Stations

The energy giant aims to extend the generation at Hartlepool and Heysham 1 power stations beyond the planned end date of March 2024

Wind Turbine

Research Black Rotor Blades for Bird Protection

To operate wind farms in harmony with the ecosystem, research is underway to show whether painting a wind turbine blade black helps birds to fly more safely bet…

Electric Vehicle Charging

EV Charge Points in Britain Are Now Nearly as Expensive as Gasoline, Research Shows

The U.K. wants to stop the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2030. It will require, from 2035, all new cars and vans to have zero-tailpipe emissi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Jacobs to Support Refurbishment of UK Nuclear Research Labs

Engineering services company Jacobs was selected as lifecycle delivery partner to support infrastructure renewal projects at various facilities run by the UK’s…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Hires Barclays to Sell Stake in Spanish Renewable Portfolio, Expansion Says

Spanish power company Iberdrola hired Barclays' investment bank to sell up to 49% in a portfolio of Spanish renewable power projects.

Hydrogen Project

UAE Strikes Deal With German Companies to Develop Hydrogen Strategy

The Emirates signs agreement with global engineering and advisory company GHD and applied research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Energy Transition

Oxford Group: Decarbonizing Energy Would Save $12 Trillion

A new study from business and environmental researchers at Oxford University disputes the notion that a strategy to transition global power generation toward re…