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United States

Rystad Energy: Inflation Reduction to Boost US Wind and Solar Investments

The Inflation Reduction Act is set to boost installed solar and onshore wind capacity in the US by 40% by 2030, with an extra 155 GW of capacity expected to com…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany ‘Could Develop Up to 82GW’ of Offshore Wind

Research from the Fraunhofer IWES research institute found potential well above 70GW by 2045 target

Pumped Storage

US Launches $28M Hydropower Research and Development Programme

It will back new technologies that enable the growth of hydropower, including the deployment of pumped storage hydro.

Wind Farm

MIT Data Modeling Tool Optimises Wind Farm Output

Research engineers have found that the energy output of multi-turbine wind farms can be increased by modeling the wind flow of the entire array of turbines and …

Rooftop PV System

Solar Windows Leap Forward as Supplement to Rooftop Panels

Recognizing opportunity in the ubiquity of large, glass-walled buildings, and of windows in general, researchers and start-ups are working to create a solar win…

Solar Power Plant

Spanish Resort to Develop Major PV Generation and EV Hubs

PortAventura World, the popular resort to the south of Barcelona, is demonstrating how a private facility can lead the way towards a decarbonised future.

Floating Offshore Wind

Researchers Design Novel Floating Wind Turbine for Deep Waters

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories created a tool that they plan to use to design a novel floating wind turbine that the…

CCS

New AI Tech Could Help Detect Leaks in Underground Carbon Storage

The international research partnership seeks to implement AI and machine learning to detect the leaks in pipelines and well string

Energy Investment

‘Tepid’ Demand for U.S. Sustainable Funds in July, Report Says

Investors deposited $120 million into U.S. sustainable funds last month, a "tepid" amount of inflows that coincided with a broader retreat from mutual funds and…

Crude Oil

Barclays Sees Crude Surplus in Near-Term, Cuts Brent Price View

Barclays lowered its Brent price forecasts on Tuesday by $8 per barrel for 2022 and 2023, as it expects a large surplus of crude oil over the near-term due to "…

Geothermal Power Plant

Enhanced Geothermal Energy System R&D Gets a Boost From DOE Money

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy field laboratory announced up to $44 million for projects to develop and…

Hydropower Plant

Smart Tools to Enhance the Flexibility of Hydropower Turbines in the US

A team of GE Research engineers has been awarded a project through US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office to improve the operating capacity …

Smart Grid

Smart Grids Are Spurring Demand for BESS – Study

Grid modernisation initiatives, including the movement to new technologies such as smart grids, are spurring the demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS…

Nuclear Technology

Can AI Improve the Profitability of Nuclear Energy?

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory said they believe artificial intelligence could save the nuclear industry more t…

Are Landfills the World’s Methane Super-Emitters?

A landfill in Buenos Aires has the same climate impact as one and a half million cars, according to new research.