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India

Greenko to Build Renewable Energy Storage Facility in India

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal will invest around $600m in the 5.23GW project.

Solar Cell

Solar Cell Achieves Record-High Efficiency

A solar cell developed by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has achieved a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global illumination …

Solar Power Panel

Australian Researchers Crack ‘Nighttime’ Solar

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have made a major breakthrough in what was previously conceived of only in theoretical terms – namely, “nig…

Tidal Energy

World’s First Tidal Turbine Blade Testing Facility Can Accelerate Development Efforts in Marine Renewable Energy

The world's first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to…

Algae Energy Harvester Powers Electronics for a Year on Its Own

Cambridge researchers have demonstrated how an algae energy harvester can use sunlight to power a microprocessor for over a year without any human help.

Solar Power Panel

Chinese Industry Brief: Surging Solar Exports, Wafer Supply Deals

PV module exports surged in the first quarter, according to research firm PV InfoLink. Risen Energy, meanwhile, has just signed a $2.16 billion, long-term wafer…

Nuclear Reactor

US Cislunar Nuclear Rocket Project Proceeds to Next Stage

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations programme, wh…

Solar Power Plant

US Developers Working on 858 GWdc of Solar, 1 TWh of Batteries

US government research shows that solar-plus-storage is starting to dominate the nation’s power grid queues, representing the majority of new power plant appli…

CCS

Could CCUS Play into New Emission Rules for Gas-Fired Plants?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose updated carbon emission regulations for gas-fired plants in 2022, per comments from EPA head Mi…

Crude Oil

Biden Sidelined Global Energy Partners with Record Emergency Oil Release

The United States announced a record-sized release of emergency crude oil reserves in March without consulting partners in IEA, leaving them scrambling to match…

Scientists, Industry Players Reveal Plans for New LETID Testing Standard

An international research group has published the details of a two-year project to develop reliable ways to assess light-elevated temperature-induced degradatio…

Liquid Hydrogen

New Class of Hydrogen Ship Design Will Revolutionise Renewables Market

C-Job Naval Architects have designed a brand new class of liquid hydrogen tanker that will revolutionize the renewable energy market.

Solar Power Panel

US Agrivoltaics Benefit From Government Funding Boost

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale funding opportunity.

Hydrogen Production

The Hydrogen Stream: Reclaimed Carbon Fiber Bipolar Plates May Increase Fuel Cell Capacity by 30%

Boston Materials and Arkema have unveiled new bipolar plates, while US researchers have developed a nickel and iron-based electrocatalyst that interacts with co…

United States

Republic Services and Archaea Energy Form Renewable Gas JV

The $1.1bn joint venture involving Republic Services and Archaea Energy will convert landfill gas sites into renewable natural gas across the US.