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Nuclear Power Plant

Pakistan’s Karachi Nuclear Unit 3 Reaches Commercial Operation

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan has reached full power operation for the first time, a milestone reached on 31 March 2022.

Solar Cell

KAUST Team Goes Deep on Perovskite Physics

Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have conducted observations on perovskite solar cells that could help …

Offshore Wind Power

Energy Prices to Remain Significantly Above Average up to 2030 and Beyond

Research from Cornwall Insight looking at Great Britain’s (GB) Power Market out to 2030 has shown energy prices will remain in excess of £100/MWh annually.

Solar Cell

Mini Perovskite Solar Module with 11.9% Stabilized Efficiency

An international research group has developed a perovskite solar panel on a 192 square-centimeter surface. The researchers claim the panel has one of the highes…

Solar Cell

Ultra-Thin Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cell with 24.0% Efficiency

Researchers in Germany have built a perovskite-organic solar cell with low interfacial losses and a high open-circuit voltage. The device achieved an open-circu…

Wind Turbine

Nordex Group to Deliver Turbines for 131MW Wind Farm in Peru

The company will supply 23 Delta4000 turbines for the San Juan de Marcona wind farm.

Wind Turbine

Wind-Powered Electricity Gains New Prominence but Still Long Way From Natural Gas, EIA Says

Daily wind-powered electricity eclipsed both coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation for the first time in March, though wind still pales in comparison to…

Hydrogen Production

Researchers Develop Non-Metallic Photocatalyst Capable of Producing Green Hydrogen

South Korean researchers have developed a non-metallic photocatalyst that can use sunlight to produce green hydrogen which does not emit any kind of greenhouse …

LNG

Aussie LNG export revenue up 88% in Mar: EnergyQuest

Australian LNG export revenue in March was A$5.47bn ($4.03bn), up 88% year/year, energy consultant EnergyQuest said on April 18. The revenue was down 2.85% mont…

Electric Car

Honda to Put Billions into EV Research

Honda is investing $40 billion over the next decade in research, especially to realize a major shift to ecological electric vehicles, the Japanese automaker sai…

Oil Price

OPEC Minimum Oil Production Increase During March

OPEC oil production increased by just 57,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March from February, as African members’ struggles to pump more crude partially offset in…

Wind Turbine

U.S. Wind Surpassed Both Coal and Nuclear Power for the First Time Ever

Power generation from wind turbines was the second-largest source of electricity in the United States on March 29, behind only natural gas and surpassing both c…

Solar Cell

Hybrid Thermionic-Photovoltaic Converter for Applications in Thermal Energy Storage, Waste Heat Recovery

A Spanish-Italian research group has developed a solid-state thermal-to-electric energy converter based on hybrid thermionic-photovoltaics (TIPV) for different …

Solar Cell

This Solar PV-Like Cell Can Outperform a Steam Turbine, MIT and NREL Researchers Say

MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the design of a heat engine with no moving parts that can convert heat to electricity with a g…

Wind Turbine

Wind Turbine Major Nordex Hit by Cyber Attack

Germany-headquartered wind turbine manufacturer, Nordex Group, experienced a cyber security incident on 31 March 2022.