Arc

Gas Storage Method may Help Next-Generation Clean Energy Vehicles

A research team led by Northwestern University (NU) has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydro…

Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field Receives new Asahi Kasei Tech

The new technology has been installed into the “world’s largest” plant of its sort in the Japanese prefecture.

Oil & Gas Trade

Indian Refineries Slash Middle East Oil Imports As Storage Fills Up

Two oil refiners will be cutting their crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia by between 66 percent and 80 percent for May, as India – population 1.3 billion peop…

Wärtsilä Gains $1M in Funding for Finnish Hydrogen Research

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has secured one million Euros in funding from Business Finland for a hydrogen research project.

Solar Power Plant

Germany has 200,000 Solar-Plus-Storage Systems

EuPD Research estimates around 65,000 energy storage systems linked to rooftop PV were installed last year thanks to increasingly popular solar arrays and elect…

Wind Turbine

Covid-19 Could Cut Global Wind Production Capacity by 20% This Year

Research group says reopening plants could face tricky road back to earlier levels because of ongoing measures.

Thermal Plant

India's Thermal Plant Efficiency to Drop Amidst Commercial Demand Slump

The average load factor of thermal plants dropped to 52.55 in March.

Solar Technology

Australian Researchers Take Solar Windows to the Next Level

Scientists in Australia have produced next-gen perovskite solar cells with a conversion efficiency of 17% which they say can transform windows into power genera…

Thermal Coal

Covid-19 Measures Reduce BHP Thermal coal Output

Mining firm BHP’s thermal coal output declined 14% to 5.8m tonnes in the January-March, as measures to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with w…

Coal Mine

Citi Stop Working with Hermal Coal Miners, to Reject Funding for Arctic Oil, Gas Exploration

Citigroup will stop providing financial services to thermal coal-mining companies over the next 10 years to help accelerate the economy’s shift away from fossi…

Wind Farm

GE Signs Contract for Vietnamese Wind Farm

To formalise the award of the contract, a signing ceremony using video links from five different cities included DECONNIN JSC, HANOINCO JSC, Agribank Trang An (…

Solar Technology

Solar Windows a Step Closer as Australian Researchers Team with Glass Manufacturer

Australian researchers are teaming up with one of Australia’s largest glass manufacturers to test the use of “game-changing” semi-transparent solar cells to …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Nano-Particle Battery Could Deliver Cheaper, Longer EV Range

A team of Japanese researchers from Yokohama University has developed a new electrode for lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles that could see them…

Comprehensive Review on Natural Hydrogen Shows that it has been Underestimated

Earth-Science Reviews journal has published in March 2020 the article entitled “The occurrence and geoscience of natural hydrogen: A comprehensive review”.

Market Analysis

Solar PV Corporate Funding Expected to Take a Hit

Lack of venture capital investment and reduced public market financing activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic is squeezing cash flows. Between January and March …