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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 …

Australian Fossil fuel Lobby to use Covid-19 to Push for Weaker Climate Laws

Australian researchers warn that governments and powerful business lobby groups may use the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity to water down environmental contro…

Energy Storage Battery

Emergence of Crucial Interphase in Lithium-Ion Batteries is Observed by Researchers

What happens in a lithium-ion battery when it first starts running? A complex series of events, it turns out – from electrolytic ion reorganization to a riot o…

Wind Energy Generated 26.8% of Electricity in Spain in March

Wind power produced 26.8% of electricity in March, solar thermal 1.2% and photovoltaic 5%.

Coal Mine

China March coal output up 9.6% Year-on-Year

China produced 340 million tonnes of coal in March, up 9.6% year-on-year, the National Statistics Bureau said on Friday.

Solar Technology

New Technique to Determine Best Cooling Technique for Solar Modules

A new paper published by researchers at Malaysia’s Multimedia University provides a new method to assess the effectiveness of different cooling systems for pho…

Solar Technology

HZB Scientists Announce 24.16% Efficiency for Tandem CIGS Solar Cell

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ (ISE) CalLab has confirmed the new efficiency rating. The researchers have combined semiconductors, perovski…

Energy Technology

Researchers Pioneer Groundbreaking Hydrogen Technology

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have transformed optical fibres into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel u…

Crude Oil

Oman's Daily Oil Production Up 12.83% in March

Oman's oil ministry said in a statement that the country's daily oil production increased by 12.83% month on month in March this year.

Nuclear Fuel

Canadian Firms Extend Suspension of Uranium Operations

Saskatoon-based Cameco on 23 March put Cigar Lake on care and maintenance for an initial period of four weeks.

Power Generation from Coal-Fired Plants in Poland Rose to 50.21% in March

The production of electricity in Poland based on the burning of coal grew in March 2020 to 50.21 percent from 46.79 in March 2019