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Offshore Wind Power

RWE Inks 250GWh Renewables Offtake

RWE has signed a power purchase agreement with semiconductor tooling supplier ASML for the supply of 250 gigawatt hours of green electricity annually.

United States

US Renewables Trade Group Formally Launches

American Clean Power Association unveils new website and adverts showcasing the sector

Energy Storage Battery

AES Closes Financing for 400MWh US Battery

AES Corporation has closed a $154m non-recourse debt financing for a 400-megawatt hour standalone grid battery storage in California, US.

Energy Storage Battery

Japanese Space Rocket Launch Pad to be Fitted with Megawatt-Scale Sodium Sulfur Battery Storage

A rocket and space vehicle launch station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be equipped with NGK Insulators’ sodium sulfur battery storage to help…

Energy Investment

CSIRO Receives $1 Million in Funding for Hydrogen Refueling Station As Part of VH2

The $10-million VH2 project is designed to bring researchers, industry partners and businesses together to test, trial and demonstrate new and emerging hydrogen…

Oman

Oman’s Duqm Refinery ' Ore than 75pc' Complete

Construction work on Oman's 230,000 b/d Duqm refinery project has crossed the 75pc mark, operator OQ8 said.

Electric Car

Ford Increases Electric Vehicle Spending to $22bn

Ford Motors increased its planned investment into vehicle electrification to at least $22bn by 2025, nearly doubling its previous commitment of $11.5bn.

Chinese, UAE Research Institutes Sign Memorandum to Step up Cooperation

The Chinese Academy of Sciences signed on Wednesday a memorandum of cooperation via video conference with the United Arab Emirates University, the first of its …

Oil and Gas Equipment

Installation of Domestically Developed Gas Station Starts in South China Sea

The project will supply one-quarter of the gas demand in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Distributed Solar

SirajPower Achieves 100 MWp Distributed Solar Portfolio

SirajPower, a leading distributed solar energy provider in the UAE, has reported significant growth as it doubled its solar assets in 2020 to achieve 100 MWp di…

Electric Car

Molten Salt Metal-Air Battery Can Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles

A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with six research institutes of China, has designed a new rechargeable battery using s…

Carbon Neutral

What does Carbon Neutral Mean?

Amazon and GM have pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040.

Solar Power Plant

Southern Power Adding Energy Storage to Two California Solar Farms

The company said retrofitting its existing solar projects with energy storage will help enhance California’s grid reliability.

Blockchain

Austria’s APG Joins EQUIGY Blockchain Power Grid Consortium

Austrian Power Grid (APG) becomes the fourth member of the blockchain energy balancing platform EQUIGY.

China Belt and Road

This Hypercar is China’s First Belt and Road Electric Vehicle Project

A joint venture between First Auto Works and startup Silk EV