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Energy Storage Project

Energy Renaissance Unveils Location for First Lithium Battery Factory in Australia

Energy Renaissance’s AU$28 million lithium-ion battery factory is to be located in Tomago in the Hunter region of Australia.

Hydropower Plant

France’s Biggest Hydropower Project has been Commissioned

On 9 October 2020, the new Romanche-Gavet hydroelectric plant, France’s biggest hydropower project, was commissioned after 10 years of construction work.

Crude Oil

Oil Demand Expected to Decline in the Next Decade

​The International Energy Agency predicts the COVID-19 pandemic will deal a long-lasting blow to the global energy industry, with oil demand expected to end in…

Graphene

New Materials Make Supercapacitors Better than Batteries

New Materials Make Supercapacitors Better than Batteries

Geothermal Power Plant

Jacobs Outlines Approach to Indonesian Geothermal Plant

Jacobs has outlined its role in providing owners engineering services for Stage 1 of PT Supreme Energy Muara Laboh’s geothermal power plant, as well as its con…

Coal Trade

Canada's Ridley Terminals Sep Coal Exports fall 4.8% on Month

Coal exports from the Ridley Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, were at 912,830 mt in September, down 4.8% from August, despite metallurgical coal exp…

Energy Storage Project

Rhode Island Launches $1.5M Energy Storage Incentive Program

The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) is launching a $1.5 million pilot program to provide energy storage incentives paired with renewable energy sy…

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä’s 9 MW Battery Storage System Reduces a City’s Demand Peaks

Wärtsilä, the massive marine and power plant specialist, is introducing its new modular energy storage product in a deployment that allows the city of Martins…

Microgrid

Research Explores DC Lighting and Building Microgrids Market

A recent white paper, published by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and supported by the US Department of Energy, explores the state of direct current ligh…

Energy Storage Technology

Scientists Develop a Micro-Supercapacitor Made of Graphene Ink

Researchers from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, recently developed a low-cost energy storage device to power electronic d…

Wind Farm

Iberdrola Takes on the Most Complex Construction of Wind Farms in Spain

Progress is made in getting blades up to wind farms located in a very tricky terrain – the mountains – with difficult access, steep slopes and curves of up to…

Electricity Trade

Great Britain Could Become a Net Exporter of Power by 2040s

Cornwall Insight’s ‘Benchmark Power Curve’ predicts that by the 2040s Great Britain (GB) could be an annual net exporter of power to the European continent t…

Hydropower Plant

Construction of All Underground Facilities at Baihetan Dam Complete

The concrete pouring of the last silo of the underground powerhouse on the left bank of the Three Gorges Group's Baihetan Hydropower Station was completed, mark…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Nel Hydrogen Fuelling Received Its First Polish H2Station™ Order

Nel Hydrogen Fuelling, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, has received its first Polish H2Station™ order, valued at approximately €3.2m.

Biobattery

UK Bioenergy Generation, Capacity Increase in Q2

Renewables accounted for a growing share of U.K. electricity generation during the second quarter of 2020. Generation from bioenergy was up nearly 10 percent du…