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Coal Trade

​India's Coal Consumption Plunges by 12,500GW in End-October

The growth of coal-fired power in India has ground to a halt for the first 10 months of 2019 and for the 12 months ending October as consumption in the sector t…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Research And Innovation to Fund Compact Nuclear Power Station

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced that it has provided initial match funding of £18m for a consortium of companies including BAM Nuttal, Nuclear …

Gas Turbine

​GE & ENMAX to Implement Canada’s First Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine

GE Renewable Energy and ENMAX have announced that they have reached an agreement to upgrade an existing LM6000 Gas Turbine (GT) at ENMAX’s Crossfield Energy C…

Power Construction

​McDonald’s, Apex & Ares Sign Virtual Renewables PPA

McDonald’s, Apex Clean Energy, and Ares Management Corporation’s Infrastructure and Power strategy, have announced a 220 MW virtual renewable power purchase a…

Distributed energy

​Distributed Energy Storage to Grow 20-fold by 2028 Says Study

Navigant Research has released a new report providing market forecasts for newly installed distributed energy storage systems (DESSs) in terms of power capacity…

Market Analysis

African Countries Tout Their Oil And Gas Investment Opportunities

Several African countries have used the Africa Oil Week (AOW) event in Cape Town this week to promote their oil and gas sectors to a global audience of investor…

Hydrogen Technology

​European Research Team Reveals Renewable Hydrogen Technology Breakthrough

The researchers from universities in the UK, Germany, Portugal and Hungary have discovered an electrolysis method that allows them to double the amount of hydro…

Market Analysis

Costs And Financing Key to Europe's Nuclear Future

Nuclear has a place in Europe's energy mix, but rising costs - even if only perceived - need to be addressed to ensure future growth, speakers agreed at the New…

Zambia's Cabinet Approves Energy Blueprint

Zambia's cabinet has approved a revised national energy policy which will guide the development and management of the energy sector, a government spokesperson s…

Electric Vehicle Charging

China's Plan: Beat America (And Everyone Else) in Electric Vehicles

Last year, Chinese automakers sold 1.25 million EVs. That's a 62% increase over the previous year. Moreover, there were 808,000 EV chargers in China, including …

Solar Power Plant

Netherlands Floats Its Solar Boat As It Aims for 27GW by 2030

Those wondering where the Netherlands will accommodate a forecast 27GW of total installed solar PV capacity by 2030, the completion this week of the nation’s l…

Latest Lazard Report：Wind And Solar Will Kill Coal And Nuclear on Costs

The cost of wind and solar continue to decline and are now at the point where they beat, or at least match, even the marginal costs of coal-fired generation and…

Cooperation case

GEI & China-Africa Energy and Power Conference promotes cooperation

More than 1,000 guests from 79 countries gathered at the 2019 Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) & China-Africa Energy and Power Conference Wednesday to discus…

Africa must Quadruple Power Investment to Supply Electricity for All

African countries will need to quadruple their rate of investment in their power sectors for the next two decades to bring reliable electricity to all Africans,…

Gas Turbine

GE to Invest $60m in Global Gas Turbine Centre of Excellence

GE is to invest up to $60m over the next decade in its existing Global Repair Service Centre in Singapore.The company said the move underscores its “commitment…