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Nuclear Fusion

Site of UK’s First Fusion Energy Plant Selected

As part of the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme, the UK government has selected the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire to…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ørsted Ordered to Restart Oil- and Coal-Fired Power Plants amid Supply Crunch

Danish authorities have ordered Ørsted to continue and resume operations of three of its oil- and coal-fired power station units in order to ensure security of…

Ammonia

Mitsubishi Power Advances Ammonia-Fired Power Generation in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Power and Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) have signed an agreement to partner on research of firing ammonia in gas turbines.

Smart Grid

Iberdrola Taps EIB for €220M Smart Grid Development

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Iberdrola have agreed to increase the green loan signed in 2021 with a top up of €220 million ($215 million) to strength…

United Kingdom

Energy Giants Ink Tripartite Grid Contract for a Greener UK

Vattenfall, Siemens Energy and Aker Solutions AS have signed a grid contract for a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project to connect renewable energy onto t…

Offshore Wind Power

Vertical Axis Turbines Benefit Offshore Wind

New analysis for offshore floating wind developer SeaTwirl indicates that vertical axis turbines can be sited closer together to increase the power density.

Energy Storage Project

Equinor Confirms Construction of First Commercial Battery Storage Asset

Equinor has approved the final investment decision on the Blandford Road battery storage project in the south of the UK.

APAC to Generate Lion’s Share of World’s Energy by 2030

​The region is expected to account for 56% of the world’s energy in the next decade.

Masdar Plans Acquisitions as It Continues to Expand Its Portfolio

Exclusive: Abu Dhabi company is assessing new renewable opportunities in different countries, top executive says

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Markets to Remain Tight in 2023 as Russia Cuts Supply, IEA Says

Global gas consumption will decline by nearly 1% in 2022

Laos

Laos Poised to Be Southeast Asia’s Key Electricity Supplier

This comes amidst the development the Laos-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project.

OPEC

Opec+ to Hold In-Person Meeting Next Week in Vienna

This will be the first in-person ministerial meeting since March 2020, the group says

Natural Gas

UK Energy Bills Rise to Record High as Fuel Poverty Fears Grow

Gas prices will go from 7p to 10p per kilowatt hour under new guarantee

Nigeria

Clean Energy Jobs in Nigeria to Double by 2023

The sector could create more than 76,000 new jobs by next year in solar services, a report says

Wind Energy Industry Needs 570,000 Technicians by 2026

​This comes as the global onshore and offshore wind increase in size by 67%.