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Energy Storage Battery

Genex to Acquire 2GW Solar and Battery Project in Australia

The project's first stage will involve building a 400MW/1,600MWh energy storage facility.

Vestas Sells Converters and Controls Business to KK Wind Solutions

Vestas continuously looks for partners that can support its strategic focus on its core business and help scale renewables efficiently in the long-term.

Net Zero Emission

Ørsted Extends Its 100% Renewable Electricity Target to All Suppliers

Ørsted has set a clear expectation towards all suppliers to use 100 % renewable electricity by 2025, becoming the first energy company in the world to do so.

Solar Power Plant

Iberdrola Starts up ‘Francisco Pizarro’, the Largest Photovoltaic Plant in Europe

The plant will produce enough clean energy to power more than 334,000 homes and prevent the emission of 150,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Smart Meter

Atlantic City Electric Set to Upgrade 565,000 Smart Meters

Atlantic City Electric will start the broad installation of new smart meters for its nearly 565,000 customers beginning in September 2022, and continuing throug…

Smart Meter

Serbia Smart Metering Project Supported

Phase one of Serbia’s smart metering implementation has been awarded €7.8 million ($8 million) from the EU through the Western Balkans Investment Framework. …

Electric Car

Berkeley Lab Offers a Brief on EV Retail Rate Design Basics

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption has increased significantly over the past several years, with 640,000 EVs sold in the US in 2021, more than double the number sol…

Australia

Australia’s Energy Industry Posts 16.7% Mom Turnover Growth in June

It has the largest percentage growth for two consecutive months.

Geothermal Power Plant

With Its Geothermal Plans Local Utilities in Germany Eye Lithium Extraction

As part of their geothermal heating development plans, two local utilities in Germany's Upper-Rhine region have also secured a Lithium exploration permit.

Hydrogen Production

UK’s Biggest Container Port to Shore £150M Green Hydrogen Plant

The project built by ScottishPower will power ships, trucks and trains

LNG

Centrica Strikes £7BN LNG Deal

The agreement will allow the company to purchase one million tonnes of LNG every year

Australia

Western Australia Utility Replicating Success of 100% Renewable Energy Town

The small town of Onslow, Western Australia, is now powered almost entirely by renewable energy, and the utility behind that project wants to roll out the same …

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Installs World’s First Offshore Wind Turbine With Recyclable Blades

German energy giant RWE started to test a wind turbine with fully recyclable blades at its offshore project Kaskasi. It is the first deployment of the technolog…

Electricity Transmission

Norway to Impose Power Export Controls

Photo: Ásgeir Eggertsson / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcodeNorway is preparing a framework for limiting electricity exports at ti…

Oil Refinery

U.S. Oil Refiners, Pipeline Companies Expect Strong Demand for Rest of 2022

U.S. oil refiners and pipeline operators expect energy consumption to be strong for the second half of 2022, even though analysts and industry watchers have wor…