C

Digitalisation Is Transforming the Utilities Sector Through Increased Optimisation and Sustainability

Accelerated by urgent demands for increased connectivity, reduced costs, and improved operational efficiency – there has been a rapid growth and development in…

SMR

Rolls Royce Plans First UK Modular Nuclear Reactor for 2029

The engineering company has started the regulatory process for its new small modular reactor.

Wind Farm

MEAG Acquires Shares in Swedish Wind Project

Eolus and Hydro REIN have signed an agreement with MEAG regarding the sale of 75% of the shares in the 260 MW wind power project Stor-Skälsjön in Sweden.

Offshore Wind Power

TotalEnergies and KGHM to Develop Offshore Wind Power

TotalEnergies and KGHM have signed a partnership to participate on a 50/50 basis in the Polish government tender for the development of offshore wind projects. …

Natural Gas

Russia Explains Gas for Rubles Switch

The new mechanism provides payment guarantees for Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.

Nuclear Power Plant

Biden Admin Launches $6 Billion Nuclear Power Credit Program

The Biden administration on Tuesday opened applications for a $6 billion program to help nuclear power plants struggling with rising costs as it seeks to stop t…

Solar Power Panel

JinkoSolar Supplies 100MW of N-Type Ultra-Efficiency Tiger Neo Modules to SPIC, One of the Largest Solar Power Developer in China

JinkoSolar today announced that it has won a 100MW order to supply its N-type Tiger Neo solar modules to the State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) f…

Solar Cell

Ultra-Thin Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cell with 24.0% Efficiency

Researchers in Germany have built a perovskite-organic solar cell with low interfacial losses and a high open-circuit voltage. The device achieved an open-circu…

Pumped Storage

NREL’s Storage Projections for 2050

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) final report on the future of storage presents “key learnings” from a series of six in-depth studies.

Smarten Launches 2.4 kW Hybrid PV Power Conditioning Unit for Offgrid Applications

Smarten has released the Superb 3050 hybrid solar power conditioning unit (PCU) for offgrid applications. The 2.4kW product is priced at INR 19,999 ($260).

Distributed energy

South Korea Launches ‘Jeju-Style’ Distributed Energy Masterplan

Jeju Island has so far expanded the proportion of renewables to 39% of all its power facilities.

Net Zero Emission

Helping EU Countries Reach Net Zero Requires a More Supportive ‘Demand’ Response

Helping EU countries lower energy prices and become carbon neutral by 2050 requires a more supportive ‘demand’ response, writes Simon Bushell, founder and CEO…

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Demand to Slip in 2022 Amidst Russia-Ukraine Conflict: IEA

The downward forecast is equivalent to 50 billion cubic meters of LNG.

Net Zero Emission

ExxonMobil Begins Design Studies for Carbon Capture Hub

ExxonMobil Australia is undertaking early front-end engineering design studies (pre-FEED) to determine the potential for carbon capture and storage to reduce gr…

Smart Grid

Romania’s Distributie Energie Oltenia Steps Towards Smarter Grid

Romanian distribution system operator (DSO) Distributie Energie Oltenia is to implement Siemens’ Advanced Distribution Management Software (ADMS).