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Smart Energy

Voith and Snowy Hydro Collaborate to Create Smart Hydropower Plant

Snowy Hydro’s Murray 1 power station in Australia is to be digitally transformed with the installation of OnCare.Acoustic and Digital Health Assessments from V…

Electric Vehicle Charging

FreeWire Installs First Battery-Integrated Ultrafast EV Charger at Ampm in California

Boost Charger is the first battery-integrated ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charger deployed in the US.

Australia

Western Australia to Invest $22M to Accelerate Renewable Hydrogen Future

The Western Australia Government of Premier Mark McGowan will bring forward the Western Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy targets by a decade and invest $2…

Nuclear Power Plant

Ontario Government Supports Extended Operation for Pickering

The government of Ontario has announced its support for a plan by Ontario Power Generation to extend the operating period of the Pickering nuclear power plant u…

Energy Storage System

Qatar Installs its First Grid-Scale Battery Pilot Ahead of Schedule Despite ‘Many Challenges’

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, has commissioned the Middle Eastern country’s first ever megawatt-scale battery storage system in time to meas…

Geothermal Greenhouses in Caldiran, Turkey Important Contribution to Local Economy

In the Caldiran district of Van, one of the coldest municipalities of Turkey, a geothermal energy heated greenhouse set up with the support of Turkey’s Ministr…

Microgrid

Canada’s Prince Edward Island Plans $18.5M Microgrid to Ease Electricity Costs

A $18.53 million microgrid project to ease Covid-19 related financial hardships by reducing energy costs for those that live on the island.

Warren Buffett Sells Stake in Oil Giant Occidental Petroleum

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold its common stock interest in Occidental Petroleum.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Trump to Open Alaska Arctic Refuge to Oil Drilling for First Time

The Trump Administration is set to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling for the first time by approving a drilling program on Mond…

Energy Transition

BP, Pale Blue Dot Scoop ‘Energy Transition’ Prize

BP and Pale Blue Dot were among winners of the 2020 Offshore Achievement Awards during a virtual ceremony on 14 August.

Tidal Energy

Marine Energy Wales Backs Morlais Tidal Demo Zone

Marine Energy Wales said it supports the Morlais tidal demonstration project’s “phased approach” to deploying devices in the test zone.

Hydropower Plant

Drax to Spend £1m on Cruachan Hydro Plant Upgrade

Drax Group’s Cruachan hydroelectric pumped storage plant, built inside a hollowed-out mountain in Scotland, is to undergo an upgrade.

Microgrid

BESS System on Hybrid Microgrid Powers Remote Alaskan Community

The small town of Cordova, Alaska, is located 150 miles southeast of Anchorage, near the picturesque head of the Orca Inlet on the Prince William Sound, at the …

Market Analysis

China's Electricity Consumption Growth Eased to 2.3% in July

A shift in production strategy by crude oil refineries may have played a role.

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Bags Order to Supply Turbines for Adani Green Energy’s Rajasthan Project

It has received a firm order from Adani Green Energy for the Fatehgarh, Rajasthan project to install 215 SG 2.2-122 wind turbines, totalling 473 megawatt.