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Wind Farm

Green Electricity Boost for UK as Work Starts on East Anglia THREE Wind Farm

ScottishPower Renewables has kicked off the construction of its second wind farm off the Suffolk coast, which will deliver a green electricity boost for the UK.…

CCS

Gulf Oil Producers Expand Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Capacity

Gulf NOCs are expanding their carbon capture and hydrogen capacity.

Solar Power Plant

Shell Confirms Plans to Purchase Portfolio of New Build Solar Capacity in the UK

Shell is working towards the purchase of four solar farm projects with a total capacity of 100 MW, currently being developed by Anesco.

Natural Gas

Germany: No Technical Reason for Cutting Nord Stream 1 Gas

Gazprom, Russia's state energy giant, has significantly reduced the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1, now at 20 percent of capacity.

Solar Power Panel

Canadian Solar Plans US$9 Billion Polysilicon, Cell and Module Factory in China

Canadian Solar plans to build an integrated PV manufacturing plant in Western China, with a capacity of 200,000MT of high-purity polysilicon, 10GW of both cells…

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.

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…

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…

Electric Car

IoT-Enabled Electric Charging Pilot to Ramp up New York EV Infrastructure

Connected Kerb has been selected by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and Newlab for a flagship internet of things (IoT)-enabled electric…

Energy Transition

UK Readies Competition in Onshore Electricity Networks

The competition aims to reduce energy costs and speed up connections.

Australia

Energy Prices Across Australia to Remain High Until 2026

Research from Cornwall Insight Australia’s Benchmark Power Curve (BPC)1, which looks at power prices up until 2042, has forecast that all states in the Nationa…

Gas power plant

Equinor May Postpone Closure of Norwegian Gas-Fired Power Plant

Norway-based energy major Equinor could continue to operate its natural gas-fired Mongstad power plant to support the country’s electricity supply. The company…

Carbon Emissions

Chicago Announces Plan to Power City With 100% Renewable Energy

Chicago’s public buildings could all be powered by renewable energy under a plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Aug. 8.

Energy Storage Battery

Magnesium Conductor Developed for Energy Storage

Movement towards a more energy-efficient society means that the need for high-capacity, cost-effective batteries is greater than ever.

Smart Meter

CEDIS Extends AMI Project With 20,000 Smart Meter Replacements

Montenegrin Electric Distribution System (CEDIS) has started work on an extended phase three of the modernisation of their electricity consumption measurement (…