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Nuclear Reactor

Electricity Production at Finland's New Nuclear Reactor Delayed to March

​Electricity production at Finland’s new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor has now been delayed to March from late February, according to operator Teollisuuden Voim…

Natural Gas

Gas Crunch Causes Electricity Crisis Despite Record Cheap Clean Energy. Time to Create a “Green Energy Pool”?

In the UK and similar nations, the gas crisis is ballooning electricity prices too.

Hydropower Plant

Investments in Hydro Set to Increase in 2022 Says New Research

Hydropower capacity in 2022 is set to exceed 1200GW and investments will climb to $36.3 billion, new research from Rystad Energy has suggested, with hydro set t…

Wind Farm

Commissioning Spree Boosts Latin America's Onshore Wind Capacity

Hundreds of megawatts connected to grid as a handful of large projects come online in Brazil, Chile and Mexico.

Offshore Wind Power

Norway to Launch 1.5 Gigawatt Offshore Wind Tender

Norway will launch later this year its first tender for bottom-fixed offshore wind turbines in the southern North Sea, planning to develop 1.5 gigawatt of elect…

Carbon Emissions

How the Utilities Industry is Building a Sustainable Future

The energy and utilities industries play a significant role in carbon emissions. In the US, 25% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity generati…

Energy Storage Battery

Solar, Wind and Energy Storage Proposals for New South Wales Renewable Energy Zone Come Flooding in

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has received proposals for more than 34GW of solar, wind and energy storage for its South-West Renewable Energy Zo…

Polysilicon Shortages in Solar PV Markets to End Within 18 Months

The solar squeeze of 2021 will be ended by a surge of new polysilicon production capacity coming online in the next two years, according to new research from Re…

Energy Transition

Global Corporates Increase Renewable Energy Acquisition by 24%

Corporates bought 24% more renewable energy capacity in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a new report released by BloombergNEF.

Hydropower Plant

Rystad Energy: Hydropower Growth Set to Continue

The hydropower market will continue its upward trajectory in 2022 as global capacity exceeds 1200 GW for the first time and investments climb to US$36.3 billion…

Solar Technology

Intersolar Europe 2022: Solar Energy in Germany Takes Center Stage

Thanks to the goals set by the newly appointed German government to reach an installed PV capacity of 200 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, Germany continues on its path …

Energy-Eficient Building

Schneider Electric Supports WEF Framework to Attract Investment Towards Decarbonization of Buildings

Schneider Electric, supports the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its launch of the Net Zero Carbon Cities Building Value Framework, a strategy aimed at attractin…

LNG

US LNG Sector to Pitch Gas Deals for Europe

A senior EU official overseeing the bloc's energy policy is set to meet next week with US LNG industry insiders, who say recent tensions with Russia add relevan…

Power Construction

Cuba Mends Power Plant, Grid Stability Improves

Cuba has started work to bring its biggest power plant up to full capacity, but the project is hobbled by the government's inability to readily obtain spare par…

Solar Power Plant

Japan's Jera Targets 1GW of Solar Power in Five Years

Japan's largest thermal power producer Jera will work with domestic solar power engineering firm West Holdings to develop solar power stations, targeting 1GW of…