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Biobattery

French Albioma Expands Biomass Capacity in 2020

French renewable energy provider Albioma increased its biomass-fired capacity in 2020, despite delays to plant conversions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

HVDC

China Power Giant Wants to Get Ahead on Xi’s Emissions Goals

China’s utility giant is planning to upgrade its massive electricity grid over the next few years to allow it to move away from coal generation and reach peak …

Solar Power Plant

White Pine Renewables Completes Floating Solar Project in US

US-based White Pine Renewables has completed the Healdsburg Floating Solar project at the City of Healdsburg, in California.

Electricity Transmission

New York Transco Begins Construction on 345kV Transmission Project

New York Transco has started construction work on the New York Energy Solution transmission line upgrade works in the US.

China

The Two Sessions to Observe

Update the latest news of the two sessions in real time

Offshore Wind Power

Triton Knoll Wind Project Begins Power Generation

RWE has taken a significant step towards achieving full power at its Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, with the first generation of electricity.

Rooftop PV System

16 GW Worth of Solar Rooftop Capacity can be Created from MSMEs by the End of 2022

India has set a target of 175 GW of installed capacity by the end of 2022, out of which 40 GW is expected to come from solar rooftop projects.

Carbon Neutral

Japan on Track to Achieve 2030 Renewable Power Goal

Japan is on track to achieve its target for renewable power capacity installed by 2030, paving the way for its 2050 carbon neutral goal.

Energy Transition

Poland Sees Energy Transformation Costing $120 billion by 2045

Poland still generates most of its electricity from coal, but plans to reduce its share in power production amid rising carbon emission costs.

Smart Meter

Asia to Deploy more than 570 million Smart Electricity Meters

A new report released by research firm Berg Insight explores the deployment of smart electricity meters in China, India, Japan and South Korea between 2021 and …

Electricity Transmission

World's 1st 660 KV Transmission System Sends Around 300-billion kilovolt Electricity in Decade

The world's first 660 kilovolt high-voltage direct current transmission line has transmitted around 300-billion kilovolt electricity from northwest China to eas…

Electricity Reform

South Sudan Renews Push to Reduce Power Deficit

South Sudan is directing massive effort to develop the power sector to reduce a deficit of 170 megawatts by building several generation plants, implementing Sou…

Energy Storage Project

Puerto Rico’s 1GW RFP for Renewables Also Calls for 500MW of Energy Storage

Puerto Rico has issued a request for proposals to construct 1GW of renewable energy capacity and 500MW of battery energy storage on the island.

Gas power plant

Guinness World Records Recognises Dubai Jebel Ali Power Complex As Largest Gas-Fired Facility Globally

The site has a total capacity of 9,547 MW and is valued at over $12.3bn

Nuclear Power Plant

Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 Runs at Full Power to Generate Electricity

The world’s first reactor of Hualong One-Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5, "firepowered", ran at full power and generated more than 27 million kWh on the sam…