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Authorities look to control household rooftop solar power systems to stabilise the grid

The body that runs WA's main electricity market wants the ability to remotely dump excess solar power from households — cutting the bill rebates people receive…

Solar Company

Berlin Urged to Remove Barriers to PV

The German Solar Association (BSW) has called on the government to remove barriers to the development of new solar and storage capacity needed to replace coal a…

Electricity Transmission

Nexans to Begin Laying Cable to Syros Under Aegean Sea

Top officials from the Independent Power Transmission Operator SA (IPTO or ADMIE) of Greece and contractor Nexans SA, based in France, announced yesterday in La…

Gas power plant

Vietnam Trade Ministry : $4-billion Power Plant Can't Commit to Its Proposed Electricity Price

The trade ministry supports inclusion of a 3,200 MW liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu as part of the national pow…

Gas power plant

Hong Kong to Invest 500 Million Dollars to Build Two LNG Power Stations

Hong Kong based CNTIC VPower YGI Limited is planning to invest over US$500 million to build a 400-megawatt LNG fired power station in Thaketa Township and a 150…

European Cities Commit Commit to Net Zero Carbon Buildings

On 4 December 2019, leading European cities and companies pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Helsinki, Finland and Valladolid, …

Solar Company

Australia’s Biggest Businesses Could Deliver “A Yallourn” of New Wind And Solar

ustralian companies that have committed to source 100 per cent of their electricity from renewable energy now represent almost one quarter of the value of the A…

TVA Hosts Uganda Public Power

US utility Tennesse Valley Authority recently hosted visitors from the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), sharing knowledge and experience o…

Solar Company

Univergy Sets Up Subsidiary in Poland, Plans to Develop 220MW of PV Projects

Spanish-Japanese renewables company Univergy International has established a new subsidiary, Univergy Polska SP, in the Polish city of Sopot in order to help de…

PowerGrid Technology

Michigan Launches MI Power Grid

MI Power Grid is also designed to offer feedback to help utilities improve their grid investments for affordable and reliable electricity services.

Carbon Pricing

Is Carbon Pricing the Key to a Clean Energy Future?

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has proposed incorporating the social cost of carbon into the wholesale price of electricity.

Wind Capacity Exceeds Hydro, While Solar Tops Oil in US

New capacity placed into service that month included 359 MW of wind and 232 MW of solar but only 100 MW of natural gas.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indonesia Must Stop Building New Coal-fired Power Plants By 2020 to Meet Climate Goals

Achieving that goal, the IESR says, “would require that there are fewer coal plants installed capacity in Indonesia,” including “no more coal plants … built…

New Reaserch : A Aicrobial Fuel Cell Converts Urine into Clean Electricity

A research team from the University of Bath, together with the Queen Mary University in London and the Bristol Bioenergy Centre, have developed an innovative mi…

South African Firm to Study Building 360-MW Ugandan Hydropower Plant

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in Uganda has lifted its objections to a South African firm conducting a study for a 360-MW hydropower plant at Murch…