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Market Analysis

Solar to Cover a Quarter of Global Power by 2050

Global solar power capacity will grow by 9% every year between 2018 and 2050, according to a new study released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IR…

New Technology

NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology

ARPA-E has challenged researchers to innovate a storage technology that can be deployed in almost any location and charge and discharge electricity, at a low fi…

Solar Power Panel

Ecoppia to Deploy Solar Panel Cleaning Solutions for Over 400MW of PV Projects in India

Ecoppia, developer of fully autonomous, water-free PV panel cleaning solutions, has been chosen by Fortum to deploy its platform across multiple projects in Ind…

Virtual power plant

Virtual Power Plants Could Solve One of Renewable Energy's Most Vexing Challenges: The Weather

By supplying electricity from renewable sources even when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, virtual power plant technology could help tackle the…

Electricity Transmission

Schneider Electric opens its first Smart Distribution Center in India

Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today opened its first Smart Distribution Center in Ind…

Wind Turbine

World's Largest Planned Wind Turbines Took Big Steps Towards Deployment

Two of the world’s largest planned wind turbines have taken big steps towards deployment this month, with GE’s mammoth 12 MW Haliade-X producing its first ele…

Smart Grid

Rocky Mountain Power to Use IoT to Modernize its Electricity Grid

Itron has announced that Rocky Mountain Power will deploy its OpenWay Riva IoT solution and 250,000 OpenWay Riva electricity meters to modernize Rocky Mountain …

Electricity Trade

Energy Trading via Power Pools Can Ease Energy Poverty

Trade in electricity helps bring down energy prices, mitigate against power shocks, relieve shortages, facilitate decarbonisation and provide incentives for mar…

China to Impose New Restrictions on Small Hydro Plants

China will ban the construction of small hydropower plants in regions that already have an electricity surplus and encourage new dams in poor and remote locatio…

Market Analysis

Rooftop solar hits 45% of demand and sets new grid low in W.A.

Rooftop solar has helped deliver another Australian grid record, this time in Western Australia where the state’s wholesale electricity market (WEM) dipped to …

Electric Car

ACT Introduces First Electric Bus on Path to Zero Transport Emissions

An all-electric bus built by leading bus-maker Yutong will begin ferrying Canberrans around the Australian capital city this week, as the ACT government enacts …

Combined cycle power plant

Siemens To Upgrade Steam Power Plant In Vietnam To Combined Cycle Power Plant

Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This project wil…

Investment to Make Africa A World Leader in Renewable Energy

Johannesburg, South Africa, where close to half of its 1.2 billion people have access to electricity, is set to become a world leader in renewable energy.

Market Analysis

Africa Set for Nine-Fold Wind Capacity Increase

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects Africa's wind power fleet to increase nine-fold between the end of 2018 and 2040, but the continent's small power …

Thermal Plant

The Top 10 Biggest Thermal Power Plants in India

More than 65% of India's electricity generation capacity comes from thermal power plants, with 85% of the country's thermal power generation being coal-based.