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Energy Transition

As G20 Chair, Coal-Heavy Indonesia Sends Mixed Signals on Green Transition

Indonesia is using its stint as G20 president to push for more international funding for the green energy transition in developing nations.

Floating Solar Project

Nigeria and the Netherlands to Join Forces on Renewable Energy

The Netherlands have hosted a delegation of entrepreneurs and senior government officials from Nigeria, to discuss collaborations in areas including the circula…

Solar Cell

Could ‘Hot Carrier’ Solar Cells Break the Theoretical Efficiency Limit?

Up to 50% of the energy absorbed by a solar cell is lost as heat. Scientists are now developing a third generation of “hot carrier” solar cells that take adva…

Electric Vehicle Battery

CATL Licensed to Mass-Produce EV Batteries in Germany This Year

EV battery maker CATL announced Wednesday that its plant in Thuringia, Germany had received approval for making 8 GWh cells per year. The company is installing …

Hydropower Plant

Analysing Europe’s ‘Hidden Potential’ for Small and Micro Hydropower

Diversion-type, run-of-river (DROR) hydropower schemes in the European Union have the potential to provide from 79 TWh to 1,710 TWh of electricity annually, acc…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia Plans to Slow Power Plant Closures

The Australian federal government plans to slow down the accelerated rate of power plant closures with proposals requiring utilities to provide a five-year noti…

Rosatom

Atomflot Satisfies the Needs for Repair of Large-Sized Parts of Ships in Murmansk Region

On April 4 in Murmansk, in floating dock No. 3, ship repairers of Atomflot FSUE (a company of ROSATOM) completed dock repair of Northern Wave motor ship.

Hydrogen Production

Shell, Mitsubishi Wind Power Consortium to Produce 'Green Hydrogen'

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp and Shell Plc aim to produce 400,000 tonnes of "green hydrogen" in 2030 through the companies' European offshore wind power project, the…

Net Zero Emission

Has Renewable Energy Reached an Inflection Point Globally?

Wind and solar power hit a new record in 2021, generating 10 percent of the world's entire electricity needs for the first time ever.

Net Zero Emission

Global Green Finance Increased 100x in Last Decade

Green finance worldwide has grown by more than 100 times in the last decade.

Nuclear Fusion

Oxford Spinoff Demonstrates World-First Hypersonic

Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion says its novel "projectile" approach offers "the fastest, simplest and cheapest route to commercial fusion power."

Hydropower Plant

7.8MW Hydropower Project in Uganda to Supply Clean Energy

Nyamwamba II, a 7.8MW hydropower project in Kasese, Western Uganda, has reached its PPA Commercial Operation Date (COD).

Hydrogen Production

Dutch and German Cooperation in Hydrogen Production From Offshore Wind

Cooperation between the Netherlands and Germany to develop a common hydrogen market boosts opportunities for realising a decarbonised regional economy, the Hy3 …

LNG

China Signs Another Deal to Buy US LNG

US-based Next Decade will supply China’s ENN with 1.5 million tonnes per year (mtpy) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 20 years starting as early as 2026 from…

SMR

Rolls-Royce Boss Earmarks 2029 for Production of Small Nuclear Reactors

The boss of Rolls-Royce has said the company could create its first small nuclear reactors by 2029 as long as planning barriers are removed by the UK government…