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Energy Storage Battery

CEFC Offers US$127.6 Million Debt Finance for 300MW Victoria Energy Storage Project

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested AU$160 million in a 300MW battery storage project near Geelong, Victoria.

Smart Meter

1 Million Smart Meter Milestone in Australia and New Zealand

Surging solar and behind the meter services are driving smart meters across electricity markets.

Wind Farm

Van Oord Commissions Innovative Borssele 5

Offshore wind farm that features two Vestas 9.5MW turbines includes several technological advances

Offshore Wind Power

Germany Opens 958MW Offshore Wind Tender

Bids for the three sites in the North and Baltic Seas must be submitted by 1 September

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Final Testing Phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacit…

Oil Field

Energean Proposes $500MM Carbon Storage Facility in Northern Greece

Energean Plc submitted a proposal to the Greek government to build a carbon dioxide storage facility and a hydrogen plant in northern Greece close to its old Pr…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Energy Storage Project

CEFC Offers US$127.6 million Debt Finance for 300MW Victoria Energy Storage Project

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested AU$160 million in a 300MW battery storage project near Geelong, Victoria.

Market Analysis

China Installed Half of New Global Offshore Wind Energy Capacity During 2020 in Record Year

China leads the world in new annual offshore wind turbines installations for the third year in a row with over 3 GW of new offshore wind farm capacity in 2020.

Nuclear Reactor

French Regulator Approves 50-Year Operation of 900 MWe Reactors

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, has set the conditions for the continued operation of EDF's 900 MWe reactors beyond 40 …

CNNC

CNNC and CGN Sign Fuel Contracts and Pledge Greater Co-Operation

CNNC added that the development had "far-reaching significance for promoting the sustained and stable development of China's nuclear fuel industry and consolida…

Nuclear Power Plant

Licence Extension for South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP does not Mean New Units will be Built

However, the extension of the licence does not mean that construction of the two reactors will go ahead.

ITER

European Council Approves Continued Financing for ITER

The European contribution to the project for that period is set at €5.61 billion in current prices.

Solar Power Panel

Video: Solar Panels Turn Desert into Oasis

Desertification meant animal husbandry was unsustainable a decade ago. But now, people and their animals are returning.

Biobattery

BIOGEST to Build Biogas Plant in South Korea

BIOGEST received an order to build an agricultural and food waste biogas plant in the southern region of South Korea.