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Market Analysis

ICRA Revises The Power Sector Outlook from Stable to Negative

According to ICRA Research, the all India electricity demand growth declined to 1.2 per cent in 8M FY2020 on a year-on-year basis (YoY) against the 6.4 per cent…

FERC Issues Permit to Study 1-MW Prompton Dam Hydropower Project in Pennsylvania

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary permit to Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXVI LLC to study the feasibility of the proposed 1-MW Prom…

Electricity Transmission

BNetzA Reveals Bavarian SuedOstLink Route

The German federal network agency BNetzA has defined the route corridor for the Bavarian section of the SuedOstLink, which will bring electricity generated by w…

Thermal Plant

The Average Efficiency of Thermal Power Has Reached 38.1% in Iran

After negotiations with East Asian firms in 2018 to attract investment to decommission decrepit power plants failed due to the US sanctions, the government prop…

Solar Power Plant

Foresight to Feed EDF from Spanish Sun

Foresight Group is to supply electricity to EDF Trading from the 50MW subsidy-free Guzman solar farm in south-west Spain under a 10-year power purchase agreemen…

Public Housing Buildings in Sweden to Benefit from Renewable Energy Hydrogen Storage System

Clean energy upgrades allow public housing buildings to run on renewable power year-round.

Thermal Plant

Some Thermal Power Plants in India May Be Classified As Stranded Assets

Against the already identified ones, several more thermal power plants in India could potentially be classified as stranded assets, a report released on Wednesd…

Distributed Generation

Why is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?

Hybrid plants combining wind, solar and batteries can reliably supply electricity during peak-demand hours, the author writes.

Microgrid

Tesla’s Musk Says Solar Energy Storage will Grow Faster than Electric Cars

If so, it is a good time for Tesla to turn its attention to the energy business — encompassing solar and energy storage — that has for long taken a backseat t…

Indian Oil's Gujarat Refinery Dispatch Low-sulphur Marine Fuel

Earlier, IndianOil chairman, Sanjiv Singh unveiled the plaque marking the mechanical completion of the New Amine Regeneration Unit and ISBL (Power Grid Import) …

Why ‘Flammable Ice’ Could Be the Future of Energy ?

Japan succeeded in extracting an untapped fuel from its ocean floor – methane hydrate, or flammable ice. Proponents argue that it will offset energy crises, bu…

Coal Trade

Standard Chartered exits three Southeast Asia coal plants worth estimated $7 billion

Standard Chartered has pulled financing for three coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia amid a global push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, throwing into do…

Solar Technology

UNIST Create New Transparent Solar Cell for Solar Windows

South Korean scientists have transformed an opaque crystalline silicon solar cell into a transparent one by punching holes into it measuring around 100 μm in d…

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Develops Rapidly in Pacific

A renewable energy system that uses deep ocean water to generate power is scheduled to move from 45 years of experimentation to seeing the world's two largest o…

Coal Power

Coal is Still the World's favourite for electricity generation

Global coal consumption is likely to rise over the coming years, driven by demand in India, China and Southeast Asia