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Concentrating Solar Power

Concentrated Solar Power Quietly Makes a Comeback

A recent analysis of power generation costs from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) revealed that CSP fell more steeply in cost last year than an…

Thermal Fuel

How Fuel Availability at Power Plants Moved from Scarcity to Sufficiency

Prices in the spot electricity market have since dropped to unusually low levels, touching 1 per unit this week. Average prices in May, the peak summer month, w…

Hydrogen Trains: Are These the Eco-friendly Trains of the Future?

Hydrogen-powered trains are said to be the greenest trains out there.“Mini power stations on wheels”, is how a University of Birmingham researcher describes t…

Solar Power Plant

China's Silk Road Scoops up 49% Stake in ACWA Power Holding

China has made a strategic play for Middle Eastern renewables, securing a large minority stake in one of the region’s key developers.Beijing’s Silk Road Fund …

Solar Power Plant

Solaria Eyes Spanish PV Crown With 3GW-Plus Goal

Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente has unveiled ambitions to become Spain’s top solar IPP within five years, linking future growth to its speculation-free appro…

Qinghai Sets New Record of Surviving Solely on Clean Energy

Northwest China's Qinghai Province completed a 15-day all clean energy power supply trial, setting a new record following a successful nine-day trial last year,…

Thermal Plant

Sealed Thermal Power Plants to Run to Meet Energy Demand

MAHAGENCO’s thermal power generation plants will survive only for two weeks with the currently available 13 million metric tonnes of coal stock.

Solar Power Panel

DuPont’s 2019 ‘Global PV Reliability Study’ Warns of Rising Backsheet Delamination and Cracking

According to DuPont Photovoltaic and Advanced Materials latest ‘Global PV Reliability Study’ that focuses on field inspection and analysis of 6.5 million modu…

Wind Farm

SGRE, Ørsted Firm Up Taiwan OWP Project

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received the firm order from the Danish energy company and offshore wind giant Ørsted for their 900MW Greater Changh…

Nuclear Technology

UK’s low-carbon transition needs nuclear technologies, says ETI report

New nuclear plants are well-placed to form a major part of an affordable low-carbon transition in the UK, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) says in a repo…

Energy Storage System

Arizona Fire Highlights Challenges for Energy Storage

Arizona's largest electric company installed massive batteries near neighborhoods with a large number of solar panels, hoping to capture some of the energy from…

Study Forecasts Even With Modest Warming, Global Energy Demand to Increase by Mid-Century

Most previous studies explored this topic for a single country or continent, or for a single sector (mostly households). In addition, researchers only employed …

France: Chambéry to Open First “Zero Emission Valley” Hydrogen Station

It targets the creation of 20 hydrogen charging stations powered by 15 electrolysers and the financing of a fleet of 1,000 fuel cell vehicles. A first renewable…

Nuclear Power Plant

Alarm Bell on Decline of Nuclear Power Way too Late

Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that neglect of the world’s nuclear electric generating plants would lead to a precipitous decline in cl…

Nuclear Policy

Australians Urged to Adopt Nuclear Power

The Australian Nuclear Association (ANA) has appealed to Australians to understand that nuclear energy is ready to make a valuable contribution to low emission …