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Renewable Energy

Amazon hits 100% renewable energy Targetseven years early

Amazon has announced that it has achieved its goal of matching all electricity consumed by its operations, including data centres, with 100% renewable energy. T…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Launches Cybertruck in Canada, and It’s Pricey

Tesla has launched the Cybertruck in Canada, and the prices are going to make people think twice about buying the truck they have been waiting for for years.Jus…

Solar project

Pivot Energy and Microsoft to Develop 500MWAC Solar Projects in US

The 500MWac capacity is projected to generate one billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually over two decades. Credit: Aaron Finn / Shutterstock.Pivot Energ…

Energy Storage Project

Sineng Electric Launches World’s Largest Sodium-Ion Battery Storage Project

Sineng Electric has revealed that it has provided its string PCS MV stations for what it said is the world’s largest sodium-ion BESS, and China’s fi…

Electric Vehicles

EVs and PHEVs Outsell Gas Cars in China for the First Time

EVs and PHEVs made up a record half of car sales in China in July, the first time this milestone was achieved in the world’s largest auto market.Sales of …

Geothermal Power Plant

Capacity Optimization Encouraged for Geothermal Power Plants in Indonesia

Ulubelu Unit 3 & 4, Lampung, Indonesia (source: Sidiq Nurbiyantoko)Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR / ESDM) is encouraging vario…

Hydropower Plant

Northern Brazil Cuts Hydro Power Use With Prolonged Drought

A view of Madeira River amid the drought in Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto/File Photo Purchase Licensing Right…

Electricity Transmission

Enel Wins 11.5 GW in Italy’s Capacity Market Auction for 2025

A drone view shows bifacial 540 W solar panels at a solar panels park by energy supplier Enel Green Power, in Trino, Italy, March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco…

Carbon Capture

Japan’s J-Power Partners With Australia’s Carbon Capture Developers

Japanese utility Electric Power Development (J-Power) (9513.T), opens new tab has signed a joint study agreement with two Australian carbon capture and storage …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Partners With Sunrun on Its ‘Tesla Electric’ Utility

Tesla Electric, Tesla’s electric utility division, is partnering with solar installer Sunrun to grow its user base in Texas.After gaining experience throu…

Hydropower Plant

ADB Approves $21 Million Grant to Modernize Golovnaya Hydropower Plant in Tajikistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $21 million grant to expand renewable energy in Tajikistan by modernizing the Golovnaya hydropower plant.The ele…

Thermal Coal

US Stockpiles of Coal at Power Plants Reach Post-2020 High

According to the US Energy Information Agency (EIA), coal stockpiles at US electric power plants totalled 138 million short t at the end of May, the most since …

Renewable Energy

Ireland, NI Set to Miss 2030 Renewables Targets

Ireland and Northern Ireland’s ambitious goals of generating 80% of their electricity from renewable sources by the end of this decade, will be delayed un…

Electricity Transmission

US to Invest $2.2 Billion to Overhaul National Power Grid

Downtown Los Angeles is seen behind an electricity pylon through the morning marine layer in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nichol…

Pumped Storage

CEA Approves Two New Pumped Storage Plants in India

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has granted approval for two new pumped storage plants (PSPs) as part of efforts to enhance India’s renewable ener…