Electric

Microgrid

Hydroelectric-Solar Microgrid Installed in Patagonia

Hydroelectric power, combined with solar and a battery storage system, is powering facilities in the Patagonia National Park.

Electric Car

China's Biggest Automaker SAIC to Have Nearly 100 New EV Models by 2025

SAIC Motor, the biggest automaker in China, plans to have nearly 100 new energy models with its partners by 2025.

Electric Vehicle Battery

China's SVOLT to Supply Cobalt-Free EV Batteries to Great Wall

Chinese electric vehicle battery maker SVOLT Energy Technology will supply a new, cobalt-free battery to carmaker Great Wall Motor next year.

Offshore Wind Power

ENGIE and INEOS Sealed the Largest Corporate Wind PPA for an Industrial in Belgium

The ten-year agreement with ENGIE is expected to avoid 1,150,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of taking 100,000 cars off the road.

Energy Storage Battery

Hyundai Motor and LG Chem Promoting Joint Venture Battery Plant in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Chem are reportedly promoting the establishment of a joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Indonesia.

Smart Grid

Smart Grid Innovation Hub Launched by Iberdrola

The Global Smart Grid Innovation Hub in Bilbao, Spain will focus on R&D on the new challenges facing electricity distribution networks.

Iraq

Iraq Plans To Boost Power Capacity With An Additional 3GW

Iraq’s electricity ministry has revealed the country’s plans to boost its power capacity with an additional 3 gigawatts.

Ultra-high voltage grid

China's MILLION VOLT Energy Superhighway

​Smart grids delivering renewable energy across continents will be a crucial advance, but they will also require extremely long electricity transmission distan…

Electricity Transmission

The World's First New Energy Channel: 72 Days into Operation to Reduce Coal Consumption by 900,000 Tons

It is understood that the low-end DC system of the project has been in continuous live operation for 72 days.

PowerGrid Technology

Welsh Flywheel Project Helps Stabilise Grid

‘Innovative’ technology to be up and running in Rassau in Ebbw Vale by Autumn 2021.

Solar Power Plant

Irish, US JV Toasts Solar PPA Success in Maine

Irish company BNRG and its US joint venture partner Dirigo Solar are to supply renewable electricity to a public utility in the north-east US under a 20-year po…

Power Construction

Tanzania to Launch Call for Tenders for 2,550 km of High Voltage Lines and 51 Substations

Tanzania is preparing to launch a call for tenders for the construction of 2,550 km of high voltage lines and 51 electrical substations to serve its rural areas…

Hydropower Plant

Nigeria: FG Sinks $5.8bn in Mambilla Hydropower Project

The Federal Government has said that it has so far spent about $5.8 billion on the 40-year-old Mambilla Hydroelectric Power project.

Floating Offshore Wind

Greenalia to Build Four New Floating Offshore Wind Farms in Spain

Spanish electric services company Greenalia has announced plans to build four floating offshore wind projects in Gran Canaria.

EV Market

Electric Vehicle Charging Network ChargePoint to Go Public at $2.4 Billion Valuation

ChargePoint Inc, one of the world's oldest and largest electric vehicle charging networks, said on Thursday it will go public by merging with Switchback Energy …