Electric

Smart Grid

Canada Launches First Utility-Scale Microgrid System

Ontario-based municipal utility North Bay Hydro Services has partnered with smart grid solutions firm S&C Electric Company to launch Canada’s first utility-sca…

Solar Technology

New Device Could Purify Water While Generating Solar Power

​A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve t…

Power Construction

South Africa to Finalise A New Power Supply Deal to Ease Zimbabwe's Electricity Woes

The Zimbabwean Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi, will soon lead a delegation to South Africa to finalise a new power supply deal to ease ele…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Solar for EV Charging Was the Main PV Benefactor of India's Budget

India's newly appointed finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has unveiled the country's full-year budget that discussed support for lithium battery and electri…

LNG

The European Commission' s Latest Reports on Gas and Electricity Markets Covering the First Quarter of 2019

The European Commission’s latest reports on gas and electricity markets, which cover the first quarter of 2019, have just been published, containing a wide ran…

Output of Iran' s Hydroelectric: Four Times more than the Figure for Last Year’s Same Period

The electricity output of Iran’s hydroelectric power plants is expected to reach 20,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the first half of the current Iranian calendar …

India Plans $330 Billion Renewables Push by 2030 Without Hurting Coal

India said on Thursday it needs $330 billion in investments over the next decade to power its renewable energy dream, but coal would remain central to its elect…

FERC Revises Three-Year Forecast to Reflect Rapid Growth of Renewable Energy

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, within the past month, the agency has dramatica…

EV Technology

UK Researchers Propose Cell Cooling Coefficient to Quantify Heat rejection from Li-ion Batteries

08 July 2019 in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, researchers from Imperial College London and the Faraday Institution propose a new metric—the Cell …

First All-New Hyundai NEXO Arrives in Switzerland

The first car arrived and was accepted by Roland Gysel, Swiss entrepreneur and H2 electric driver three years ago and now he will soon be switching from the ix3…

Nuclear Policy

Nuclear Energy Situation Analysis in Japan

Japan has adopted a peaceful approach towards nuclear technology, limiting it to the use of supplying electricity.

ZAMBIA: Western Power Allocates $500 Million to Ngonye Hydroelectric Project

Western Power Company, the company responsible for implementing the Ngonye hydroelectric project, announced that it would invest $500 million to build the proje…

PowerChina Set to Construct 2 Hydropower Plants in Congo

Power Construction Corp. of China agreed to build two hydroelectric power plants in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help reduce the mining industry’s yawni…

Shell Enters Japan's Retail Power Market

Royal Dutch Shell has begun selling electricity to businesses in Japan and is considering residential sales in the future.

Ethiopia To Unveil A USD 2.5 Bn Geothermal Electric Project To Curb Power Shortage

Ethiopia is planning to launch a USD 2.5 Bn 520 MW geothermal electric project which will be implemented in West Arsi Zone in the Oromia region of Ethiopia.