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Austria Pledges to Fit 1 Million Roofs With Solar By 2030

Austria’s new government has promised a 1 million photovoltaic roofing program as part of its plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. The country pledged t…

Scientists At HKU Invented A Recapture Device Can Convert Heat Waste Into Usable Electricity

Engineers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have just invented and patented a Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC), a recapture device that can convert low-…

Energy Storage System

UWC Proposes Energy Solution for Blackouts

With the ongoing strain on South Africa’s electricity grid and the growing use of renewable energy to mitigate climate change, there is a clear need for reliab…

India’s Energy Choices ‘will be Critical for the Planet’ Says IEA Chief

India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector – and with its energy demand set to double by 2040 and its electricit…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Eco-Friendly Coal-Fired Plant Powers Houses, Wins Hearts in Pakistan

Surrounded by patches of wheat, sugarcane and guava orchards, the 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant located in the Sahiwal district of Pakistan's east Punja…

Electricity Transmission

Maine Invests $1 Billion in Transmission Lines to Bring Canadian Hydropower to the New England grid

The state agency that handles zoning in Maine’s unregulated territories gave its approval Wednesday to a proposed $1 billion transmission line aimed at bringin…

Energy Storage System

Batteries Play a Critical Role for a Low Carbon Energy Future

The switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy alternatives and the electrification of energy is one of the key elements of delivering carbon neutral economie…

Geothermal Energy Storage System to Reduce Peak Electricity Demand

ORNL researchers have developed a system that stores electricity as thermal energy in underground tanks, allowing homeowners to reduce their electricity purchas…

Power Construction

Grid Project Completion Brings Stable Electricity to Southern Xinjiang

A 3.6-billion-yuan ($514.29 million) grid project was officially completed and started operation in the southern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region by the end of …

U.S. Energy Consumption Suffered A Noticeable Hit By Economic Slowdown

U.S. manufacturers and freight hauliers were hit last year by the sharpest slowdown since the 2008/09 recession and it filtered through into a noticeable dip in…

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Is the Future of Solar

The dye sensitized solar cell can produce electricity under low light conditions, including indoor lighting. Due to the structural design and different color dy…

Offshore Wind Power

2019 was a Record Year for Renewable Electricity Generation in Denmark

2019 was a record year for renewable electricity generation in Denmark. The national media outlet dr.dk reports that, for the first time ever, half of Denmark’…

Managing Energy Use to Reduce Carbon Footprint

According to National Grid, more of Britain’s electricity production will come from zero carbon energy sources than from fossil fuels in 2019 — the first tim…

Power Generation from Missouri River's Upstream Dams Increases in 2019

The Western Area Power Administration relies heavily on energy from the dams for the power it sells and must buy electricity on the open market in years when hy…

Can Cogeneration Pave the Way to Better Energy Efficiency?

Combined heat and power (CHP) was always a great idea: using the heat generated as a by-product of electricity production to warm homes in colder climes.