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Wind Power Project

GE Renewables Announces 1050 MW Order for Western Spirit Wind Farms

GE Renewable Energy has announced a 1050 MW order for Pattern Energy's Western Spirit Wind farms in New Mexico.

Solar Power Panel

SunPower Closing Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Oregon

SunPower, a solar technology and energy services provider, announced that it will close SunPower Manufacturing Oregon, its solar panel manufacturing plant in Hi…

Solar Power Panel

Quantum Wells Enable Record-Efficiency Two-Junction Solar Cell

Key to the cell’s design is a series of more than 150 ultrathin layers of alternating semiconductors that create quantum wells in the cell’s bottom absorber, …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Albemarle To Double Nevada Lithium Production

Albemarle said on Thursday it will double production at its lithium facility in Silver Peak, Nevada, to boost supply for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Hydropower Plant

South Korea Expected to Build Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea and the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan had a joint trade committee meeting on Jan. 6.

Japan

Japan’s Power Prices Hit Record Highs on LNG Shortage

A severe shortage of LNG supplies among Japanese power utilities on the back of an unseasonably cold winter has driven the country's wholesale electricity price…

Nuclear Power Plant

China Begins Construction of SanAo Nuclear Power Plant

The concrete was poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 at the SanAo nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced o…

Brexit

Brexit Creates Major Problem For UK Energy Companies

In the international electricity markets, countries fall into one of three categories: those that provide adequately for their needs like the US, those with exc…

Solar Power Plant

Eon Enters UK Rooftop PV Business

The German energy company has acquired a 49% stake in U.K. installer Eco2solar. The British company offers solutions for commercial and residential projects.

Solar Cell

The State of the Art in Perovskite Tandems

A new paper from scientists in China and Canada examines the recent progress in the development of perovskite-silicon tandem cells, finding a technology that’s…

Energy Investment

Enel and Qatar Sovereign Fund Forge Renewables Tie-up

Transaction involves the acquisition by QIA of 50% stake in 800MW wind and PV portfolio in South Africa and Zambia.

Electricity Transmission

ATXI Completes $1.4bn Power Tansmission Line Project in US

Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) has energised the final span of a $1.4bn power transmission line project in the US.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

SK Group Invests $1.5bn in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Firm Plug Power

South Korean company SK Group has agreed to invest $1.5bn in US-based hydrogen fuel cell solutions provider Plug Power, forming a new strategic partnership.

Hydrogen Project

In 2020, China has Build a Total of 118 Hydrogen Refueling Stations

As of the end of December 2020, China has built a total of 118 hydrogen refueling stations.

Hydrogen Technology

Microwaving Plastic Waste Can Generate Clean Hydrogen

Plastic waste is a massive global problem, with 4.9 billion tons of it currently sitting in our oceans, beaches, waterways, and landfills, where it is polluting…