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Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Carbon Neutrality Dilemma: More Nuclear Power or More Renewables?

With Japan committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration is grappling with key questions over which near-term me…

Crude Oil

Japan Imported 19 million Barrels of Crude Oil from the UAE in November

Japan imported 19 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE in November 2020, accounting for 27.5 percent of Japan's total crude oil imports that month.

Solar Power Panel

Video: Breaking Down Solar Panels

​Solar is one of the fast growing energy sources in the world and photovoltaic cells are the key to collecting and converting that power.

Solar Cell

Video: Harnessing the Sun with Perovskites - Innovation in Oxford with George Robinson

In Episode 2 of the Oxford Innovation Series, George introduces us to his friend Prof Henry Snaith whose company Oxford PV is using materials called Perovskites…

Hydropower Plant

Government Clears Eight Hydropower Projects On Indus River In Ladakh

At present, there are several small projects, with a collective capacity of 113 MW on Indus in Ladakh, and the new projects will have much more capacity than th…

Joe Biden

President Biden’s Vision for the Power Sector

President Joe Biden brings a marked shift in U.S. energy policy priorities, with clean energy being central to his plan.

Energy Storage Battery

Vistra Brings Online its 1200 MWh Battery Storage System in California

Vistra has announced its 1200 MWh Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility was successfully connected to the power grid and has begun operation.

Smart Grid

New UK DERMS Project Targets Flexibility Across Distribution and Transmission Grids

Smarter Grid Solutions to work with the regional DNO and U.K. system operator on the whole-system platform.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

S. Korea to Jack up Support for Electric, Hydrogen Cars

South Korea plans to increase budgetary support for the purchase of electric and hydrogen cars by around 30 percent this year in a bid to nurture the next-gener…

Hydrogen Project

Norwegian Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Gets Financial Boost

Innovation Norway has granted financial support to the Deep Purple project, which is developing a green hydrogen production system powered by offshore wind, wit…

Wind Farm

Clearway Energy Starts Construction of US Wind Farm

Clearway Energy Group has announced that it has commenced construction on Mesquite Sky, a 345 MW wind farm in Callahan County, Texas, US.

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.