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Energy Storage Project

Energy Renaissance Unveils Location for First Lithium Battery Factory in Australia

Energy Renaissance’s AU$28 million lithium-ion battery factory is to be located in Tomago in the Hunter region of Australia.

Hydropower Plant

France’s Biggest Hydropower Project has been Commissioned

On 9 October 2020, the new Romanche-Gavet hydroelectric plant, France’s biggest hydropower project, was commissioned after 10 years of construction work.

Solar Power Panel

Altus Power Completes Solar Array in Hawaii

The project will generate over 12 400 MWh of electricity during its first year of operation.

Crude Oil

Oil Demand Expected to Decline in the Next Decade

​The International Energy Agency predicts the COVID-19 pandemic will deal a long-lasting blow to the global energy industry, with oil demand expected to end in…

Graphene

New Materials Make Supercapacitors Better than Batteries

New Materials Make Supercapacitors Better than Batteries

Geothermal Power Plant

Jacobs Outlines Approach to Indonesian Geothermal Plant

Jacobs has outlined its role in providing owners engineering services for Stage 1 of PT Supreme Energy Muara Laboh’s geothermal power plant, as well as its con…

World Energy Outlook

WCA Comments on IEA World Energy Outlook

The World Coal Association Chief Executive, Michelle Manook, has released the following statement.

Oil Field

Petronas Considers Exiting Gharraf Oil Field in Iraq

The collapse in oil prices this year has prompted Malaysia's state-owned Petronas to consider exiting the Gharraf oil field in southern Iraq, chief executive Te…

Thermal Plant

OUC Announces Plan to Switch Power Plant from Coal to Natural Gas

The Orlando Utilities Commission announced a plan on Wednesday to significantly reduce its use of coal in the next few years.

Energy Storage Project

Rhode Island Launches $1.5M Energy Storage Incentive Program

The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) is launching a $1.5 million pilot program to provide energy storage incentives paired with renewable energy sy…

Energy Storage Project

CEC Awards US$1.2 Million to Indian Energy for Energy Storage Solution

Grants to help company demonstrate a non-lithium-ion, long-duration energy storage solution.

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä’s 9 MW Battery Storage System Reduces a City’s Demand Peaks

Wärtsilä, the massive marine and power plant specialist, is introducing its new modular energy storage product in a deployment that allows the city of Martins…

Microgrid

Siemens Researching Microgrids with New Jersey Solar + Storage Project

Siemens USA has launched a microgrid research and demonstration environment at its U.S. Corporate Technology headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

Microgrid

Research Explores DC Lighting and Building Microgrids Market

A recent white paper, published by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and supported by the US Department of Energy, explores the state of direct current ligh…

Energy Storage Technology

Scientists Develop a Micro-Supercapacitor Made of Graphene Ink

Researchers from the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, recently developed a low-cost energy storage device to power electronic d…