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Wind Power Project

Wind Energy Project in El Chocón (Argentina) With 31 Vestas Wind Turbines

A few kilometres from the town, the construction of a wind farm with a capacity of 185 MW is planned.Villa El Chocón could have a new project with the La…

Wind Farm

Another US Offshore Wind Farm Approved as Trump Threatens Offshore Wind

The wind farm is owned by EDP Renewables and Engie.On Friday, US regulators approved the 11th offshore wind farm in the United States.The 2.4 GW Southcoast Wind…

Hydropower Plant

Oxford-Led Project Receives £2 Million to Enhance Hydropower in Southeast Asia

An Oxford-led initiative has been awarded over £2 million by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Ayrton Challenge Programme to improve hydropower sy…

Wind Power Project

US Gives Green Light to Eleventh Offshore Wind Project

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the SouthCoast Wind Project, which could generate up to 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachu…

Offshore Wind Power

Connecticut Takes a Pass on Offshore Wind in Latest Auction

The US state of Connecticut has decided not to purchase any capacity from offshore wind projects in its most recent renewable energy procurement round.In its la…

Electricity Transmission

New Transmission Project Approved in NSW to Connect Snowy 2.0 to the Grid

The $4.89 billion HumeLink transmission project, a critical component in connecting the Snowy 2.0 expansion to Australia’s electricity grid, has received …

Wind Farm

Hitachi Energy to Supply Power Equipment to Ørsted’s Hornsea 4 Offshore Wind Farm

Hitachi Energy has received an order from Ørsted to provide the power electronics technology to integrate 2.4 GW of electricity from the Hornsea 4 offsho…

United States

Study Finds US Hydropower Generation May Increase Despite Climate Variability

A national study has found that overall hydropower production in the United States could increase over the next 15 years despite climate change causing regional…

Floating Offshore Wind

Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables Sign Cable Framework Deal With French TSO

Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Tra…

Norway

Equinor Completes EUR 2.2 Billion Ørsted Buy-In

Equinor has completed the acquisition of a 10 per cent stake in Ørsted, announced this October. The share purchase, which cost Equinor USD 2.3 billion (a…

Solar project

Goulburn River Solar Farm NEM Connection Works Announced by Transgrid Arm Lumea

The commercial arm of Transgrid, Lumea, will connect one of New South Wales’ largest solar farms to the grid, providing a major boost to the state’s…

Solar project

Sterling and Wilson Wins $141 Million Deal for 500 MW Solar Project in India

Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy has won an engineering, supply (excluding PV modules), and construction contract for a 500 MW (AC) solar PV plant in the In…

Solar Technology

New Model to Generate High-Resolution Annual Solar Energy Potential Maps

Researchers in Iran have used digital elevation models to improve the accuracy of solar energy potential maps. Their model is intended to identify the best area…

Electric Vehicles

Toyoda Gosei Acquires Stake in EV Motors Japan, a Startup Developing and Selling Commercial Electric Vehicles

Toyoda Gosei has acquired a stake in EV Motors Japan Co., Ltd. (EVM-J), a startup engaged in the development and sales of commercial electric vehicles such as t…

Solar Cell

Bifacial Perovskite Solar Can Achieve Bifaciality of 90% When Tilted at 20 Degrees

New research from India has shown that bifacial perovskite solar cells can achieve a 2% higher power conversion efficiency with a tilt angle of 20 degrees. The …