Energy

Energy Storage Battery

Equinor Acquires US Energy Storage Developer

Equinor has signed an agreement to buy a 100% stake in the US based battery storage developer East Point Energy LLC.

Calder to Manufacture Ceraphi Energy Geothermal Technology

CeraPhi Energy is making advances with its proprietary closed loop geothermal technology – designed to generate clean thermal energy from deep below the earth …

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä Signs Contract for Solar-Plus-Storage Projects

The technology group Wärtsilä is delivering a 500-MWac/2-GWh portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group.…

Shell Forecasts Trebling of Refining Profits

Energy major Shell announces indicative refining margin for Q2 of $28.04/bbl which is a sharp increase on $10.23/bbl in Q1.

United Kingdom

WindEurope: UK Announces Results of National Renewables Auction

The UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has announced the results of the UK’s fourth contract for difference (CfD) auction round (AR4) …

Hydropower Plant

UAE Looks to Add Pumped Hydro to Power Mix: Report

This is in pursuit of its 30% clean energy target by 2030.

Canadian Solar Closes Sale of 345MWp Solar Farm in Australia to CalEnergy

The Suntop and Gunnedah solar farms are located in New South Wales.

Energy Storage Project

Australia Shortlists 12 Grid-Scale Battery Storage Projects for $100M Funding

The projects, which include both new builds and retrofits for existing batteries, have an aggregate capacity of 3.05GW and will be equipped with advanced invert…

Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Energy

The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement is an international legally binding treaty aimed at limiting global warming to below 2 °C, preferably 1.5 °C, compared to pre…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Green Energy Transition: Upcycling EV Batteries Into Graphene Oxide

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are soaring, and this means that in the coming decades, there will be a sudden influx of spent batteries which will overwhelm c…

ACEN to Issue P30b Bonds to Fund RE Projects

Initial proceeds will fund the Arayat-Mexico Solar Power expansion project amongst others.

Hydrogen Project

Shell to Build Europe’s ‘Largest’ Renewable Hydrogen Plant to Help Power Dutch Refinery

Shell says it wants to “become a net-zero emissions energy business” by the year 2050, but the company remains a major producer of oil and gas.

Solar Blanket: Sustainable, Self-Sufficient Renewable Energy

A recent graduate of the MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martin’s (CSM), London, Mirielle Steinhage has conceived of a solar-powered blanket that could gr…

Energy Storage Battery

A Lithium Battery That Goes to Extremes

Extreme-temperature lithium-sulfur battery could be a boon for spacecraft and drones

Electric Car

Volkswagen CEO Says EV Outlook Is ‘Very Good,’ Expects to Reduce Delivery Times This Year

The CEO of German automotive giant Volkswagen sought to assuage concerns about electric vehicle sales and semiconductor supplies on Thursday, predicting deliver…