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Brazil

Biomass Beats Wind and Solar in Brazilian Power Bids for First Time in Low-Energy Tender

Just under 1GW of renewable capacity awarded in the South American country’s latest tender, which underlined impact of weak domestic economy and low power dema…

Gas Turbine

Milestone for Australia’s First Carbon Offset Power Station

EnergyAustralia’s Tallawarra B power station in Yallah has received a 372-tonne fast-start gas turbine, which will form the centre of Australia’s first carbon…

Energy Storage Battery

New Concept Could Turn Tall Buildings Into Batteries to Improve the Power Quality

There is an increasing need for energy storage technologies to guarantee that electricity supply and demand are balanced correctly. This comes with the rapid de…

Net Zero Emission

3 Actions the Industry Can Take To Decarbonize Shipping

Shipping must align with the Paris Agreement temperature goal and be run entirely on net-zero energy sources by 2050.

Nuclear Fusion

‘Robotic Snake’ Solves Nuclear Fusion Pipework Challenge

A laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority has demonstrated its capability to operate inside fusion energy powerplant pipewor…

Smart Energy

SolarEdge Launches Solar Battery Factory in South Korea

SolarEdge Technologies and its subsidiary Kokam have announced the opening of Sella II, a 2GWh battery cell manufacturing facility in the Eumseong Innovation Ci…

ITER

Hydrogen Breakthrough Unlocks New Potential for Fusion Energy

A revision of a fundamental law for tokamak fusion energy has doubled the fuel potential, thereby increasing the output energy potential.

Power Cable

Siemens Energy’s AI and Multi-Sensor Kitted Helicopter to Inspect German Power Lines

German grid operators Schleswig Holstein Netz AG and Bayernwerk Netz GmbH have commissioned Siemens Energy to inspect approximately 4,000km of high-voltage over…

Clean Energy Transition

U.S. Says It Will Cut Costs for Clean Energy Projects on Public Lands

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would substantially reduce the cost of building wind and solar energy projects on federal lands to help spur renewab…

LNG

Nearly Six Million UK Homes ‘Could Be Hit by Power Cuts Due to Energy Shortage’

Experts have warned that energy-intensive industries will be the first to feel the pinch.

Energy Storage Project

Australia’s New Government ‘Should Consider Renewable Electricity Storage Target Policy’

An energy storage target policy could be an effective way for Australia’s new government to follow through on decarbonisation promises while insulating consume…

Electric Car

Britishvolt to Build £200M Facility to Research New Electric Vehicle Batteries

The company says the move will allow it to develop higher performance and more affordable cells.

Electric Car

Elon Musk Lauds China for Leading the World in Renewable Energy and EVs

Elon Musk has given credit to China for its hard work in renewable energy and electric vehicles. The Tesla CEO’s points were shared on both Twitter and Weibo. …

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Energy: How Ireland Can Achieve Lower Emissions Faster

Ireland wants to reduce electricity emissions intensity to 100g/kWh by 2030 by doubling renewable output.

Solar Power Plant

China to Boost Wind, Solar Power Capacity for Cleaner Energy Mix

China has rolled out a raft of measures to significantly increase its installed wind and solar power capacity in the latest step toward a low-carbon, secure and…