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Market Analysis

IEA : The Share of Natural Gas in the African Energy mix Will Increase from 5% to 25% by 2040

According to the energy outlook of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the share of natural gas in the energy mix of the African continent will increase from…

Microgrid

Siemens And Juwi to Transform Mining Sector with Microgrid Solution

Siemens and the renewable energy developer juwi have joined forces to enter into a strategic technology partnership focusing on microgrids in the mining industr…

Wind Power Project

​Wind Power Vital to Columbia's Long Term Energy Security

In order to take a closer look at the development of wind energy in Columbia, national and international experts from government and industry met recently in Bo…

​Indian Electricity Distributor to Trial P2P Solar Trading

Electricity distributor BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) has partnered with Power Ledger, a global leader in blockchain-based renewable energy trading, to ins…

PowerGrid Technology

​Low-Cost Monitoring Breakthrough Could Pay Off for DNOs

Western Power Distribution (WPD) and 42 Technology announced the successful completion of the first UK field trials for FuseOhm, a breakthrough in low-cost moni…

Energy Storage Material

​Beyond Lithium: Alternative Materials for the Battery Boom

While lithium has long been touted as the future of advanced batteries, the technology’s limitations and accidents at lithium facilities have encouraged manufa…

European Investment Bank to End Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to cease funding fossil fuel energy projects by the end of 2021 as part of its “increased ambition in climate act…

CCS

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $43 Million to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $43 million in funding to develop carbon capture and sto…

Long Considered a “Clean” Energy Source, Hydropower can Actually be Bad for Climate

A new EDF study published this week in Environmental Science and Technology shows that hydropower — the leading renewable energy technology projected to grow r…

Spain's Iberdrola to Enter Australia with Wind, Solar Power Project

Spanish power firm Iberdrola SA said on Friday it plans to make its first foray into the Asia-Pacific, building a A$500 million ($343 million) wind and solar fa…

PowerGrid Technology

The POWER Interview: How Industry 4.0 Will Improve Sustainability

Many companies are working toward the goal of being sustainable while also maintaining profitability, in part by integrating and applying artificial intelligenc…

PowerGrid Technology

How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues t…

Crude

Russia Plans To Boost Crude Oil Exports

Russia expects to increase its crude oil exports by around 400,000 bpd-500,000 bpd to more than 5.6 million bpd within five years, Energy Minister Alexander Nov…

Conference on EU Energy Strategy Calls for Investments in Clean, Sustainable Energy

A conference of the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan underlined here on Friday the need for the European Union (EU) to provide the energy industr…

New Exploration Method to Localise Potential Drilling Sites for Geothermal Energy

Researchers by the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam introduce a new method for exploration and the localization of interesting potential …