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Solar Could Provide 20% of UK Electricity by 2030

Solar’s role in delivering net zero is being vastly underestimated as new research reveals it could provide 20% of UK electricity by 2030.

EnBW Pumps up Austrian Hydro Storage Plant

EnBW and Vorarlberger Illwerke have opened the 360MW Obervermunt 2 pumped hydro storage plant in Austria.The project in Montafon took four-and-a-half years to b…

South Korea: GIST Joint Research Team Develops Low Pressure Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

A breakthrough hydrogen storage method for early adoption of a hydrogen energy society was developed by researchers in Korea.

Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2019

About Offshore EnergyOffshore Energy addresses the technical, operational and commercial challenges associated with future sector growth. The three-day event in…

World Smart Energy Week OSAKA 2019

All kinds of technologies/products related to "hydrogen & fuel cell", "solar cell/module", "PV systems", "rechargeable battery", "smart grid", "wind energy", "b…

New Jersey 100% Renewable Energy Plan

New Jersey has declared it will use only zero carbon energy by 2050. Lots of other states and many municipalities have announced similar goals.

Consumers Energy Signs off on New Clean Energy Plan in Michigan

Consumers Energy has received approval from state regulators for its Clean Energy Plan, which is set to spur the renewable-energy sector within the state of Mic…

Big Moon Rises on Welsh Tidal Scheme

Canadian technology provider Big Moon Power has joined a tidal energy project in Anglesey, North Wales, in the UK.

Oil Refinery

U.S. Crude Oil Refinery Inputs Increase Last Week: EIA

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs increased during the week ending June 7, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

Energy Storage System

Siemens Gamesa Begins Operation of Its Innovative Electrothermal Energy Storage System

The heat storage facility, which was ceremonially opened today in Hamburg-Altenwerder, contains around 1,000 tonnes of volcanic rock as an energy storage medium…

Wind Farm

Vietnam's Wind Sector Presents 1-GW Opportunity - GWEC

Vietnam is expected to deploy over 1 GW of onshore and offshore wind power capacity by 2021, as it boasts one of the highest potentials in the region for both t…

Donald Trump Considered Imposing Sanctions on Companies Involved in Nord Stream 2

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he is considering imposing sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Distributed Generation

Pellet-fueled Cogeneration Plant Opens in Croatia

Resalta, an energy developer active in Central and Eastern Europe, announced June 6 that a wood pellet-fueled cogeneration plant in Slatina, Croatia, is now ope…

Indian Minister’s Renewables Financing Calls Hard to Enact

Indian power minister R.K. Singh has made various recommendations to ease financing troubles in the clean energy sector, but the calls emulate previously failed…

Electric Car

Report Says "Sales Rise, Market Share Drops, No Future for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles"

Although the sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles have been rising, their market share has been dropping since 2013, according to a new study released by IDTechx.