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Floating Solar

Combining Floating PV With Compressed Air Energy Storage

Researchers from Egypt and the UK developed a new floating PV system concept that utilizes compressed air for energy storage. The system has a roundtrip efficie…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Solar Uptake Driving Ireland’s Retrofitting Scheme Progress, Says SEAI

The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland’s (SEAI) statistics from the first nine months of 2024 show new applications for the Solar PV retrofit scheme are…

Solar project

Australia’s CIS Tender 1 to Deliver 2.75 GW of Solar

Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Tender 1 will add 2.75 GW of solar generation to the National Electricity Market (NEM), with 12 of the 19 successf…

Wind Farm

Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm Submits Consent Applications

Muir Mhòr Offshore Wind Farm has submitted two consent applications for review by the relevant authorities. This project is the first fully floating offs…

Nuclear Reactor

Agreements Represent Step Forward for Nuclear in Uzbekistan, Says Uzatom

Strategic agreements signed by Uzbek interests during a conference held in Samarkand include cooperation agreements with international organisations, business i…

Wind Power Project

Tugdock, Sarens Secure Funds for Welsh O&M Hub

[Image: Sarens]Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate to develop a heavy lift Operations & Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP'…

Energy Storage Project

Polar Night Energy Launches Heat-To-Power R&D Project

Polar Night Energy is developing a new Sand Battery with Power to Heat to Power (P2H2P) capabilities, allowing stored heat to be converted back into electricity…

Energy Storage System

EDP Renewables Begins Construction of 50MW/100MWh Kent BESS

The two-hour duration BESS will connect to the grid at Richborough substation and is expected to be fully operational by 2025. Image: EDP.Portuguese utility EDP…

Energy Storage System

ILI Group Granted Consent for 100MW Ayrshire BESS

ILI Group has a portfolio of over 4.7GW energy storage projects, including 2.5GW of utility-scale battery storage and 2.5GW pumped storage hydro. Image: ILI Gro…

Energy Storage System

ILI Group Secures Consent for 100 MW Battery Storage Project in North Ayrshire

ILI Group has announced that Section 36 planning consent has been granted for its 100 MW Flemyland battery energy storage system (BESS) project in North Ayrshir…

Wind Farm

Australian State Looking for Partner on 2 GW Transmission Project to Grid-Connect Offshore Wind

VicGrid, an agency of the Australian state of Victoria, has invited expressions of interest from potential partners who will help build and operate a 2 GW trans…

South Korea

IAEA Assesses Korea’s Nuclear Safety Regulations

Members of the IRRS mission to South Korea in discussion with staff from a nuclear facility (Photo credit: IAEA)An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Int…

Oil Exploration

Bangladesh Gears up to Restart Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration With Fresh Bidding Process

The last time gas was discorvered in the sea was 11 years ago and the only things that have happened since are discussions and speculations.However, momentum is…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Australian Report Questions Nuclear’s Cost Competitiveness

The draft of the annual GenCost report which has been opened for public comment says nuclear technology has no unique cost advantage over other energy technolog…

Philippines

IAEA Reviews Philippines Nuclear Infrastructure Development

The Philippines has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear infrastructure review mission in 2018, a …