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Ex-WEC Chair Says S. Korea Can Become Key Player in Future Energy Market

"People now say energy efficiency is the '5th energy source' in addition to coal, hydrocarbons, nuclear and renewable energy," Kim said in an interview with Yon…

Valeo Launches R744-Charged HVAC and Heat Pump Unit for E-Buses

The German OEM has developed a small-scale roof-mounted reversible heat pump, which heats, cools and demists electric-vehicle cabins.

DOE Plans to Weaken Energy Efficiency Standards for Quick Dishwahers

The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing forward with plans to allow faster-cleaning dishwashers to duck current energy efficiency standards, a move critics sa…

Closed Landfills May Provide The Key To Energy Efficiency

Decades of garbage is buried in more than 100 former landfills across the state. Now, there’s growing interest in putting the closed waste sites to better use.…

Gas turbine engine

ExxonMobil And GE Launched the Mobil SHC 918 EE Gas Turbine Oil

ExxonMobil and GE announced the launch of Mobil SHC 918 EE gas turbine oil, a new technology that can improve turbine bearing efficiency by up to 15% compared t…

Croatia Inaugurates 43.7 mln Euro Geothermal Power Plant

The first geothermal power plant in Croatia, the 16.5 MW Velika 1, has been officially opened on Tuesday following investment of 325 million kuna ($48.4 million…

Canadians Can United to Improve Energy Efficiency for Future Federal Action

Canada’s first energy efficiency scorecard reveals provincial policy leadership and areas for future federal action.

Nuclear Power Plant

Poland Sets Financing Target for Nuclear Plant

Poland expects to conclude talks on the financing of its first nuclear power plant "in a matter of months", a senior government official said during the Polish-…

Solar Technology

Hanergy's Solar Tech Breaks New Conversion Efficiency Record

Hanergy’s Chengdu Research & Development Center has once again broken the world record for its silicon heterojunction (SHJ) technology.

Efficient Hydrogen Conversion via PEC Water Splitting Using Hematite Mesocrystals

A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University's Molecular Photoscience Research Center has succeeded in developing photocatal…

Evolve Energy Makes Energy Management Automatic in Texas with New AI-Based Platform

Evolve Energy Sells Wholesale Energy and Enables Consumers to Optimize Energy Use, Decrease Carbon Footprints and Save Money Seamlessly.

96% Australians Are Growing Increasingly Concerned about the Rising Energy Costs

As we head into summer, Australians are growing increasingly concerned about rising electricity costs – but our misuse of air conditioners could see us racking…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Israel Launches Energy Efficiency Plan in Factories And Municipalities

Israel has launched a plan to streamline energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Ministries of Economy, Energy and Environmental Protection …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South Korea to Close 6 Older Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2021, from Planned 2022

South Korea’s six older coal-fired power plants will be retired by 2021, a year earlier than previously planned, as part of the country’s ongoing efforts to c…

Direct Thermal Charging Cell Converts Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity

Dr. Tony Shien-Ping Feng of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and his team (from left to right: Wang Xun, Huang Yu-t…