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Electric Car

Inside the World’s First Affordable Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion

Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a…

Solar Technology

Egypt’s First Financed Solar Battery PPA Project Secures Financing

A solar energy company spearheading a solar-plus-storage project in Egypt has secured $2.4 million in financing for the project.

Iberdrola Renewables Investment Rises

Iberdrola invested almost €8bn globally in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 14%, with 90% of funding allocated to renewables and smart grids.

United Kingdom

UK Launches ‘First’ Injection of Hydrogen Into Gas-Fired Power Station

Hydrogen will be injected into Centrica’s peaking plant at Brigg, Lincolnshire.

Net Zero Emission

X-57 Maxwell - Nasa’s First Electric Aircraft

NASA has recently announced that its all-electric aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell, has overcome yet another obstacle on its journey to becoming a viable alternative …

Hydrogen Project

Germany Receives First Container of UAE Hydrogen-Based Ammonia Fuel

Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck attend ceremony in Hamburg

Wind Farm

Ørsted Partners with ECP in the Company’s First-Ever Farm-down of Onshore Assets

Ørsted closed a transaction with Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading energy transition-focused investor, to divest a 50 % ownership stake in a portfolio c…

LNG

World’s First Emissions-Reducing Integrated Hybrid Drive System for an LNG Plant

​Northeast Energy Center (NEC) and Chart Energy & Chemicals selected Siemens Energy to supply a gas/electric hybrid drive system for NEC’s LNG plant being bui…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Seals Deal to Supply Finland With 105 MW of Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa selected by Energiequelle for first wind farm together in Finland.

Solar Power Plant

Qatar’s First Large-Scale Solar Power Plant Starts Operation

The 800MWp Al Kharsaah solar power plant completes construction and has been connected to the country’s national grid, TotalEnergies says.

United States

US First: Residential VPP Activated in Wholesale Capacity Market

Sunrun, a US home solar, battery storage and energy services provider, has completed its first successful season running a residential Virtual Power Plant (VPP)…

Coal Price

Whitehaven Coal Output Slumps 23% As Floods Sweep New South Wales

Whitehaven Coal said on Wednesday its first-quarter production dropped by almost a fourth as severe floods in New South Wales locked it out of its key Maules Cr…

Offshore Wind Power

U.S. To Hold Offshore Wind Power Rights Sale off California Coast in December

President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday said it would hold the first ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California on Dec. 6…

Oil Refinery

Guyana Opens Tender for Its First Oil Refinery

Guyana has called for proposals to design, finance and build a 30,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery, the first for the South American country as it becomes …

Solar Power Panel

Renewables Investment Outstrips Oil and Gas for First Time

Rystad Energy report finds that capital investments in renewables reached $494bn in 2022, compared to $446bn into oil and gas for the same period.