First

bp Opens First Electric Truck Fast-Charging Facilities

Operated by bp’s Aral brand, the retail site at Schwegenheim in Rheinland-Pfalz has two 300kw chargers intended for electric trucks

Wind Farm

Nordex Awarded Contract by a Consortium Comprised of Helen Oy and åLandsbanken Wind Power Fund for 148-MW Wind Farm in Finland

Premium Service of N163/5.X wind turbines for 35 years. Plans for first-time use of hybrid tower developed in-house with hub height of 168 metres.

Australia

Climate Change in Focus as Australia’s Parliament Opens

Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw the Greens party win record seats, refl…

Wave Energy

First Composite Hull for Corpower’s Wave Energy Converter

CorPower Ocean has teamed up with composite machinery specialist Autonational and composite tank firm CPT Tankwell to develop its first commercial-scale hull in…

Hydrogen Project

Invenergy Launches First Green Hydrogen Project

Invenergy has announced its first green hydrogen project. The 5-acre Sauk Valley Hydrogen project will generate green hydrogen by utilising power from Invenergy…

Wind Turbine

Vattenfall Installs First Turbine at Grönhult Project

The first wind turbine at Grönhult wind farm, Sweden, is now being erected, where a total of 12 5.6 MW wind turbines will be installed from Vestas.

Nuclear Power Plant

First Contract Signed for Romanian Nuclear Refurbishment

Canada's Candu Energy has signed the first contract for the refurbishment of unit 1 at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant. The extensive re-tubing of the r…

Nuclear Power Plant

Main Construction Phase Commences at Akkuyu NPP Unit 4 in Turkey

A ceremony dedicated to the start of the construction of the fourth unit at the first nuclear power plant in Turkey was held at the Akkuyu NPP site, signifying …

Natural Gas

UK Greenlights Centrica’s Gigantic Gas Storage Site

The move is believed to be the first stage of the potential reopening of the UK’s largest gas storage facility

Researchers Complete Digital Twin Tests on a Simulated Microreactor

Researchers at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently performed their first digital twin test of a simulated microreactor.

Chile

Chile’s First Electric Bus Factory Aims to Ease Fossil Fuel Dependency

Electric buses built by a Chilean company are now operating in the world's top copper-producing nation, as the country seeks ways to reduce its use of fossil fu…

Energy Storage Battery

First Phase of 800MWH World Biggest Flow Battery Commissioned in China

Commissioning has taken place of a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian, China.

Germany

EIB Backs Germany-UK Interconnector With €400M

Work to build the interconnector will start this year, connecting two of Europe’s largest energy markets for the first time

China

China Solar Installations More Than Double in First Half

China built nearly 31 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity from January to June, up 137% from a year earlier, with full-year installations on course to hi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Main Construction Phase for El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project Begins in Egypt

Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave a green light to the pouring of the "…