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Wind Energy Technology

What’s Stopping Even Bigger Wind Turbines? Blade Speed and Flexing? More Likely Manufacturing and Installation Capacity

Bigger wind turbines make cheaper energy. The sector’s unexpectedly rapid successes in designing and building bigger and bigger turbines has been one of t…

Solar Power Plant

Could Current and Planned Renewables Capacity Offset Coal

Over 3,200GW wind and solar are projected to be installed by 2030.A total of 3,242 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar is projected to be installed globally by 203…

China news

EDPR Sunseap Grows Solar Capacity to 130MWP in China

This includes 30 solar projects in various stages of development.EDPR Sunseap reported its solar capacity in China has reached a total of 130 megawatts-peak (MW…

Ammonia

Ammonia Co-firing Study Planned for Thai Thermal Power Plant

Hiromi Ishii (Director, Power Systems Project Engineering Department, Steam Power Maintenance Innovation (SPMI) Business Division/MHI) (1st from bottom right) a…

Electrification

GE Bags Two Service Contracts for Six Power Plants in China

H-class gas turbine. Image credit: GEGE and Chinese state-owned power utility Guangdong Energy Group have signed a long-term service agreement for Dongguan Ning…

Wind Farm

Construction of Enercity’s New Wind Farm in Germany Has Started

Enercity is keeping the pace of the strategic expansion of renewable energies high: East of Osnabrück, Germany, in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of …

Tidal Energy

Royal Visit Marks Bid to Develop World’s Largest Tidal Turbine Blades

A project aiming to maximise tidal energy generation has been launched in the presence of The Princess Royal at the University of Edinburgh’s FastBlade fa…

Offshore Wind Power

Statkraft and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Team Up to Develop 2.2GW of Offshore Wind in Ireland

Statkraft has announced a major deal with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) fund Copenhagen Infrastructure IV K/S (CI IV) as part of its plans to …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Philippines’ AboitizPower breaks ground for 17MW Binary Geothermal Plant

Environmental and engineering consulting Ricardo has been selected by Anglo American to deliver hydrogen and lithium-ion battery safety training.The British com…

Nuclear Power Plant

Grossi Holds Talks With Italian Leaders and Pope Francis

Italy is a steadfast partner in the challenges facing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today with a long history of achievements in the nuclear fie…

Coal Trade

RWE Brings Coal Exit Forward to 2030

RWE has released the following update regarding its coal activities:Today [11 January], RWE Power will start to demolish the former settlement of Lützerath…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Nikola to Move Romeo Battery Production to Arizona

After acquiring battery maker Romeo Power last year, Nikola Motor is now relocating its battery production from Cypress, California, to Nikola’s own plant…

Hydropower Plant

Komatagawa New Hydro Plant Begins Commercial Operation in Japan

View of the Komatagawa New Power PlantMitsubishi Materials Corporation has commenced commercial operation of the 10.326MW Komatagawa New power plant, the first …

Solar Power Plant

Australia Connects 3GW of New Capacity in 2022, Must Double That to Reach Renewable Target

Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park. Source: Iberdrola.The Australian Energy Market Operator has published its latest connections data, showing 2.9 gigawatts (GW…

EV Market

The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Employees work at the assembly line of the Volkswagen ID 4 electric car in Emden, Germany on last year. DAVID HECKER/AFP/GETTY IMAGESOne of the most vexing soci…