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Pumped Storage

GE Renewable Energy and BE Power to develop pumped hydro storage project

GE Renewable Energy has signed an agreement with BE Power to co-develop a 400MW Big-T (Cressbrook) pumped hydro storage project in Toowoomba, Australia.

Electric Car

Mercedes Reconfiguring Factories To Produce 6 New Electric Cars By 2022

Mercedes-Benz announced this week it plans to introduce 6 new battery electric models to its EQ brand lineup by the end of 2022 and is making major upgrades at …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Canada Unveils Hydrogen Strategy to Kick-Start Clean Fuel Industry

Canada unveiled a long-discussed hydrogen strategy on Wednesday.

Offshore Wind Power

Video: Construction Record of CGN Yangjiang Nanpeng Island Offshore Wind Power Project

​At 12:28 on December 16, with the connection of the last unit to the grid, China General Nuclear Power Group's 400,000-kilowatt offshore wind power project in…

Oil & Gas Trade

China's LNG Imports Could Hit Record High in Dec as Demand Bounces Back

The world's second largest LNG importer after Japan is on track to import its highest monthly volumes since December 2019, Refinitiv shiptracking data showed.

LNG

Video: Germany Begins Constructing Its First Liquified Natural Gas Terminal

Liquified Natural Gas or LNG is not very popular in Germany yet, but the US is against completing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia, so Germany may have to…

Nuclear Power Plant

Roof Placement and Turbine Tests Completed at Vogtle

Georgia Power has lifted the shield building roof of Vogtle unit 4 into place, meaning there is now one last major crane lift remaining for the project to build…

Nuclear Equipment

Dismantling of Mülheim-Kärlich Steam Generators Completed

Industrial services provider Bilfinger has completed the dismantling of the two steam generators at the shutdown Mülheim-Kärlich nuclear power plant in German…

PowerGrid Technology

Siemens Technology Used in Sarajevo Substation Upgrade

CET Energy have installed Siemens’ Ruggedcom technology in the Sarajevo 10 substation as part of a large upgrade.

Solar Power Plant

Scottish Water Embarks on £2 million Solar + Battery Storage Project

Scottish Water has started to install its first combined solar power and battery storage facility near Perth’s Waste Water Treatment Works at Sleepless Inch on…

Solar Cell

6 GW Wind-Solar-Storage Project in Inner Mongolia and a 5 GW cell factory in Fujian

A huge renewable energy complex is planned to include 5 GW of PV capacity. Furthermore, the State Power Investment Corporation has announced a plan to set up a …

Uganda

Uganda: Excess Power to Grow to 1,000 MW by 2025

If demand for electricity is not increased, the country risks having an excess generation capacity of 1000 MW by 2025.

Market Analysis

EU Leaders Stress Green Hydrogen Priority in Race to Net-Zero

'Other technologies' acknowledged but neither gas- nor nuclear-based H2 are mentioned explicitly

France

Macron Plans Referendum to Include Climate Change Fight in French Constitution

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to hold a referendum on changing the constitution to include a commitment to fight against climate change and prote…

Carbon Emissions

Brexit Pushes UK to Begin Own Emissions Trading System in 2021

Due to Brexit, the UK government said on December 14 it will launch an emissions trading system for domestic industry and power generation from January 1 next y…