Generation

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…

Microgrid

The Renewable Microgrid Powering a Chilean Conservation Project

A renewable microgrid consisting of run-of-the-river hydropower, solar generation, and a battery storage system has been installed to provide green electricity …

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Confirms Status of Nuclear as Clean Energy

The UK government has identified nuclear power as a way to help the country achieve the four-fold increase in clean electricity generation needed to achieve its…

Hydrogen Technology

Consortium Concludes Next-Generation Hydrogen Production Research

Advent Technologies has concluded a Department of Energy HydroGen Program in which a number of collaborators advanced the state of hydrogen production with a ne…

Hybrid Power Plant

TOTAL Solar DG Starts Building one of Southeast Asia’s Largest Microgrids

Total Solar Distributed Generation, in partnership with Canopy Power, has started constructing a solar and battery energy storage hybrid microgrid on the remote…

Energy Investment

Volvo Cars to Invest 700 million SEK in E-Motor Production at Skovde Plant

The decision comes after Volvo earlier this year said it would make big investments in design and development of e-motors for its next generation models.

Hybrid Power Plant

Multi-Resource Hybrid Power Plants Are the Present and Future of Energy Generation

Hybrid power plants leverage the best qualities of generators with modern technology, leading to smoother output and optimizing project economics.

Solar Cell

US Scientists Apply Suns-VoC Method to Outdoor PV Tests

Researchers in Arizona have used the Suns-VoC characterization method for indoor solar cell testing to monitor PV installations. The method can also be used wit…

Net Zero Emission

UK Power 'Must be Zero Carbon by 2035'

The UK must make electricity generation zero carbon by 2035 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions almost 80% to set the country on a path to net zero by 2050, acc…

Hydropower Plant

Uganda Launches Facilities of Phase 1 Isimba Hydro Project

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited has commissioned the newly constructed facilities under CDAP project phase I in Kayunga district as part of the 18…

Nuclear Fusion

Video: China's New-Generation "Artificial Sun" Commissioned

The HL-2M Tokamak, China's new-generation "artificial sun," went into operation on Friday and has achieved its first plasma discharge, according to the China Na…

Combined Heat and Power

GE to Supply RWE with 11 Gas Turbines for Grid Reliability in Germany

GE has secured an order from RWE Generation for 11 units of its LM2500XPRESS power plant technology.

Solar Power Plant

Ukraine Moots 895 MW of New Solar to 2025

If a call by the Ministry of Energy to procure 155 MW of solar next year is adopted, a first, 50 MW auction would be held in June.

Nuclear Fusion

China's Nuclear Fusion Research and Development has Made a Major Breakthrough!

China's nuclear fusion research and development has made a major breakthrough! A new generation of "artificial sun" discharges for the first time.

Natural Gas

Argentina Draws 16 Bids for Subsidized Gas Supply

Argentina received bids from 16 companies in a path-breaking auction to supply more than 70mn m3/d of natural gas at subsidized wellhead prices for power genera…