Generation

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

BMW to Pilot Second-Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drives in Small Series from 2022

The BMW Group will pilot the second generation of hydrogen fuel cell drives in a small series in the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT based on the current BMW X5 from 2022.

Wave Energy

CorPower Ocean Secures Funding for Breakthrough Wave Energy Tech

CorPower Ocean, a specialist in wave energy technology, has secured funding for its new generation of high-efficiency WECs.

France

Hydrogen Council Adds New Members Including Microsoft and Baker Hughes

The global coalition pushing for a power generation transition to zero carbon hydrogen has added a list of big corporate names to its membership.

Market Analysis

EU Records Highest-Ever Use of Renewables for Powergen

Renewables have exceeded fossil fuels for electricity generation in the European Union (EU) for the first time, according to new research from London-based thin…

Thermal Plant

Greece to Phase-Out Lignite Power Generation by 2023 with EIB Loan

The European Investment Bank has issued €125 million ($146.3 million) loan for the development of a new power generation plant in Greece.

Microgrid

Distributed Fossil Fuels Dominate in Microgrids Installed in the US

Distributed fossil fuel generation accounted for 86% of installed microgrid capacity in the US in 2019, according to a new report issued by Wood Mackenzie.

Coal Trade

Mine Expansion Threatens German Villages Despite Coal Exit

Lost in the countryside of western Germany, the innocuously named L277 road has become a central battleground in a bitter fight over the country’s plan to ditc…

Energy Investment

Brazil’s Eneva Offers $1.4bn to Acquire Stake in AES Tiete

Brazilian power generation company Eneva has reportedly submitted an offer of a $1.44bn (BRL7.5bn) to acquire a controlling stake in AES Tiete Energia.

Thermal Plant

India's NTPC Expands Thermal Generation Capacity

Indian state-controlled power utility NTPC has increased its thermal generation capacity through the addition of an 800MW second unit at the Lara thermal power …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Gas-Fired Plants Convert Nearly Half of Fuel to Power

More than 60 percent of the energy consumed by U.S. utility-scale power generation facilities was lost in the conversion to electricity last year, according to …

Solar Power Plant

NHPC and GEDCOL to develop floating solar projects in India

Two Indian generation companies have reportedly decided to form a joint venture to develop floating solar power projects.

Nuclear Technology

IAEA, GIF Call for Faster Deployment of Next Generation reactors

The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Generation IV International Forum have called for greater efforts to support the early deployment of innovative n…

Coal Trade

Trump Administration Invests in ‘New Future’ for Coal

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Friday it will provide $118 million in funding to support research and development of technologies to make coal power…

Hydropower Plant

CM KP Opens Five Mini Hydro Power Projects Of 1650 Kw Power

The projects include 500kw Bai­la Manoor, 400kw Biyari Manoor, 300kw Kotkay Manoor, 300kw Ra­jwal and 150kw Dum Duma Mini Hydro Power project.

Micro Reactor

GE Hitachi Receives Patent for Very Simplified Boiling Water Reactors

US-based GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas has been assigned a patent developed by three co-inventors for "very simplified boiling water reactors for commercia…