Generation

Rolls-Royce and Mercedes Launch Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project

Rolls-Royce and Lab1886, a lab within the Mercedes-Benz group, have joined forces to examine the use of vehicle fuel cells for stationary power generation.

Nuclear Power Plant

China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant

China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 70…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Siemens Supplies Digital Solutions for India Coal Plant

The German energy company will install a complete thermal twin for the plant in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, which is owned by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Lim…

PowerGrid Technology

Tracking Power Generation and Use in the U.S. on an Hourly Basis

A team of researchers at Stanford University has found a way to track how much electricity is generated and used in the U.S. on an hourly basis.

115 MW of Geothermal Capacity Under Development on Indonesia

With six geothermal power projects under development on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, up to 115 MW of geothermal power generation capaci…

Offshore Wind Power

Marine Power Systems Receives Funding to Accelerate Combined Wave And Wind technology

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave an…

New Technology

Thermo-Chemical Power Generation Integrated with Forced Convection Cooling

Scientists combine forced convection cooling with thermo-electrochemical energy conversion to create a self-sustaining liquid cooling system.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Continues to Drop in the US

By comparing 2018 and 2019 energy production data for the entire country, the researchers found that coal generation in 2019 Q2 was down 19% when compared to th…

CHP

Bulgaria Receives Green-light for Construction of Cogeneration Plant

The European Commission has approved Bulgarian plans to support the construction and operation of a high-efficient cogeneration plant to produce heat and electr…

Energy Storage Battery

Better Battery Storage Needed to Meet 100% Renewable Energy Goals

By 2020, just two years after Fort Collins and Longmont enacted resolutions calling for 100% renewable energy by 2030, Platte River Power Authority has successf…

Market Analysis

Why is Pumped Hydro in Australia not Used Very Much?

Everyone recognises that as wind and solar generating capacity continue to grow, more storage capacity will be needed, so that the availability of electricity c…

Market Analysis

​Wind To Power 30% Of Global Electricity Production By 2050 - DNV GL

Wind energy is rapidly becoming the new norm for power generation and will deliver 30% of all global electricity production by 2050, with 12% from offshore wind…

Distributed Generation

Better Grid Integration Beats Coal Plant Ramping to Reduce Wind, Solar Curtailment

Wind and solar curtailment is worst where these renewables are poorly integrated into the grid. The further their energy can reach the more regions they can ser…

Grid-Interactive Buildings Solutions

According to U.S. figures, up to 80% of peak electricity demand comes from buildings. So designing them to be energy efficient, with their own generation (e.g. …

Coal Power

Global Coal-Fired Electricity Production Set for Record Drop

It's only the third time coal power generation has declined since 1985. Electricity produced by coal is on track to decline by 3% globally in 2019 – the larges…