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Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Permit Issued for German Reactor

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility EnBW approval to decommission and dismantle unit 2 of its Neckarwestheim nuclear powe…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen Fuel Test Successful in Turbine Driving Natural Gas Compressor

The German project was led by two major European TSOs on a Titan 130 SoLoNOx Solar Turbine.A project in Germany led by two European gas transmission system oper…

Offshore Wind Power

Omexom Hires Heliservice for Air Transport on 5 Offshore Wind Farms

Omexom Renewable Energies Offshore, former EWE Offshore Service & Solutions (EWE OSS), has awarded a contract to HeliService, booking the German helicopter tran…

Wind Turbine

Lidl and Kaufland to Buy Electricity From Kaskasi, First Offshore Wind Farm to Use Recyclable Turbine Blades

Lidl and Kaufland, the retail divisions of the German Schwarz Group, have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with RWE Supply & Trading for the Ka…

Offshore Wind Power

Total Installed Global Wind Energy Capacity Grew to 906 GW. This Represents Year-On-Year Growth of 9%.

The definitive status report for the global wind industry has been published. Featuring the latest key statistics, chapters looking at the key challenges facing…

Energy Investment

Expending Business in Romania Oil Dynamics Wins Tender With OWV Petrom

OMV Petrom SA and Oil Dynamics GmbH have recently signed a five-year supply and service agreement for the provision of Electric Submersible Progressive Cavity P…

Energy Saving

New Combustion System for Ethanol/Octanol Dual Fuel Combination Reduces Soot, Increases Efficiency

A team at RWTH Aachen University in Germany has proposed a Molecularly-Controlled high swirl Combustion system (MCC) which involves dual direct injection of a l…

Gas turbine engine

Successful Test of Hydrogen in Gas Turbine Driving a Natural Gas Compressor in Germany

A project led by two major European gas transmission system operators (TSOs) has successfully tested blending rates of up to 25% hydrogen on a Titan 130 SoLoNOx…

Energy Storage Battery

Laser Technology for Energy-Efficient Production of Battery Cells Coupled With Improved Performance

High-performance battery cells are a crucial prerequisite for electrifying the mobility sector. With this in mind, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for L…

Offshore Wind Power

Hollandse Kust Noord Grid Connection Ready for Commissioning

The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has announced that the grid connection for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm is re…

Offshore Wind Power

24 Arcadis Ost 1 Wind Turbines Installed, Remaining 3 Waiting for Autumn

Heerema Marine Contractors, using its giant crane vessel Thialf, has installed 24 Vestas 9.5 MW turbines at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. The…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Heating Plant in Schwerin, Germany to Start Operations by April 2023

The geothermal heating plant in Schwerin, Germany is expected to start operations by the end of April 2023.

HVDC

GE AND MCDERMOTT CONSORTIUM TO BUILD HDVC SYSTEMS FOR TENNE T PROJECTS

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded three High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) contracts for a total of approximately 6 billion euros …

Electric Car

BMW Motorrad Presents BMW Iface; Anti-theft Face and Eye Recognition System

BMW Motorrad is introducing BMW iFace—a face recognition system that makes the previous ignition key superfluous and complements the existing Keyless Go techno…

Hydrogen Storage

Ammonia as an Efficient Hydrogen Carrier and Green Steel Enabler

When it comes to sustainability and green steel, everybody talks about hydrogen. But current means of storing and transporting hydrogen require high pressures a…