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Wind Farm

Record Growth in Wind Power and Solar Despite the Energy Crisis

By the end of 2022, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3372 Gigawatt (GW), growing the stock of renewable power by a record of 295 GW or by 9.6 pe…

India

Wind Power in India Can Increase 4-5 Times and Add 6-8 GW per Year

Positive policy moves by the new and renewable energy ministry can crank up the annual wind capacity addition by 6-8 gigawatt (GW) from fiscal 2026, around 4 ti…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Group’s Powerco Breaks Ground on Second Cell Gigafactory

The Volkswagen Group’s PowerCo broke ground for construction of its second PowerCo cell factory. Gigafactory Valencia will start production of the unified…

Electricity Trade

Singapore to Import 1GW Re Electricity From Cambodia

A conditional approval was granted to the import project proposal of Keppel Energy.Singapore will be importing 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable electricity from Cam…

Electric Car

Tesla Applies to Expand Gigafactory Berlin to 1 Million Vehicles per Year

Tesla has submitted its environmental application to expand Gigafactory Berlin to produce one million vehicles per year.When ramping up a new vehicle to volume …

Energy Storage Battery

U.S. Energy Storage Market Continues to Expand Rapidly

Across all segments of the industry, the U.S. energy storage market installed 4.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2022, nearly equal to the combined 2020 and 2021…

Wind Farm

RWE to Market Green Electricity From Polish Wind Farm to Local Industry

RWE Supply & Trading is to provide a significant share of the green electricity produced by the Polish onshore wind farm Windfarm Polska III, including the cert…

Solar Power Plant

ACEN to Develop Over 1.2GW Hybrid Renewable Energy in India

This Is in Partnership With Brightnight.Philippine-based ACEN has partnered with BrightNight to develop a more than 1.2-gigawatt hybrid renewable energy in Indi…

Solar Power Plant

Masdar Signs Agreement With Ivory Coast to Explore Development of Solar Power Plant

Masdar and Ivory Coast officials at the signing ceremony. Photo: MasdarThe deal is a part of the UAE’s Etihad 7" programme, which seeks to finance renewab…

Wind Farm

Wind Power and Solar Utility-Scale Buildout Gains Speed in Brazil, Chile and Colombia, While Mexico Falls Behind

Latin America has the potential to increase its utility-scale solar and wind power capacity by more than 460% by 2030 if all 319 gigawatts (GW) of prospective n…

Offshore Wind Power

China Drives Global Wind Turbine Orders to New Record in 2022

Wind market sees 44 GW in global orders in Q4 2022, 134.6 GW for FY 2022Global wind turbine order intake hit new highs in 2022, with 44 gigawatts (GW) procured …

Electric Vehicle Battery

‘Bring Good Jobs Back to Britain’s Industrial Heartland’: Labour Vows to Back Eight New Gigafactories

Ramping up battery manufacturing capacity will protect jobs, grow the economy, and put the UK at forefront of 'electric car revolution', shadow transpor…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Storage Market Predictions Are Trickier Than Ever

Much of the current movement to decarbonize the grid involves installing many gigawatts of battery-based energy storage. Lithium-ion technology is leading the w…

Natural Gas

China, Vietnam Lead Markets With Most Gas Plant Build-Out: Report

The gas capacity across the globe grew by 22% YoY in 2022.China and Vietnam led the markets with the most gas-fired power plant build-out in 2022, Global Energy…

Energy Storage Battery

UK gigafactory revived with sale of Britishvolt to Recharge Industries

Plans to establish a battery Gigafactory in Northumberland have recovered following Recharge Industries’ successful bid for ownership of Britishvolt, whic…