Heat

Energy-Eficient Building

New Smart Glass Technologies Could Boost Buildings’ Energy Efficiency

The day of the sun-powered house may soon be at hand, with two recent papers introducing new technologies to allow the building itself—rather than the solar pa…

Power Construction

Heat-stricken Argentina turns to China to fortify grid

Argentina is turning to China to fortify its electricity system that is buckling from a sweltering heat wave following years of under-investment and near-frozen…

Geothermal Power Plant

DOE awards $8.4M for Accessing Geothermal Potential from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

The US DOE selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.

Crude Oil

OPEC Targeting Oil Prices Below $100, Oman’s Oil Minister Says

OPEC and its allies don’t want crude prices to climb to $100 a barrel, and are reviving production quickly enough to prevent global markets from “overheating,…

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Convenes Global Experts to Assesses High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors for Electricity, Heat and Hydrogen

Several countries have come together at the IAEA to discuss their plans for developing and deploying advanced HTGRs to help decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors su…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Aalborg CSP Supplies Energy Storage Technology to PTXSALT Plant for Green Conversion of Coal-Fired Plant

Aalborg CSP has received the order to supply its header-coil heat exchanger for steam generation and molten salt circulation system for the Kyoto Group project …

Coal Production

China Coal Output Hits Record in Nov to Ensure Winter Supply

China's coal output hit a record high in November as Beijing urged miners to ramp up production to ensure sufficient energy supplies in the winter heating seaso…

Nuclear Power Plant

Initial Phase of Qinshan District Heating Project Commissioned

With a total investment of about CNY940 million, the project entered its trial operation phase on 15 November.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Plunges 11% as U.S. Weather Forecast Stifles Demand

Natural gas futures plummeted 11% in the U.S. as forecasts shifted warmer through the middle of next month, allaying concern about tight domestic supplies amid …

Combined Heat and Power

Using CHP to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Emissions

How this not-so-new power generation technology is gaining ground

Hydrogen Production

Nuclear Derived Hydrogen being Explored for UK Gas Grids

The introduction of nuclear derived hydrogen is being explored for UK gas networks to help support key up-coming government policy decisions on the role of hydr…

Electricity Trade

Cold Blast Sends Power Prices Soaring In Germany

Europe's first cold spell of the heating season has arrived, pressuring power prices higher as freezing temperatures ushers in increased power demand to heat bu…

Geothermal Power Plant

Sarajevo to Start Using Geothermal Water in District Heating System

A letter of intent was signed on November 16 between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Canton

Thermal Plant

South Helwan Supercritical Power Plant, Egypt

South Helwan is the second thermal power plant in Egypt to generate power using supercritical boiler technology.

Hydropower Plant

PM’s Energy Program: 268 Mini-Macro Hydro Power Projects Start Power Supply in KP

With significant decrease in mercury level in upper areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the demand of electricity has increased in Malakand and Hazara divisions where …