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Power Construction

PROJECTS: New Projects to Add 5-7 Gigawatts to Iraq's Power Output

New conventional and renewable power projects under way in Iraq will add nearly 5-7 GW to the country’s electricity generation in 2022

Hydrogen Project

Townsville, Australia, to Transition Into a Hydrogen Powerhouse with New MoU

Townsville, Australia, could become a hydrogen powerhouse with Edify signing a memorandum of understanding today to investigate the feasibility of exporting hyd…

Energy Transition

SOUTH AFRICA: AFD Lends $100M to FirstRand for Climate Change Mitigation Projects

The French Development Agency is approving a $100 million loan for FirstRand Bank, the subsidiary of the FirstRand Group.

Solar Power Plant

Rooftop Solar Helps Send South Australia Grid to Zero Demand in World First

South Australia on Sunday became the first gigawatt scale grid in the world to reach zero operational demand on Sunday when the combined output of rooftop solar…

Solar Power Plant

Austrian Investment Fund Announces 1 GW Solar Project in Romania

The new parks will have a total capacity of 1 gigawatt.

Hydrogen Project

Plug Power Gigafactory to be Opened in New York Today

Plug Power is today (Nov 12) opening its hydrogen and fuel cell gigafactory in Monroe County, New York.

Energy Taxation

Biden, Pushing Tax Breaks for Electric Vehicles, to Visit GM Factory

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit a Michigan General Motors electric vehicle plant next week as the White House pushes Congress to approve big tax incentives …

Energy Storage Project

SES Unveils 107 Ah Hybrid Li-Metal Battery, Announces New Shanghai Gigafactory

SES made the announcements at SES Battery World, the company’s inaugural Battery World virtual event.

Floating Offshore Wind

Equinor Reveals Floating Wind Design Concept

Having reaffirmed its commitment to Scotland earlier this year, Equinor has now revealed its preferred floating wind foundation design for full scale gigawatt c…

China

Tesla Opens First Overseas Vehicle R&D Center in Shanghai

Tesla has opened its R&D innovation center, the first of its kind among the electric car company's overseas facilities, and a Gigafactory data center in Shangha…

Solar Power Plant

China's Qinghai Begins Building 10.9 GW New Energy Power Projects

China has started the construction of 10.9 gigawatt wind power and photovoltaic bases in Hainan and Haixi prefectures of northwest China's Qinghai Province.

Energy Storage Battery

EIT InnoEnergy Backs Serbian Battery Dev ElevenEs' 16 GWh Gigafactory Project

EIT InnoEnergy, a European early-stage investor in clean technologies, said on Thursday that is has invested in Serbian battery developer ElevenEs to support it…

EV Market

Ford Announces Massive EV Investments In Tennessee And Kentucky

The company will build its largest auto production complex and a total of three battery gigafactories.

Battery Recycling

Ford Invests in Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Company

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker will invest in Redwood Materials, a Nevada-based company founded by former Tesla executive JB Straubel

Solar Power Plant

Multi-gigawatt Australian Solar-Storage Sun Cable Project Clears Further Hurdle

A project that bids to combine up to 20GW of solar PV with the world’s largest energy storage battery and a 4,200km-long subsea power cable has moved a step fo…