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Pumped Storage

Estonian Mine to Be Turned Into Pumped Hydro Facility

Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment for Estonia’s first pumped storage hydroelectric plant is underway under the guidance of Estonian energy…

Solar Power Plant

Iberdrola Toasts First Portuguese PV Commissioning

Iberdrola has commissioned its first solar farm in Portugal, Spain, one of several projects it was awarded in solar auctions in 2019, totalling 187MW.

Coal Price

India Buys Discounted Venezuelan Petcoke to Replace Coal

Indian companies are importing significant volumes of petroleum coke from Venezuela for the first time, trade sources and shipping data show, as the OPEC nation…

Wind Power Project

Siemens Gamesa Partners With Azure Power on Indian Wind Installation

Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in India with Azure Power India Private Limited (Azure Power) to supply 96 SG 3.6-145 wind turbines for a 346 MW proj…

Lithuania

Flexibility Market Starts Development in Lithuania

Lithuania’s largest distribution system operator (DSO) Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) is investigating the development of a local flexibility market.

Hydrogen Project

Equinor’s H2H Saltend Selected to Proceed as One of the First Large-Scale Hydrogen Projects in the UK

Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced that Equinor’s Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend) production facility has been …

Hydrogen Production

First Hydrogen Reveals North American Expansion Plans

First Hydrogen Energy has announced plans for the expansion of its Green Hydrogen production plans in the North American market.

Geothermal Power Plant

First Iranian Geothermal Plant on the Grid and Operational

With power lines in place, the Meshginshahr (Sabalah) geothermal power plant seems to have finally start operation and making Iran officially a member of the ge…

Hydrogen Production

INNIO to Power Raven SR’s First Waste-to-Hydrogen Plant

US-based waste-to-energy firm Raven SR will make use of INNIO’s hydrogen-ready Jenbacher engines in their hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill i…

Wind Power Project

Siemens Gamesa Will Supply 70 MW of Wind Power to the Philippines

Siemens Gamesa has secured a new deal with ACEN Corporation (ACEN), a renewables developer in Southeast Asia, to supply 14 units of the SG 5.0-145 turbines in t…

Sweden

Sweden Overtakes France as Europe’s Biggest Net Power Exporter

Sweden overtook France as the biggest net exporter of power in Europe during the first half of this year.

United Kingdom

E.ON Makes More Than £3BN in Profit in First Six Months

The global energy group said EBITDA declined by £591 million.

Energy Storage Battery

Genex to Acquire 2GW Solar and Battery Project in Australia

The project's first stage will involve building a 400MW/1,600MWh energy storage facility.

Net Zero Emission

Ørsted Extends Its 100% Renewable Electricity Target to All Suppliers

Ørsted has set a clear expectation towards all suppliers to use 100 % renewable electricity by 2025, becoming the first energy company in the world to do so.

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Installs World’s First Offshore Wind Turbine With Recyclable Blades

German energy giant RWE started to test a wind turbine with fully recyclable blades at its offshore project Kaskasi. It is the first deployment of the technolog…