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Hydropower Plant

AGL Invests $27.7M to Upgrade Clover Hydro Power Station

This will add 14MW to the output capacity of the Kiewa Hydro Scheme.

Energy Transition

Siemens Gamesa’s Top S&P Global Ratings ESG Evaluation Showcases Its Commitment to Energy Transition

The company, the only wind turbine manufacturer to receive this evaluation from S&P, achieved a score of 83/100 and is ranked #2 in Spain and #12 worldwide.

Wind Farm

Nordex Awarded Contract by a Consortium Comprised of Helen Oy and åLandsbanken Wind Power Fund for 148-MW Wind Farm in Finland

Premium Service of N163/5.X wind turbines for 35 years. Plans for first-time use of hybrid tower developed in-house with hub height of 168 metres.

Smart Meter

Smart Meter Data Integration and Analysis Platform to Test in Japan

The aim is to study the feasibility and usefulness of the SaaS platform in what is a changing market for Japan’s electricity retailers.

Rooftop PV System

Ferrari Revs up Renewables With Solar on Roof of Headquarters

Ferrari has announced that its new solar photovoltaic system to be built on the roofs of its Maranello factory buildings is officially underway.

Data From Space to Aid Hydropower Planning

Researchers generally have reliable water level measurements for a few thousand lakes around the world, but little or no data on some of the planet’s important…

Net Zero Emission

Greenpeace to Fight UK Approval of Shell Gas Field in Court

Climate activists at Greenpeace plan to mount a legal challenge against the British authorities allowing Shell to develop the Jackdaw North Sea gas field, after…

Australia

Australia’s Westpac to Slash Lending to Coal, Oil Companies by 2030

Australia's Westpac Banking Corp unveiled its plans on Wednesday to reduce lending to coal, oil and gas companies by nearly a quarter by 2030, joining its peers…

Europe Needs Faster Renewables Growth Rate to Reach Climate Goals

Wind and solar energy deployment in the European Union is not proceeding fast enough to meet global climate goals due to a slow permitting process, a report by …

Carbon Emissions

Siemens Partners With Storage Solutions Developer on Next Gen Supercapacitors

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are partnering on a fully automated, digital manufacturing technology to produce supercapacitors in Germany.

Smart Meter

Italgas – Smart Gas Networks at Core of Investments

Italian gas DSO Italgas is planning €8.6 billion (US$8.8 billion) investments in smart gas meters and other technologies and activities by 2028.

United Kingdom

Shell Greenlights Investment in Major Gas Field in the UK North Sea

Located nearly 250 kilometres east of Aberdeen, Scotland, the Jackdaw field is expected to come online by 2025

Natural Gas

EU Backs €406.4M Dutch Scheme to Support Filling of Gas Storage Facility

The scheme will enable the Netherlands to ensure existing gas storage facilities are filled up to at least 80% of their capacity by 1st November 2022 and comply…

Octopus Raises $550M in Latest Fundraising Round

The energy supplier plans to use the money to further improve its energy technology platform, Kraken

Carbon Emissions

Minimizing Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Cement Production

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are looking into new ways to minimize carbon dioxide emissions from cement production.