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Thermal Coal

Poland's PGE to Split Coal Assets by End of 2021

Poland’s biggest energy group PGE should separate its coal assets from other activities by the end of 2021, the company’s Chief Executive Wojciech Dabrowski s…

Coal Trade

China's Jilin Gets 5 mln T Coal Import Quota Amid Tight Supplies

China has issued its northeastern province Jilin thermal coal import quotas for 5 million tonnes, as supplies tighten this winter with imports curbed from top s…

Hydropower Plant

Voith Wins Supply Contract for Mohmand Dam, Pakistan

Voith Hydro Shanghai Limited is to supply 200MW Francis turbine generator units and online monitoring systems for the Mohmand Dam hydropower plant in Pakistan …

Biobattery

UK Government to Issue New Biomass Strategy in 2022

The U.K. government announced on Oct. 15 that it intends to publish a new biomass strategy in 2022.

Wind Power Project

Egypt to Establish New Wind Power Complex with 2000 MW

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker announced that work is now underway to construct a new wind power complex with a capacity of 2,000 m…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Engie EPS Unveils Hydrogen Storage System

Engie EPS has unveiled a hydrogen-based energy storage system built with its proprietary technology in Agkistro, Greece.

SMR

US Government Backs NuScale Projects at Home and Abroad

The US Department of Energy has approved a cost-share award of more than USD1 billion for the construction of the first NuScale small modular reactor power plan…

Japan

Japan Set to Release Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Sea

Japan will release a million tons of water used in the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, citing Japanese media.

Oil Price

ConocoPhillips Becomes First Major U.S. Oil Firm To Pledge Emission Cuts

Unlike European oil majors – who have rushed to pledge various commitments to become net-zero energy companies – U.S. companies, including Exxon and Chevron, …

Hydropower Plant

HEP Invests EUR 450mn in Mega Hydropower Projects Kosinj, Senj

Croatia’s power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda has started works on hydroelectric system Kosinj and hydropower plant Senj 2, with a total capacity of 412 MW.…

Solar Power Plant

EDF Swoops on 4.5GW US PV Portfolio

Deal closed to acquire Geenex Solar's pipeline of development projects.

Pumped Storage

SSE Wins Govt Nod for 1.5-GW Pumped Storage Scottish Project

The Scottish government has given the thumbs up to a 1.5-GW hydro pumped storage project proposed by the renewables arm of UK utility SSE Plc.

Wind Farm

ENAP Switches on 10.4-MW Wind Farm in Chile

Chilean state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) has brought online its 10.35-MW Vientos Patagonicos wind farm located in the Cabo Negro ind…

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar to Install 75 MW/300 MWh of Energy Storage in California

Canadian Solar Inc today said it has secured an order to integrate a lithium-ion battery storage system with a capacity of 75 MW/300 MWh into a solar farm owned…

Energy Storage Project

TransAlta Renewables Announces Commercial Operation of WindCharger

TransAlta Renewables Inc. announced that its 10 MW WindCharger battery storage project began commercial operation on October 15, 2020.