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Dasu 4,320MW Hydropower Project Contract Signed for Rs52.5 Billion

The Water and Power Development Authority on Monday signed a contract of Rs52.5 billion with a joint venture of General Electric Hydro China and Power China Zho…

Bubbles of Methane Freeze at Northeast China Lake

Bubbles of methane have frozen in a lake in China's northernmost city of Mohe, Heilongjiang Province. In Mohe City, the temperature dropped to minus 35 degrees …

Coal Mine

How to Make Coal Mining Sustainable

Notwithstanding the optimism over renewables displacing fossil fuels rapidly, coal will continue to dominate India’s electricity generation for at least a coup…

Fleets of Low-Sost Single Wave Energy Devices Could Power Millions of Homes

Engineers believe the Dielectric Elastomer Generator (DEG) device could be installed within decades, providing fleets of low-cost, easy to maintain units.

Coal Price

Despite Talk of Coal's Demise, it Still Powers the World

The amount of electricity generated from coal jumped 7 percent in the developing world last year, according to Bloomberg NEF’s annual Climatescope report that …

Coal Company

Germany Moves to Phase Out Coal

Coal is the largest source of electricity in Germany — but the country is trying to cut back. Germany, one of the world's biggest consumers of coal, plans to p…

TMR New Study Says : Energy Conservation Initiatives to Unleash Opportunities for Energy Efficient Windows Manufacturers

The competitive scenario in the energy efficient windows market is teeming with strategic initiatives high due to the presence of a large number of players. Mos…

A Highly Energy-Efficient Memory Device Inspired by Solid Lithium-ion Batteries

Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) have developed a new three-valued memory device inspired by so…

Clean Coal

Coal: Is This the Beginning of the End?

The fuel that powered the industrial revolution may be in decline at last. This year looks set to see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on re…

CHP

The European Commission Approves €94 Million Support for Cogeneration Plant in Bulgaria

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Bulgarian plans to support the construction and operation of a high-efficient cogeneration plant…

Nuclear Fuel

Waste Storage at Africa's Only Nuclear Plant Brimming

Spent fuel storage at South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant will reach full capacity by April as state power utility Eskom awaits regulatory approval for new dr…

Solar Technology

Night Time Solar: Lightsource BP Hails Trial Showing Solar can Help Balance the Grid at Night

Trial marks the first time a UK solar farm has provided a reactive power balancing service to the electricity grid at night, developer claims

Australia: Making Every Building Count in Meeting Emission Targets

Buildings in Australia account for over 50% of electricity use and almost a quarter of our carbon emissions but the failures, frailties and fragmentation of the…

Microgrid

California’s Culver City Mulls 3 Microgrid Options, May Issue RFP

Roughly a year after commissioning a feasibility study, Culver City, Calif., is considering issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to move forward with a municip…

Scientists See Disaster Looming in World Production of Coal, Oil and Gas

If world governments don't limit the production of coal, oil and gas in the next decade, global warming will exceed the targets needed to ward off the worst eff…