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South Africa

South Africa Power Crisis Causes State Monopoly to Open Up

After years of blackouts, the Government of South Africa has started to break the monopoly of its state-owned utility.

United Kingdom

New Heat Pump Design Claims Efficiency Gains

Engineers at Glasgow University have designed a new prototype heat pump that they claim could deliver as much as 10 per cent efficiency gains on current devices…

Carbon Emissions

UK Pushes Ahead Public Sector Decarbonisation With £635M

NHS Trusts, schools and local authorities will be able to apply for grants in September

Swire Energy Services’ Wind Division Appoints New Head of Commercial

Global integrated services provided, Swire Energy Services (SES) has announced the appointment of Nils Leseberg as Head of Commercial for its wind division.

Energy Storage Project

Statkraft Dispatches Large Scale Battery Storage in Ireland

Statkraft has announced its successful participation in the largest dispatch to date of power from battery storage into Ireland’s electricity market.

Wind Turbine

RWE Windfarm Is First to Be Fitted With Siemens Gamesa’s Recyclable Blades

The first wind turbine to be fitted with Siemens Gamesa’s RecyclableBlades is now producing power at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind power project in Germany. …

Poland

Iberdrola Acquires 98MW Renewables Portfolio in Poland

Spanish energy company Iberdrola has agreed to acquire 98MW of wind and solar projects in Poland from Augusta Energy, a joint venture between Greenvolt’s subsi…

New Edge Computing Solutions Set to Revolutionise the Power Industry

The adoption of new edge computing solutions is forecasted to create much-needed disruption and growth opportunities in the energy industry, writes Andrew Foste…

Microgrid

ABB Releases Blueprint for Carbon Negative Microgrids

ABB has announced delivery of electrical distribution and control systems for a 300kW future microgrid that engineering and management consultancy Tetra Tech is…

Mobile Battery Storage Integrator Greener Power Tests Northvolt Unit in Supplier Diversification Push

Mobile battery storage rental company Greener Power Solutions plans to diversify its supply base away from Alfen and has already bought a unit from Northvolt. …

Natural Gas

UK Arm of Gazprom Rebrands

Gazprom Marketing & Trading, which traded as Gazprom Energy is now called SEFE Energy.

Intersect Power Orders 2.4 GW of First Solar’s Modules

US-headquartered First Solar has announced that it has entered into an agreement to supply 2.4 GWDC of its high-performance, advanced thin film photovoltaic (PV…

Natural Gas

Australia Considers Curbing Gas Exports to Avert Domestic Supply Crunch

Australia said on Monday it will decide whether to curb exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after a watchdog urged restrictions, warning one of the world's b…

United Kingdom

UK Generation Mix Moves Increasingly Toward Renewables

Power generation from low carbon sources secured more than 60% share of the UK’s total energy mix

Oman

TotalEnergies, Veolia Ink Deal to Build 17MWP Solar Project in Oman

This will provide power to the Sharqiyah Desalination plant.