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Hydropower Plant

Iberdrola Sells Brazilian Hydro Asset

Iberdrola has sold the 350MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric plant in Brazil to French electricity company EDF.Through its Brazilian subsidiary, Neoenergia, Iberdrol…

Wind Turbine

Low Carbon Trims Turbine Numbers at High Brenfield

UK renewable energy company Low Carbon has reduced the number of turbines at its High Brenfield wind farm project in western Scotland following consultation.In …

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Cars Plugin Vehicle Sales Increased 17% in January

Volvo Cars sold 50,820 cars in January, with almost half of them coming with a plug. Plugin model sales were also up significantly from a year prior, growing 17…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Sharp to Withdraw Solar Business From European Market

Sharp's former headquarters in Osaka, JapanJapanese electronics manufacturer Sharp said it is withdrawing its SESE subsidiary from the European solar market…

Battery

Germany’s Tesvolt Begins Energy Trading From Pooled Commercial Batteries

Tesvolt has set up an energy trading subsidiary that will use algorithm-based trading to sell the services of a pool of 100 kWh to 10 MWh batteries.The German c…

Rooftop Solar

Israel Introduces Tool to Calculate Rooftop Solar Potential

Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and the Israel Mapping Center have collaborated on a tool offering public information on rooftop solar pote…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Chile Deploys 2.14 GW of Solar in 2024

Chile installed 2.14 GW of new PV capacity in 2024, according to the latest data from the CNE. The nation installed 1.65 GW of solar in 2023.The country's t…

Green Hydrogen

Plug Power Launches Spot Pricing Program for Liquid Green Hydrogen

U.S. hydrogen solutions company Plug Power has introduced what it claims is the industry’s ‘first-ever’ spot pricing program for liquid green …

Offshore Wind Power

Seaway7 Awards Trenching Services Contract to Helix Robotics

Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has awarded Houston-headquartered Helix Robotics Solutions a contract for the burial of inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 …

Wave Energy Converter

New Tech From Two Scandinavian Firms to Cut Wave Energy Converter Cost and Mass

CorPower’s C4 device in Portugal.Swedish company CorPower Ocean and Norway-based OPS Solutions have developed a pre-tension cylinder (PTC) prototype, mark…

Oil Field

Totalenergies Begins Drilling First of Two Planned Oil Prospects Offshore Namibia

Deepsea Mira rigAfter discovering more black gold resources in Namibia’s Orange Basin, France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has moved to the next wel…

Ammonia

Australia’s NH3 Clean Energy Advances Flagship Ammonia Project

Australia’s NH3 Clean Energy, formerly Hexagon Energy Materials, has completed the engineering component of its preliminary front-end engineering and desi…

SMR

UK Expands Nuclear Power Plans With SMRs and Regulatory Reforms

The UK aims for energy independence by expanding nuclear power and cutting fossil fuel reliance amid global market volatility.The UK government has announced a …

Electricity Trade

Uniper Finalises Divestment of North America Power Portfolio

Until the end of 2026, Uniper may only make acquisitions that are essential to maintain the company’s viability.Uniper has finalised the sale of its North…

Wind Farm

ØRsted Cuts 2030 Investment Programme 25% Due to Rising Costs

Ørsted plans a DKr210bn ($29.1bn) to Dkr230bn investment programme from 2024 to 2030.Danish energy company Ørsted has announced a 25% reduction in…