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Siemens Delivers Its First HL-class Gas Turbine for Testing at Duke Station

Workers lifted the 500-ton SGT6-9000HL onto its foundation at the Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station near Denver, North Carolina. The SGT6-9000HL is expected to…

Pumped Energy Storage

Successful Extraction of Lithium from Geothermal Fluid in New Zealand

New Zealand-based Geo40 has been successful in extracting near battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine at its silica extraction demonstration plant at the O…

Australia Hydrogen Industry Projections Revealed to be Exaggerated

The Australia hydrogen industry future looks bright, but isn’t nearly as impressive as initial projections have stated, according to the Australia Institute th…

Energy Storage Material

Global Cobalt Raw Materials Glut to Ease in 2020

Global supply surplus of cobalt raw materials will ease in the near term as smelters in China resume procurement from overseas after domestic stockpiles shrinki…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tech Company Geo40's Breakthrough Could Power Electric Cars

Taupo company Geo40 says it has cracked a chemical process to produce lithium at "near battery grade" from geothermal fluid discharged from central North Island…

Geothermal Energy Potential Uncovered in South Africa

The discovery of gases released from deep beneath the earth’s crust could help to explain Southern Africa’s unusual landscape, a study suggests.

Microgrid

Gold Fields Opens Australia’s Biggest Hybrid Renewable Microgrid at Agnew Mine Near Leinster

Gold Fields’ Agnew gold mine near Leinster is leading the charge for renewable energy, with the South-African based miner claiming bragging rights for Australi…

Global Energy Consumption Up by 2.3%, Experts Blame It on Tech & Population

According to Capgemini’s annual World Energy Markets Observatory (WEMO) report, global energy consumption increased 2.3 per cent, nearly double the average rat…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Coal-fired Power Capacity Still Rising, Bucking Global Trend - U.S. Report

China also has another 121.3 GW of coal-fired power plants under construction, U.S.-based research network Global Energy Monitor said in its report, nearly enou…

Market Analysis

Papua New Guinea Emerges as a World-Leading Market for Mobile Pay-Go Solar

Papua New Guineans are embracing mobile pay-go, aka PAYG, solar, which is proving to be a potent, if small-scale, agent of change in terms of improving energy a…

PowerGrid Technology

How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues t…

Biomass Power Plant

EU Biomass Subsidies Contribute to Forest Destruction

A new report has found EU subsidies for biomass energy channel nearly €7bn per year into unsustainable and destructive energy sources.

Carbon Neutral

​700 Megawatt Green Hydrogen Plant to Provide Carbon Neutral Aviation Fuel

If all goes according to plan, by 2030, a 700 megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant powered by offshore wind energy, could generate carbon-neutral aviation fuel in…

Iran Inaugurates New Hydropower Plant Near Iraqi Border

Iran has inaugurated a hydroelectric power plant in the Kurdish-populated city of Sardasht in the country’s northwest, in a further boost to the national grid …

U.S to Relax Two Obama-era Rules on Coal-Ash Pollution

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to relax two Obama-era rules on how power plants store waste from burning coal and release…