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Gas turbine engine

​EN Engineering Acquires QC Data

Utility services firm EN Engineering announced it has acquired QC Data, an intelligent infrastructure services firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado…

​Norway – Scaling from Hot Geological Brines for Use in Deep Geothermal Operations

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Chemical Engineering has a vacancy for a doctoral scholarship related to the project De…

​Food (waste) for Thought: Consider Waste-to-Energy this Holiday Season

Most Americans will sit down to a feast with friends and family on Thursday, November 28 and immediately following that celebration, Christmas and Hanukah light…

Offshore Wind Power

​Saipem Wins Two Offshore Windfarm Contracts Worth €750m

Italian engineering firm Saipem has been awarded two contracts worth €750m to help build two windfarms off the coasts of Scotland and Taiwan.

​Irish Electricity Company Electricity Supply Board to Buy 50% Stake in EDF Scottish Windfarm

Irish electricity company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in the Neart na Gaoithe offshore windfarm from EDF Renewables, which…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

​UK Already Has the Tools to Achieve Net-Zero, Says CAT Report

The UK could reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions using only proven technology, without relying on the promise of future developments, says a new report from…

Orbital Awards Contract for O2 Composite Blades to ACMA

Scotland’s Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital) has awarded the composite blades contract for the company’s first commercial O2 tidal turbine to A C Marine & Co…

Virtual power plant

Virtual Power Plant Debuts in Italy's Balancing Market

German virtual power plant operator Next Kraftwerke has provided balancing energy in Italy for the first time this month.

Thermal Plant

TransAlta Selects Emerson for Coal-to-Gas Conversion

TransAlta Corporation has selected Emerson as the main automation contractor in its planned conversions of coal-fired units to natural gas.

Campaigners Call on New EU Commission to End "Hydropower Madness"

Environmental campaign groups urged the new European Commission on Thursday to stop the expansion of hydropower projects and address their development in access…

Wind Farm

France's EDF Launches Construction of Scottish Windfarm

French power group EDF, which has faced criticism in Britain over cost over-runs at the Hinkley Point C nuclear project, said it would build a new Scottish wind…

Solar Power Plant

China Helps Kazakhstan Build Solar and Wind Power Plants

China has help implement two renewable energy projects in the Almaty region, southern Kazakhstan – the construction of a 5 MW wind farm and a 1 MW solar power …

EU Sees Important Role for Clean Hydrogen in Europe’s Energy Transition

Clean hydrogen can play a pivotal role for in EU energy transition, European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans has said.

Nuclear Forms Part of Climate Change Solution, Says European Parliament

The European Parliament yesterday adopted a resolution on COP25 - the 25th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention o…

Nuclear Technology

Framatome Honours Oxford Professor for Nuclear Research Work

Nuclear equipment company Framatome yesterday presented its first Excellence in Nuclear Reactor Science in the UK Award to Professor Sergio Lozano-Perez of the …