Ons

​Study Finds Hydropower GHG Emissions Can be Higher Than Facilities Burning Fossil Fuels

Hydropower facilities have long been criticized for their negative impacts on wildlife, but a new study has found that, in some cases, hydropower GHG emissions …

Solar Power for Home

​Cloud Energy Launches Solar Home System

Cloud Energy, Nigeria’s renewable energy solutions provider, has broken the jinx of poor electricity supply to Nigerians living in rural and semi urban communi…

Energy Storage Material

​Beyond Lithium: Alternative Materials for the Battery Boom

While lithium has long been touted as the future of advanced batteries, the technology’s limitations and accidents at lithium facilities have encouraged manufa…

Boralex Commissions 16MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station in Ontario

The hydroelectric power station includes two 8-MW turbines connected to a water intake, a concrete dam, water discharge facilities, including two inflatable wei…

Long Considered a “Clean” Energy Source, Hydropower can Actually be Bad for Climate

A new EDF study published this week in Environmental Science and Technology shows that hydropower — the leading renewable energy technology projected to grow r…

Wind Power Project

World's First Mono-Buckets Head for Wind Plant off Germany

The pair of next-generation mono-bucket foundations being deployed at Northland Power’s Deutsche Bucht wind farm off Germany are en route from steel fabricator…

PowerGrid Technology

The POWER Interview: How Industry 4.0 Will Improve Sustainability

Many companies are working toward the goal of being sustainable while also maintaining profitability, in part by integrating and applying artificial intelligenc…

Nuclear Power Plant

Czech Republic Approves Construction of New Nuclear Plant

The Czech Republic approved the construction of the Dukovany II nuclear power plant, and has set a target date for completion of 2036.

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…

EDC Increases Revenues with Better Performance of Geothermal Plants

EDC reports geothermal revenues of $514m for first three quarters of 2019 contributing around 34% of total revenues of its mother company First Gen. Better perf…

Geothermal ORC Units to be Set up in Demonstration Projects

French company ENOGIA ORC will be setting up three small-scale ORC units as part of a European research project.

Coal Power

Trump Energy Pick to Face Questions on Coal, Nuclear Power

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Energy Department, Dan Brouillette, will face questions at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday on issues …

Study Proposes Agenda for US Decarbonisation

Achieving net-zero emissions in the USA by 2050 will require action across society, a new report from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) has con…

Regional Workshop in Costa Rica Highlights the Important Role of Geothermal

A Regional Workshop on Geothermal Energy of two days of sessions to exchange experiences on the use of this resource in fields such as reservoir management, te…

Wind Turbine

Crazy Wind Turbine That Transmits Energy Using A Superconductor

A team of scientists from around Europe has tested a wind turbine that transmits energy using a superconductor. The team, named the EcoSwing Consortium, publish…