Ons

Energy Storage Project

AGL and Wartsila Kick off Australia’s 2nd-Largest Energy Storage Project

Australian utility AGL has partnered with technology firm Wartsila and started the construction of what is claimed to be the second-largest battery energy stora…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal-rich California could cover US lithium demand

The Salton Sea in the southern part of California can supply 600,000 tons of lithium per year, an amount exceeding the current annual consumption of this metal …

Natural Gas

Hyundai Engineering Consortium Wins KRW2tr Gas Plant Project in Saudi Arabia

Hyundai Engineering announced on Nov. 30 that it has won a super-large gas plant construction project worth about 2 trillion won from Saudi Arabia’s state-run …

Wind Power Project

Ørsted Enters into pPA with Johnson & Johnson in Ireland and the US

Johnson & Johnson and Ørsted have signed two power purchase agreements.

Solar Power Plant

Boralex Inks First French Solar Power Play

20-year corporate PPA will enable the financing of the construction of the Grange du Causse project

Market Analysis

Brazil’s October Power Consumption Falls 3.4pc

Brazilian power demand fell by 3.4pc in October over the same month last year to an average of 68,793 MW, according to national power operator ONS.

Power Construction

Turkey Receives Funding for Grid Modernisation

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a $110mn loan to Turkish distributor Enerjisa Enerji to modernise the network.

Solar Power Plant

Dutch Start Trials of Flexible Floating Solar Panels which Move with the Waves

A consortium led by Dutch research institute TNO has launched a new project to study floating flexible solar energy systems as part a project to create economic…

Microgrid

Renewable Energy Microgrid to Power Japan’s Okinoerabu Island

The microgrid will use Kyocera’s energy management system, storage batteries, solar, and wind to maintain power even during emergencies or natural disasters, a…

Hydrogen Production

Strohm, Seanovent Partner on Offshore Wind-Hydrogen

The companies have signed an MoU to develop transfer solutions to enable developments of the new tchnology

Hydrogen Project

Korea to Greenlight Self-Service Hydrogen Charging Stations, Replace Coal with Ammonia

South Korea on Nov. 26 unveiled a pangovernmental hydrogen blueprint that laid out detailed plans to realize the nation’s hydrogen economy, from authorizing se…

Nuclear waste

Construction of Nuclear Waste Repository to Start in 2022

Construction of a special storage facility for low- and medium-level waste at the Krško-Krsko Nuclear Power Plant (NEK) will begin in early 2022 as the project…

Crude Oil

Iran Seeks to Return Oil Output to Pre-Sanction Levels

Iran wants to pump more oil than it did before the Trump administration tightened sanctions, a top official said ahead of high-level nuclear talks whose outcome…

Combined Heat and Power

Using CHP to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Emissions

How this not-so-new power generation technology is gaining ground

Electric Car

Nissan to Spend $17.6 billion Over 5 Years in Electrification Push

Nissan Motor Co announced it will spend 2 trillion yen over the next five years to accelerate vehicle electrification, betting tighter carbon emission restricti…