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Energy-Eficient Building

Energy Commission Adopts Updated Building Standards to Improve Efficiency, Reduce Emissions From Homes and Businesses

The California Energy Commission today adopted the 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for newly constructed and renovated buildings that will produce ben…

Wave Energy

CorPower Completes 45-tonne Wave Energy Test Rig

CorPower has constructed a 45-tonne moving mass system, a test rig capable of simulating ocean wave conditions anywhere in the world.

Nuclear Power Plant

Doosan awarded second Chinese IAPS contract

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has been contracted by China Techenergy Company (CTEC) to supply an Industrial Anti-seismic Protection System (IAPS) for …

LNG

CCCC Wins Major Contractor Gig for Kamchatka LNG

Russian federal seaports agency Rosmorport has awarded China Communications Construction Company a contract to build Novatek’s Kamchatka LNG terminal in Bechev…

Solar Power Plant

Northern Cape Boasts SA’s Highest Number of Clean Energy Projects

Boikanyo Solar in the Northern Cape is the latest clean energy power plant to commence commercial operations in the Northern Cape.

Electricity Reform

SADC and COMESA Receive AfDB Grant to Advance Electricity Regulations

SADC and COMESA will receive $2.5 million in combined grants from the African Development Bank to advance intra-regional harmonisation of electricity regulation…

Nuclear Power Plant

World's First HTGC Reactor is About to Bring Nuclear Test Operation

The world's first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstration project settled in Rongcheng, Shandong has completed all the tasks in the charging preparati…

Combined cycle power plant

GE Helping Taiwan Boost Grid with 535-MW CCGT Cogeneration Plant

A new combined cycle gas turbine power plant adding 535 MW to the Taiwanese national grid has started commercial operations.

Power Construction

Mitsubishi Electric to buy UK-based Smarter Grid Solutions

The latter company offers highly flexible, scalable controls solutions, allowing users to integrate distributed energy resources for capacity management, flexib…

Power Construction

Xcel Energy Improving Dalhart Power Grid

Xcel Energy is investing $600,000 in a multi-phase grid improvement project that is converting the electrical facilities serving Dalhart to a higher voltage.

Nuclear Power Plant

Costain Extends Nuclear Deal with EDF

Costain has agreed a two-year contract extension that will support the safe operation and decommissioning of the UK’s existing nuclear power stations.

Electric Car

Tesla Aims to Sell 20 million EVs per Year by 2030

In its '2020 Impact Report', the Elon Musk-run EV maker said that its customers helped accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy by avoiding 5.0 m…

Energy Storage Project

China to Encourage Power Plants to Add Storage, Peak-Shaving Units

It also said power generators can buy peak-shaving services from other market participants, including energy storage facility operators, gas-fired power plants …

Carbon Emissions

UN’s IPCC: Global Warming may Reach 1.5 Degrees Already by 2040

An intensive and fast reduction in carbon dioxide emissions is the only way to avoid extreme effects of climate change, according to a report released by the In…

Nuclear Reactor

Heavy Components Delivered to Rooppur

The major components have been delivered for the second nuclear reactor under construction at Rooppur in Bangladesh.