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Solar Power Plant

ENGIE Acquires 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant in South Africa

ENGIE is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to acquire from Abengoa a 40% equity stake in Xina Solar One, a 100 MW Concentrated Solar plant, a…

Power Construction

SP Energy Networks Completes £30m Grid Upgrade

Work took two years to refurbish overhead transmission lines in southern Scotland.

Net Zero Emission

British Insurer Aviva Sets Out Net Zero 2040 Climate Strategy

ollowing the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, many countries and companies are aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, to limit global warming to 1…

Energy Transition

Pacific Island Nations Reinforce Energy Transition Goals Ahead of COP26

Pacific Island governments have reinforced their commitment to energy transition action and strengthened sustainable energy goals within updated nationally dete…

Offshore Wind Power

SGRE Turbines Tabbed for French Offshore Wind Project

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced it was awarded the firm order from the EDF Renewables-Enbridge-wpd consortium for the 448-MW Courseulles-sur-Mer offsh…

Graphene

The Advantages of Graphene for Photovoltaics

Enel Green Power is taking part in the EU-backed GRAPES project to research new applications for a very versatile material called graphene which boosts the effi…

India Renewable Energy Giant ReNew Power Preps For Nasdaq Listing

Ending years of speculations about its listing at stock markets, one of India’s leading renewable energy companies — ReNew Power — has announced plans for li…

Oil Refinery

Iranian Firm Wins Tehran Refinery Upgrade Project

Iranian contracting company Chagalesh Consulting Engineers has been awarded a €200mn engineering, procurement and construction contract to upgrade a number of …

Hydrogen Storage

Groupe Renault And Faurecia Collaborate On Hydrogen Storage Systems

This collaboration on hydrogen storage systems is embedded in Renault's strategy to offer market-ready H2 solutions for light commercial vehicles and target ove…

Market Analysis

China's Coal Consumption Share Falls to 56.8% at End-2020

The rapid rollout of renewable-energy capacity and the growing use of natural gas has helped reduce the share of coal consumption from around 68% over the last …

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Hybrid Power Plant

Juwi to Construct Hybrid Solar Park in Australia

juwi Renewable Energy Pty Ltd, juwi’s Brisbane-based subsidiary, will construct a high penetration solar farm as part of EDL’s hybrid power solution for the t…

Electric Car

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 to Bring New Innovations to Electric Vehicle Driving

The Hyundai Ioniq 5, the company’s first model in its new battery electric vehicle lineup, is set to become available in selected regions by mid-2021.

Net Zero Emission

Recommendations for BMW Group to Meet 2030 Carbon Emissions Reduction Target

BMW Group – which is comprised of BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and Zinoro – is targeting 7 million in battery electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle s…

Wind Farm

Van Oord Commissions Innovative Borssele 5

Offshore wind farm that features two Vestas 9.5MW turbines includes several technological advances