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Distributed Generation

Why is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?

Hybrid plants combining wind, solar and batteries can reliably supply electricity during peak-demand hours, the author writes.

Energy Storage System

Batteries Will Change the Energy Industry Forever

One of the biggest criticisms of renewable energy has been its inherently intermittent nature. Solar energy plants don't produce power at night, and wind turbin…

Microgrid

Tesla’s Musk Says Solar Energy Storage will Grow Faster than Electric Cars

If so, it is a good time for Tesla to turn its attention to the energy business — encompassing solar and energy storage — that has for long taken a backseat t…

Energy Storage System

Gresham House buying 'two of the UK's largest energy storage facilities

Gresham House Energy Storage has boosted its operational portfolio of batteries by 66% after buying ‘two of the UK’s largest energy storage facilities’.

Indian Oil's Gujarat Refinery Dispatch Low-sulphur Marine Fuel

Earlier, IndianOil chairman, Sanjiv Singh unveiled the plaque marking the mechanical completion of the New Amine Regeneration Unit and ISBL (Power Grid Import) …

Why ‘Flammable Ice’ Could Be the Future of Energy ?

Japan succeeded in extracting an untapped fuel from its ocean floor – methane hydrate, or flammable ice. Proponents argue that it will offset energy crises, bu…

Coal Trade

Standard Chartered exits three Southeast Asia coal plants worth estimated $7 billion

Standard Chartered has pulled financing for three coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia amid a global push to cut greenhouse gas emissions, throwing into do…

Solar Technology

UNIST Create New Transparent Solar Cell for Solar Windows

South Korean scientists have transformed an opaque crystalline silicon solar cell into a transparent one by punching holes into it measuring around 100 μm in d…

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Develops Rapidly in Pacific

A renewable energy system that uses deep ocean water to generate power is scheduled to move from 45 years of experimentation to seeing the world's two largest o…

Coal Power

Coal is Still the World's favourite for electricity generation

Global coal consumption is likely to rise over the coming years, driven by demand in India, China and Southeast Asia

Coal Mine

US Coal Production Jobs Plunged 41% in 8 Years

U.S. coal mining employment, like the number of active coal mines in the country, continues to fall, according to data from the Energy Information Administratio…

Energy Storage Battery

Advano Offers A Silicon Solution for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Now comes Advano, a startup in New Orleans, that champions a top-down approach. The point is to produce silicon particles that are perhaps not so fine-tuned, bu…

Wind Turbine

Innovative ‘Biplane’ Soon Be Used to Make More Efficient Wind Turbines

Biplanes, the fixed-wing aircrafts with two wings, one above the other, exist today mostly in aviation museums, World War I movies and black-and-white photos.

Coal Power

Will China Follow Leading Global Insurers and Withdraw from Coal Power?

Insurance companies can help avert runaway climate change by withdrawing support for coal projects. There is an encouraging trend in the insurance industry of l…

Digital Energy Transformation

Siemens Opened Digital Grid Center to Advance the Digitalization of Energy Systems in The Middle East

Digital Grid Center in Abu Dhabi is a collaborative space for development, demonstration and testing of digital technology in energy systems.