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Electric Car

ACT Introduces First Electric Bus on Path to Zero Transport Emissions

An all-electric bus built by leading bus-maker Yutong will begin ferrying Canberrans around the Australian capital city this week, as the ACT government enacts …

Biomass Power Plant

EU Biomass Subsidies Contribute to Forest Destruction

A new report has found EU subsidies for biomass energy channel nearly €7bn per year into unsustainable and destructive energy sources.

Steam turbine

Toshiba Will Supply Steam Turbines and Generators for Major Thermal Power Plant Upgrade Project in Australia

Toshiba won a major contract to retrofit steam turbines, generators, and associated equipment as part of the modernization project of EnergyAustralia’s Mt Pipe…

HySiLabs Signs Contract with Shell Taking Hydrogen Groundbreaking Technology to Next Level

HySiLabs, a Shell France-supported company, recently signed a contract with Shell GameChanger to take their groundbreaking technology to the next level.

Market Analysis

Adamas: EV Sales to Hit 12.5M in 2025; 350% Increase in Demand for Rare Earths Used in Traction Motors

A new report from Adamas Intelligence, “Electric Growth: EVs, Motors and Motor Materials”, forecasts that global annual EV sales (excluding mild and micro hyb…

Microgrid

The Role of Microgrids in Supporting Economic Development

From an economic development point of view, microgrids offer key benefits to end users: resiliency/reliability, power quality, cost effective growth in a timely…

Coal Mine

Illegal Mining Operations in Ecuador Down by 60%

Ecuador’s Agency for Mining Control and Regulation ARCOM reported that illegal mining operations in the country went down by 60% during the period January-Octo…

Nuclear Policy

UN reports：Iran's Violations of Nuclear Deal Increasing

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has begun enriching uranium at a heavily fortified installation inside a mountain, is increasing its stockpile …

Wind Turbine

Vestas’Wind Turbine Order Backlog Soars Above 32B Euros

The Denmark-based company’s interim quarterly ported reported 3.55 billion Euros ($37B U.S.) in revenue for the three months ending September 30, a 30 percent …

Africa Will Need More Power to Meet Its Future Needs

A report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found that current policy and investment plans in the continent are not sufficient to meet the e…

Solar Power Plant

New Tenders to boost India's Solar Capacity by 28% in 2019

India’s utility scale solar capacity is projected to rise 28% YoY or 8.5 GW in 2019 and 29% or 11GW in 2020, JMK Research & Analytics reported. The sector is e…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China's CNPC Launches Deepest Onshore Gas Field

CNPC has fully launched the deepest onshore gas field in the country, Keshen 9, in the south foot of Tianshan in Tarim oilfield, Xinjiang region, reported state…

National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Awards $4.35 Million Project

“For the first time this allows Nikola, in collaboration with Pratt & Miller Engineering, the opportunity to integrate hydrogen fuel cell technology in an elec…

Carbon Neutral

​700 Megawatt Green Hydrogen Plant to Provide Carbon Neutral Aviation Fuel

If all goes according to plan, by 2030, a 700 megawatt (MW) green hydrogen plant powered by offshore wind energy, could generate carbon-neutral aviation fuel in…

Distributed energy

​Distributed Energy Storage to Grow 20-fold by 2028 Says Study

Navigant Research has released a new report providing market forecasts for newly installed distributed energy storage systems (DESSs) in terms of power capacity…