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Hydropower Plant

The Impact of Drought on Western US Hydroelectric Generation in 2021

The historic drought that affected much of the western U.S. in 2021 had varying effects depending on region, with the overall result being reduced water supply …

LNG

China's Guangzhou Development, Mexico Pacific Sign 2 Mil MT/Year LNG Deal

China's Guangzhou Development Group, a Guangdong provincial government-owned power and natural gas supplier, agreed March 31 to buy 2 million mt/year of LNG fro…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s Coal Conundrum: Economy, Climate at Odds

Coal has long been a lifeblood for Australia. The country is the world’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal used to make steel, and it’s the second-larges…

Offshore Wind Power

Norway Setting Strategy for Offshore Wind

Offshore wind is big business in the North Sea, with dozens of wind power installations commissioned in the region over the past two decades.

Geothermal Power Plant

Iceland Offers Case Study of Geothermal’s Powerful Potential

As more countries plan on achieving a green energy transition, Iceland offers guidance on how to effectively harness the power of geothermal.

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Projects Might Rough-Sail in Asia: Report

Hydropower projects in Asia might rough-sail as environmental and social opposition, and financial concerns pose a challenge to the industry, Fitch Solutions re…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Produces First Components in French Manufacturing Facility

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing its offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and IntegralBlades at its new facility in Le Havre, France.

Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine State Nuclear Firm Says All Russian Forces Have Left Chernobyl Plant

The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday that all of the Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power station had withdrawn from the territo…

Wind Turbine

Vestas Secures 36 MW Order

Vestas have secured a 36 MW order from Scottish developer Muirhall Energy Limited for the Greengairs East project.

SMR

Four Canadian Provinces Release SMR Strategy

The governments of Ontario, New Brunswick, Alberta and Saskatchewan released a strategic plan providing a path forward to advance small modular reactors (SMR) i…

Hydrogen Project

McDermott’s CB&I to Build Spheres for Green Hydrogen Production Facility

McDermott’s storage business, CB&I, will design and build two 500 000 gal. double-wall liquid hydrogen spheres for Plug Power Inc.’s new green hydrogen produc…

Offshore Wind Power

NZ Super Fund and CIP Explore New Zealand’s Offshore Wind

NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are working in partnership to explore the potential for large scale offshore wind energy in the South…

Paris Climate Agreement

Wind and Solar Energy Generate 10% of Global Electricity

Ember research found 50 countries generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar energy in 2021, up from 43 in 2020.

Hydropower Plant

China-Built Hydropower Station Begins Electricity Generation in Nigeria

The first unit of Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Station, the largest hydropower station in Nigeria built by Chinese enterprises, has officially generated electric…

Nuclear Fusion

Australia’s HB11 Energy Demonstrates Laser-Powered Nuclear Fusion

Australian fusion start-up HB11 Energy has reported demonstrating non-thermal fusion of hydrogen and boron-11 using high power lasers.