Power

LNG

Japan's JERA Does Not Currently See SWIFT Ban Impacting Sakhalin 2 LNG Imports

Japan's largest power generation company JERA does not currently see the latest financial sanctions on Russia, including barring designated Russian banks from t…

Smart Meter

E.ON Reaches 100,000 Smart Meter Milestone in Germany

E.ON reports Germany’s smart meter rollout is still sluggish and the country is lagging others in Europe such as Sweden and the UK.

Solar Power Plant

Cochin Airport to Be Power-positive With New Solar Plant from March 6

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy, is to become power-positive with the commissioning of…

Smart Grid

Schneider Electric and Cisco Link up to Build Egypt’s Smart Grid

Schneider Electric signed the contract, with the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, to build and transform four control centres for Egypt’s national…

Wind Farm

Germany Signals Interest in Ireland’s Wind Energy Infrastructure

Significant German interest is emerging in long-term investment in Ireland’s wind energy infrastructure, with the goal of exporting power back to supply the Ge…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany Invites Tenders for 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm in North Sea

The last date for bid submission is September 1 and the project will be completed by 2027.

Electrification

IRENA and China State Grid Pave Way Towards Smart Electrification

“Future power grids will be very different from the current ones and will require smart electrification solutions as renewable energy is growing faster than ev…

India

Indian Non-Hydropower RE Manufacturers Should Gear up for Increase Domestic Demand

Non-hydropower renewables manufacturers in India, particularly solar, should prepare for an increase in domestic demand due the government’s green hydrogen pol…

Coal Production

India Approves Offering Coal for Sale Through Single E-Auction Window

India has approved the offering of non-linkage coal by producers to both power and non-regulated sectors through a common e-auction window instead of the sector…

Offshore Wind Power

EDP Wins 400 MW of Offshore Wind Power in the US

Ocean Winds, owned by EDP Renováveis and Engie, has closed a 20-year power purchase agreement for 400 MW in the United States to provide clean offshore wind en…

Russian Federation

Putin Puts Nuclear Deterrent on Alert; West Squeezes Russian Economy

President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine, which sai…

Electricity Transmission

Xinjiang's Electricity Transmission Volume Tops 500B kWh

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has transmitted a total of 503.7 billion kWh of locally-generated electricity to other parts of the country …

Electric Vehicle Battery

The Battle over Electric Vehicles — Could Hydrogen Win?

As the future of automotive power heads away from the internal combustion engine toward electric vehicle technology, the industry now has two options: fuel cell…

Geothermal Power Plant

Well-Constructed Solution: Geothermal to Power Bitcoin Mining

The mining of cryptocurrency, or bitcoin, is an energy-intensive process, and entrepreneurs are looking at several technologies—including innovative geothermal…

Coal Mine

Coal Shortage a Worry as Power Demand Rises

Rising power demand has triggered coal shortage concerns in the power industry that say coal stocks at stations are not adding up at the required rate.