Power

Electric Vehicle Battery

More Powerful Batteries Make This a True Electric Car Race

Drivers in the 2019-2020 Formula E series now have enough juice to avoid swapping cars midway through a race.

J-Power Recommits to Kidston Pumped Hydro Plan, Pending New Off-Take Deal

Genex Power has struck a new agreement with Japanese utility J-Power that renews its interest in buying ab equity stake in the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro proj…

VIVACE:Renewable Energy from Slow Water Currents

This machine is named as VIVACE ( Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy). It is the first known device that could draw energy from most water curre…

Harnessing Tidal Wave Energy with Push Plates

The Theme of Concept: Theme of concept is to harness the kinetic energy within the flow of water without using the conventional methods like water wheel or othe…

Building on Hydro’s Strengths to Integrate Solar, Microgrid into a Portfolio

Southern Company has taken a unique approach to integrating its work with solar farms and microgrids into its existing generating portfolio and plant personnel

Nuclear Fuel

US Legislature Considers Waste Management Reforms

Draft legislation to update the US Department of Energy's (DOE) ability to manage nuclear waste - passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday.

Offshore Wind Power

Anbaric Plans for A Huge US Offshore Wind Grid Backbone

Transmission specialist claims 16GW project better for planning and impacts than multiple project connections.

Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte Hydro Project Approved for Full Operations

Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon rainforest will start operating at full capacity, after clearance from regulator Aneel was received …

Bui Power Authority Completes 45-kW Small Hydro Station in Ghana

The Bui Power Authority announces it has completed work on the 45-kW Tsatsadu Generating Station, which it calls Ghana’s first micro-hydropower plant.

Smart Grid

Grid Upgrade Plans Unveiled for Eastern Germany

Works include construction of 526km of new cable for the high voltage network.

Steam turbine

Siemens And Mannai Team Up to Set Up Steam Turbine Repair Facility in Qatar

Siemens Qatar and Manweir, a subsidiary of Mannai Corporation, are planning to develop repair services for compressors and steam turbines used in the hydrocarbo…

Ofgem Charges Ahead with UK Grid Reforms

UK energy regulator Ofgem is to press ahead with grid charge reforms that renewable trade associations say will undermine subsidy-free deployment.

Gas turbine engine

Gas Turbines Have Become by Far the Best Choice for Add-on Generating Power

They offer instant-on power that's compact, mobile, quiet, economical, durable, and matchlessly efficient.

Offshore Wind Power

Anbaric Proposes 16GW New England Grid Link

Application filed with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to develop system to bring offshore wind power to shore.

Distributed Solar

How Decentralized Solar Solutions Are Powering Global Green Economy Transition

Access to and the productive use of solar energy are a great enabler for many communities especially in rural, off-grid areas where there is no feasible alterna…