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PowerGrid Technology

How the DOE Plans to Modernize the Grid in the Near Term

Twenty-three projects chosen by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to its 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call provide a broad look at the critical issues t…

Ormat Targets Addition of Around 100 MW in Geothermal Capacity by End of 2021

11 Nov 2019With 6 geothermal projects, Ormat Technologies is planning to add around 100 MW in geothermal power generation capacity in Nevada, California and Gua…

Bangladeshi Government Will Renegotiate Solar Tariffs for Projects Which Miss Deadlines

Officials in Dhaka frustrated by the lack of progress on several PV projects have decided to punish tardy developers by setting new power prices which reflect t…

Coal Power

Trump Energy Pick to Face Questions on Coal, Nuclear Power

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Energy Department, Dan Brouillette, will face questions at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday on issues …

South Korea has Big Plans to Create Hydrogen Cities

The East Asian nation has big plans to build three hydrogen cities by 2022. South Korea is working hard to be seen as a world leader in green technology and is …

Nuclear Power Plant

One Nuclear Power Project Delayed; Three Leap Forward

The long-overdue Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant (NPP) in Finland has been delayed again, but nuclear projects in Russia, Canada, and Iran achieved important mi…

Microgrid

Bushfires Should Make us Think About Energy Resilience and Microgrids

The largest known cause of Australian bushfires is accidents caused by humans. Second is — unfortunately, inexplicably — arson. Lightning strikes come a dista…

Market Analysis

Study Finds Climate Impact of Hydropower Varies Widely

A new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, wit…

Boralex Announces Commissioning of 16-MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station

Boralex Inc. has announced the commercial commissioning of its 16-MW Yellow Falls hydroelectric station, under the terms of a price-indexed power purchase agree…

Global Potential for Tidal Power is Up to 1000 GW

Global potential for tidal power is huge, and the World Energy Council has estimated that up to 1,000GW of marine energy could be installed by mid-century – eq…

A Global Power & Energy Elite Project: Canada’s First P3 Hydropower Project

The first public-private partnership (P3) project in the hydropower sector in Canada houses a brand new underground powerhouse built to minimize the environment…

Thermal Plant

Siemens Overhauls Turbine at 794-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Hungary

Siemens has worked with owners to complete a major overhaul at an Hungarian gas-fired power plant. The German-based power manufacturer collaborated with MET Ass…

Wind Turbine

Crazy Wind Turbine That Transmits Energy Using A Superconductor

A team of scientists from around Europe has tested a wind turbine that transmits energy using a superconductor. The team, named the EcoSwing Consortium, publish…

Power Construction

Prysmian Concludes DolWin3 Grid Connection Project in Germany

Cable systems provider for energy and telecom sectors Prysmian Group has completed the commissioning of the high voltage direct current (HVDC) offshore grid con…

Microgrid

Asia-Pacific Continues to be The Largest Overall Market for Microgrids

This is according to a newly released report from Navigant Research, which analyzes regional microgrid capacity, implementation spending, and business model typ…