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Hydropower Plant

France Chooses China to Help Speed Up Zero Carbon Development

French President Emmanuel Macron has just finished his visit in China recently, which has greatly accelerated trade relations between the two countries. On Apri…

Solar Inverter

IGBT Supply Will Face a Shortage Until 2025

As downstream demand continues to soar, insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), known as the heart of power devices, is facing an unprecedented shortage. Rece…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Hydrogen vs. Battery Flywheel

Scientists in Italy have looked at how flywheel storage and reversible solid oxide cells could be integrated with lithium-ion batteries in minigrids powered by …

Electric Car

First All-Electric Mini Convertible to Premiere at Auto Shanghai 2023

The all-electric MINI Cooper SE Convertible (earlier post) celebrates its world premiere at Auto Shanghai, 18 to 27 April at the China Expo Convention and Exhib…

Solar Company

UGE Gets Go-Ahead for 10-Mw Community Solar Portfolio

Project rendering of the Queens rooftop project by Wildflower, LTD.In March, solar developer UGE reached the Notice to Proceed milestone for six new community s…

Solar Power Plant

Canadian Solar Rebrands Its Global Development and Services Businesses

Canadian Solar announced the rebranding of its wholly-owned Global Energy subsidiary as Recurrent Energy. This subsidiary was previously dedicated to developing…

Nuclear Fuel

Cameco, Bruce Power Extend Fuel Supply Pact Through 2040

From left: David Piccini, Ontario’s minister of environment, conservation, and parks; Mike Rencheck, president and CEO, Bruce Power; Tim Gitzel, president…

Spent Fuel

Climate Group Argues for Recycling Used Fuel in Fast Reactors

Report author Mark Lynas and RePlanet’s Joel Scott-Halkes stand next to a canister of spent nuclear fuel at the Sizewell plant in the United Kingdom. (Pho…

Energy Storage Battery

Modeling Framework Can Help Speed Development of Flow Batteries for Large-Scale, Long-Duration Electricity Storage

In the coming decades, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind will increasingly dominate the conventional power grid. Because those sources only genera…

Solar Power Plant

Africa’s Energy Sector Will Need to Transform Radically—These Are the Five Biggest Challenges

The future of Africa's energy sector is getting increasing attention from policymakers and the private sector. As demand for energy rises, current energy sy…

Energy Storage Battery

Innovative Low-Income Battery Pilot Finally Wins Approval in Massachusetts

A solar power system is installed on a residential rooftop. (Courtesy: Flckr Creative Commons)By Gabe Epstein and Todd Olinsky-Paul, Clean Energy GroupFive year…

Offshore Wind Power

Transmission Capacity in the Range of 22 Power Plants in the North Sea: Tennet Awards On- And Offshore Converter Stations and Hvdc Technology With a Total Capacity of 22 Gigawatts

HighlightsBringing larger green electricity volumes from the North Sea to land, TenneT secures eight Dutch and three German 2 GW grid connection systems to be c…

Energy Storage Project

Global Energy Starts Fabricating Moray West J-Tube Frames

The Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Board of Directors has approved a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, for a 75 megawatt (M…

Offshore Wind Power

Global Energy Starts Fabricating Moray West J-Tube Frames

Global Energy Group’s (GEG) North Fabrication division has started production of the J-tube frames for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm, with the …

Offshore Wind Power

Cable Laying Resumes at Vineyard Wind

Prysmian’s cable-laying barge Ulisse has resumed cable-laying operations at the first U.S. large-scale offshore wind project, located off the coast of Mas…