Power

China

China Solar Installations More Than Double in First Half

China built nearly 31 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power capacity from January to June, up 137% from a year earlier, with full-year installations on course to hi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Main Construction Phase for El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Project Begins in Egypt

Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave a green light to the pouring of the "…

Energy Storage Project

Portuguese Utility EDP Adding Battery Storage to Floating Solar-Hydropower Hybrid Plant

Portuguese utility EDP is to add energy storage to a hybrid floating solar and hydropower project after it was energised earlier this month.

Smart Home Solutions Providing Much Needed Resilience

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptab…

United Kingdom

ZeroAvia Attracts $30MN in New Funding

New investment from Barclays, NEOM, AENU and IAG will further advance ZeroAvia’s 2-5MW hydrogen-electric powertrain development program.

Joe Biden

Biden Stops Short of Declaring Climate Emergency, Takes Steps on Wind Power

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executi…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Government Grants Consent for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station

The project has already been backed by the government.

Offshore Wind Power

UK Greenlights 8GW of Offshore Wind After Environmental Review

Six offshore wind projects will enter an agreement or lease with The Crown Estate

Offshore Wind Power

World’s First Offshore Wind Workers Certified With Virtual Reality

Twelve offshore wind workers have become the first in the world to receive certification through virtual reality training.

Net Zero Emission

GlobalData: India Likely to Fall Short of 2030 Renewable Target at Current Pace

India announced new renewable energy goals last year to increase non-fossil power capacity to 500 GW and meet 50% of the country’s electricity needs through re…

Solar Power Panel

Too Hot for Solar Power: Europe’s Heat Wave Makes Solar Panels Less Efficient

Extreme heat is reducing the efficiency of solar panels in Europe.

Pumped Storage

Iberdrola Opens One of Europe’s Largest Pumped Storage Facilities

The Spanish utility has officially opened the 1,158MW Tâmega Giga Battery – a pumped storage hydroelectric facility – in Portugal.

Nuclear Fuel

UK Government Fund to Accelerate Nuclear Fuel Supply

The UK's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is to launch a GBP75 million (USD90 million) Nuclear Fuel Fund to boost domestic productio…

Nuclear Power Plant

Heatwave Forces Temporary Change to Water-Discharge Rules in France

The French nuclear regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire says that "to ensure the security of the electricity network" it will temporarily modify the stric…

United States

Biden Weighs More Aggressive Steps on Climate

President Joe Biden is facing pressure to declare a "climate emergency" that could unlock new executive powers after the recent collapse of talks in the US Cong…