Power

France

Low French Nuclear Output Is Bad News for the UK

Low nuclear power generation in France, typically a net exporter of electricity to other European countries, including the UK, is setting off alarm bells in Bri…

Photon Energy Breaks Ground on Romanian Solar Projects

Photon Energy N.V. has announced that it has broken ground on the construction of its second Romanian photovoltaic (PV) power plant, which will have a generatio…

Cryptominer Taps Underutilised Nuclear Energy on Georgia Grid

EZ Blockchain specialised in using otherwise wasted energy for crypto mining is expanding its data centre capacity in West Point, Georgia, USA.

United States

US Records a Boom in All-Electric Homes

Over a quarter of all US households are all-electric, new study finds

Renewable Power Remains Most Affordable Amid Energy Crisis

Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs.

Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Fusion – A Magnet for Investors

Investment into commercial fusion has grown significantly over the past 12 months, coupled with growing confidence about the timescales in which fusion power wi…

Hydropower Plant

New 180MW Hydropower Plant Powered Up in India

The run-of-the-river Bajoli Holi Hydropower Plant, built on the river Ravi in the Chamba District, supplies electricity to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International …

Australia

Hybrid Wind-Solar-Battery Renewable Power Plants Progress in Australia and the UK

Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia, while another has been announc…

Cost-Competitive Renewables Save $55B in Global Energy Generation in 2022

Electricity costs from wind and solar power declined in 2021.

Tesla and PG&E Launch Virtual Power Plant Programme

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. have launched a pilot programme that creates a virtual power plant (VPP) to help support electric grid re…

Offshore Wind Power

Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind Agree to Merge

Aker Horizons will own a stake of nearly 58.6% in Mainstream once the deal has closed.

Hydrogen Production

Emerson Automates Mitsubishi Power Hydrogen Hub

Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. has selected Emerson to automate the world’s largest green hydrogen production and storage facility.

Wind Turbine

WindEurope: German Parliament Adopts New Onshore Wind Law

The German parliament has adopted a new onshore wind law (WindLandG) which aims to expand onshore wind by a massive 10 GW a year from 2025.

Central Retail, GULF Partner for Solar Power Production

They invested $2.5m to establish Greengen Energy.

Wind Power Project

Keppel to Invest S$233.6M in European Onshore Wind Project

Keppel Corp and KIT will jointly invest in a 33.33% stake in FundCo.