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Electricity Trade

Belarus to Negotiate Direct Electricity Supplies with Latvia

Belarus will discuss the possibility of directly supplying Belarusian electricity to Latvia, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas after he …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

German Officials Agree Plan to Exit Coal-Fired Power by 2038

A year ago, a government-appointed panel recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb cl…

Electric Car

UK Electric Vehicle Startup Receives €100M Investment from Hyundai and Kia

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation today made a strategic investment of €100 million (US $110 million) in a new partnership with Arrival, a UK-ba…

Electric Car

Tesla Plans to Open China Design Centre And Launch Recruitment Notice

U.S. electric car maker Tesla plans to open a design and research centre in China to make "Chinese-style" vehicles, the company said in a recruitment notice on …

Xcel Energy Offers Energy Saving Tips for Customers in Winter Months

“Electricity use typically increases during cold weather as customers turn up the heat to stay warm, which can lead to an unwelcome spike in monthly bills,” s…

Solar Power Plant

US Government Expects Domestic Solar Market to Install 24 GW in 2020

An agency under the Department of Energy expects 17.4 GW (DC) of utility-scale solar power and 6.6 GW of small-scale solar to be installed in 2020. The 24 GW to…

Scotland Hydrogen-powered Homes Receive Support from Panasonic

The developers behind plans for hydrogen-powered homes on the outskirts of Aberdeen have secured a commitment from Panasonic to trial the fuel cells.

Nuclear Technology

Brookhaven to Host Electron-Ion Collider

The US Department of Energy has selected a plan whereby accelerator infrastructure at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory (pic…

Energy Storage Material

Lithium Australia Making Strides to Patent Lithium Recovery Processes

Lithium Australia has had two of its patent applications published by the international bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

An Ultra-thin, Flexible, And Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery

Bend, roll, twist, scrunch, fold, flex. These are terms we might use to describe a lithe gymnast doing a complex floor routine. But batteries?Jenax wants to pow…

Distributed energy

GE Wins Second Gas Turbine Order For Israeli Plant

GE said it has received an order for a second 9HA.01 heavy-duty gas turbine from Israel Electric Corp., the largest generator and supplier of electricity in Isr…

Using Geothermal Energy in The Process of Recycling Plastic Material in Iceland

An Icelandic company is starting to use geothermal energy in its process of recycling plastic material in Hveragardi, Iceland - a geothermal hot spot of the cou…

Using Liquid Metal to Repurpose Waste Heat

Researchers in the Renewable Energy and Virtual Technology lab at UTD developed a prototype generator that uses gallium to recover low temperature waste heat fr…

Scientists At HKU Invented A Recapture Device Can Convert Heat Waste Into Usable Electricity

Engineers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have just invented and patented a Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC), a recapture device that can convert low-…

AfDB Approves €8 Million Grant to Support Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group has approved an €8 million grant drawn from the European Union’s Africa Investment Platform (EU-AIP) …