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African Union to Develop A Blueprint for A Pan-continental Electricity Network and Market

The agreement to set up a Continental Power System Master Plan between the Bank and AUDA-NEPAD was unveiled recently during a three-day workshop on the sideline…

Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Market’s Big Data Show OPEC+ Cuts Fall Short

The three big oil forecasting agencies all see OPEC producers needing to comply fully with output cuts they agreed in Vienna last week if they are to avoid big …

Australian Committee Calls for Partial Lifting of Nuclear Moratorium

The Australian government should consider a partial lifting of the current moratorium on nuclear energy to allow the deployment of new and emerging technologies…

Distance Rule Scrapped from German Coal Exit Law Draft

The latest draft for Germany’s coal exit legislation seen by Recharge no longer contains a damaging distance rule for onshore wind planned by the country’s go…

Solar Industry Leaps at Chance to Help Deliver European Green Deal

The EU’s new plan to lead the global fight for a greener and fairer economy has been warmly received by the solar industry, which has put itself forward as a k…

Net Zero: Crucial Election Set to Shape UK Decarbonisation Strategy

The British public are going to the polls today in an election that is likely to determine the future direction and shape of the country's net zero emission str…

Electricity Transmission

DBSA Provides $81.30m for Mozambique’s Power Network Upgrades

Mozambique’s national energy utility, Electricidade De Mocambique (EDM) has received a senior debt loan facility of $81.30 million from the Development Bank of…

Diversify Power Sources to Avoid a Repeat of Blackouts

If states want to avoid costly electricity failures such as the blackouts that roiled California recently, they can improve their odds by diversifying power sou…

Nuclear Equipment

ECS Engineering Services Delivers 49 Duct Cradles for Nuclear Power Station

ECS’ in-house fabrication department has recently completed the manufacture of 49 steel duct cradles destined for the main reactor building at a UK nuclear pow…

Nuclear is Key to Decarbonisation, Says Head of IAEA

The use of nuclear power will need to increase to decarbonise electricity production, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today at a side event dur…

AE Seeking to Overcome Technical Limitations to Deep Geothermal Drilling

A U.S. DOE funded project by AltaRock Energy is seeking to overcome technical limitations to deep geothermal drilling, replacing mechanical methods with a milli…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Reached A Significiant Miletone:The Installation of 1000th Offshore Direct Drive Wind Turbine

When Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy recently installed turbine 51 in the British 714 MW East Anglia One project, it reached a significant milestone: the instal…

CHP

Minsk Cogeneration Plant No.4 Considering Burning Waste to Generate Energy

A project to recycle solid municipal waste for the sake of generating energy may be implemented in Minsk. It will be the first project of the kind in Belarus, B…

Oil & Gas Trade

Saudi Aramco Oil Firm Starts Trading after Record £19.5bn IPO

Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco has started trading on the Saudi Tadawul stock exchange for the first time after a 25.6 billion dollar (£19.5 billion) initi…

Mexico’s CFE Outlines Plans for 32 New Hydro Projects

Mexican state power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) will construct 32 projects as part of a national plan to recover and increase hydroelectric g…