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Offshore Wind Power

Marine Power Systems Receives Funding to Accelerate Combined Wave And Wind technology

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave an…

U.S. DOE Awards $7m in Funding for Work on Reducing Geothermal Drilling Cost

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the recipients of $7 million funding to help decrease the cost of geothermal drilling operations and field developme…

Converting Low Grade Heat into Electricity

Researchers at Hong Kong University have recently invented a device that is capable of converting low grade heat into electricity. Low grade heat, or waste heat…

Material Developed for Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement

The Institute for Basic Science announced on Dec. 2 that its Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, led by director Lee Young-hee, has developed a two-dim…

Hydrogen Project

H21 100% Hydrogen project receives £6.8m for phase two of hydrogen network research

H21, a UK gas industry programme focused on converting the network to carry 100% hydrogen, has been awarded £6.8m from Ofgem to commence the second phase of it…

CHP

Bulgaria Receives Green-light for Construction of Cogeneration Plant

The European Commission has approved Bulgarian plans to support the construction and operation of a high-efficient cogeneration plant to produce heat and electr…

Global Potential for Tidal Power is 1000 GW, But Costs Dampen the Prospects

However, the upfront construction costs of the tidal barrage, in addition to associated environmental impacts, remain major obstacles to further development of …

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Japan's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall to Record Low in 2018/19

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6% to a record low in the year to March 2019, government figures showed on Friday, thanks to growing use of renewable e…

Market Analysis

Why is Pumped Hydro in Australia not Used Very Much?

Everyone recognises that as wind and solar generating capacity continue to grow, more storage capacity will be needed, so that the availability of electricity c…

Oil and Gas Technology

​Tendeka Polymer Tech to Boost Shale Gas Recovery 250%

The firm invested a six-figure sum on its ShaleModifier technology, which is expected to return several million pounds in revenue over the next two years.

Emissions Trading System

German Upper House Paves Way for National ETS from 2021

Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday passed a law creating a national emissions trading scheme for sectors not covered by the European carbon market fr…

Nuclear Technology

Framatome Honours Oxford Professor for Nuclear Research Work

Nuclear equipment company Framatome yesterday presented its first Excellence in Nuclear Reactor Science in the UK Award to Professor Sergio Lozano-Perez of the …

Global Corporations Root for Biogas in Addressing Climate Change

In its recent report, the Global Potential of Biogas, WBA estimated that the number of industrial plants operating globally are currently 132,000.

Power Construction

Germany: TenneT Completes Substation Reboot

State secretary Jens Deutschendorf, from the Hessen Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy joined TenneT Managing Director Tim Meyerjurgens to visit the upgrad…

Coal Mine

Coal-Fired Power Is Declining Thanks to a Slowdown in India and China

After more than a century as the world’s dominant source of electricity, coal may finally be losing its importance. Coal-fired power production is projected to…