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Solar Technology

New Rules, Incentives Shaping Solar-Plus-Storage Market

An evolving regulatory environment, expanded tax credits, and moves for more reliability and resilience in the power space are impacting the growth of solar-plu…

Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belgian Reactor Enters Retirement

Unit 2 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium has been permanently shut down after 40 years of operation. The 1008 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor is…

Solar Cell

New Type of Solar Cell Is Being Tested in Space

Nanowires in three materials imaged by a scanning electron microscope. A thread is a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair. The red and blue colour shows…

Energy Technology

UIUC Research Confirms Viability of Geothermal Energy Storage Using Old Gas Well

Conceptual schematic diagram of the Advanced Geothermal Energy Storage system proposed by the UIUC study (source: University of Illinois)Researchers from the Un…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kengen Secures First-Refusal Rights on Gdc Geothermal Wells

Geothermal well at Menengai, Kenya (source: flickr/ ScientificDrilling)KenGen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Geothermal Development Com…

Net Zero Emission

World Utilities Congress

WORLD UTILITIES CONGRESSTaking place in Abu Dhabi from the 8th-10th May, the second edition of the World Utilities Congress, hosted by TAQA will be uniquely sit…

HVDC

Medium Voltage Drives Market reaching US$ 2.26 Bn by 2032 - Comprehensive Research Report by FMI

In 2021, the medium voltage drives market was valued at more than USD 1.5 billion, and it is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 3.8% between 2022 and 2032.Gro…

PowerGrid Technology

Power to the People

Sulzer delivers bespoke motor redesigns for National GridWith global energy markets under pressure, utility companies are working hard to ensure that millions h…

Energy-Eficient Building

Data-Driven Heating Can Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

Data-driven heating reduces energy consumption in buildings. As prices shoot through the roof, business property managers are having to get smarter at controlli…

Energy Storage Battery

Scientists Illuminate Barrier to Next-Generation Battery That Charges Very Quickly

This artist’s rendition shows one probe bending from applied pressure, causing a fracture in the solid electrolyte, which is filling with lithium. On the …

United States

Court Suspends RFS Obligations for 2 Small Refineries

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Jan. 27 suspended Renewable Fuel Standard compliance obligations for two refineries that were denied small re…

Joe Biden

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today (Jan 27) announced up to $47 million in funding to accelerate the research, …

Ammonia

EU Ammonia Production Still Limited as Gas Prices Fall

European ammonia producers have so far had little response to falling European gas prices, but that dynamic could change if gas prices decline further and the n…