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Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Starts Producing 115-Metre Wind Turbine Blades

Siemens Gamesa has started the production of the first B115 blades at its facility in Aalborg, Denmark.

Offshore Wind Power

UK Green Lights East Anglia Offshore Wind Projects

The UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, has granted development consent for the East Anglia ONE North and Eas…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s Coal Conundrum: Economy, Climate at Odds

Coal has long been a lifeblood for Australia. The country is the world’s largest exporter of metallurgical coal used to make steel, and it’s the second-larges…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Projects Might Rough-Sail in Asia: Report

Hydropower projects in Asia might rough-sail as environmental and social opposition, and financial concerns pose a challenge to the industry, Fitch Solutions re…

Carbon Emissions

China’s Central Bank Leads in Green Finance Policies Globally: Report

The People’s Bank of China is outperforming other central banks across the globe in greening their financial system, the Institute for Energy Economics and Fin…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Produces First Components in French Manufacturing Facility

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing its offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and IntegralBlades at its new facility in Le Havre, France.

Destination Earth: Digital Replica of the Planet to Help Tackle Climate Change

Supported with an initial €150m, it aims to help monitor, model and predict natural and human activity as well as develop and test scenarios for more sustainab…

Nuclear Fusion

Australia’s HB11 Energy Demonstrates Laser-Powered Nuclear Fusion

Australian fusion start-up HB11 Energy has reported demonstrating non-thermal fusion of hydrogen and boron-11 using high power lasers.

Solar Power Plant

Voltalia Launches Construction of 260MW Solar Plant in Brazil

Brazil-based energy company Voltalia has started construction of the 260MW SSM3-6 solar power plant.

Wind Turbine

Green Power Generation in Germany Rises Almost 25% in Q1

The generation of renewable electricity in Germany grew by nearly 25% to about 74.5 billion kWh in the first quarter of 2022 driven mainly by favourable weather…

OPEC

Russia Will ‘Always’ Be a Part of OPEC+, UAE Energy Minister Says

The United Arab Emirates’ energy and infrastructure minister has insisted that Russia will always be a part of OPEC+ even as governments across the globe shun …

Crude Oil

U.S. Oil Exports Surge, Drawing Crude away From Storage Hub

U.S. oil exports have climbed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and barrels of domestic oil that would typically go to the Cushing, Oklahoma, storage hub …

Natural Gas

Will Importers Cave into Putin’s Gas for Rubles Demand?

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently required “unfriendly” buyers of the country’s natural gas to pay in rubles, a move that could have far-reaching imp…

Energy Storage System

US Energy Storage Sprinted to a Record-Setting End to 2021

The U.S. energy storage market set quarterly and annual records for new capacity additions, according to a report.

LNG

Asian Gas Buyers Buzzle over Putin's Demand for Payment in Roubles

Asian importers of Russian gas were scrambling on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin said "unfriendly" countries must pay for Russian gas in rouble…