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Drilling has Started for a Geothermal Project in Belgium

Drilling on the first well for a geothermal project to produce heat for a pharmaceutical plant by Janssen Pharmaceutica ( Johnson & Johnson) has started.

Details on Geothermal Emerge on Energy Transition Master Plan for Bavaria

Details emerge on the Geothermal Master Plan for the State of Bavaria in Germany, as previously reported. With support for district heating projects to tap into…

Market Analysis

Installed Solar Capacity is Now Greater than Oil in the United States

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, sol…

Wheels Begin to Turn on Self-Driving Car Legislation

Congress has yet to roll out comprehensive legislation that would create federal standards for self-driving cars this year, but the wheels have started turning …

Electric Car

Electric Buses ‘From China’ as Bajan Model Unveiled

The deal has been sealed for Barbados to buy electric buses from China, the Prime Minister announced today, even as she hopped about a Transport Board bus that …

Gas turbine engine

​EN Engineering Acquires QC Data

Utility services firm EN Engineering announced it has acquired QC Data, an intelligent infrastructure services firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado…

Coal Trade

India Steel Minister Expects to Increase Coking Coal Imports from Russia

India’s Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said he was confident India’s imports of coking coal from Russia would increase significantly in coming months, addi…

Concentrating Solar Power

Enel Plugs 220MW Solar into Mexico Grid

Enel as started operations at its 220MW Magdalena 2 photovoltaic plant in Mexico.

Solar Company

Lightsource BP Signs New PPA with Ibstock Brick for Solar Powered Brick Factory

Lightsource BP is to build a 4.9MWp solar installation for Ibstock Brick, at the latter’s Leicestershire headquarters.

Coal Power

South Korea Plans to Shut Down Up to 15 Coal-Fired Power Plants for Winter

South Korea will idle up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants between December and February to help limit air pollution, and the remaining plants should …

Murang'a Hydro Innovator Wins International Backing

An off-grid hydropower project started by a Murang’a entrepreneur John Magiro has won the 2019 EDF Pulse Africa third prize.

Cornish Lithium has Started Drilling in Efforts to Source Lithium

Cornishl Lithium has commenced drilling of two research wells in Cornwall UK to explore lithium contained within naturally-occurring underground geothermal brin…

Energy Storage Material

What are the Prospects for Bolivia's Lithium Mining Industry in Morales' Absence?

Bolivia is home to at least a quarter of the world's known lithium reserves, but technical, political and economic factors could prevent a 'white gold rush'.

Politicians Should Prioritise Climate Action Over Economic Growth, UK Consumers Say

Almost three quarters of European consumers are willing to accept slower economic growth if it means action to protect the environment is accelerated, according…

Solar Technology

Night Time Solar: Lightsource BP Hails Trial Showing Solar can Help Balance the Grid at Night

Trial marks the first time a UK solar farm has provided a reactive power balancing service to the electricity grid at night, developer claims