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Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s AGL Coal Plant Outage Extended to September

AGL Energy said on Friday it expects a unit down since April at one of its power stations will restart in late September.

Electricity Transmission

Australian State to Invest $850 Mln in Power Grid

Australia's New South Wales state on Friday said it would invest A$1.2 billion in new transmission lines over 10 years.

China

Which Countries Make Up Most of the World’s Renewables

Mainland China, India, and Japan are amongst the five entities that account for 77% of the world’s renewables.

Hydrogen Production

UK Approves Second Waste Plastic to Hydrogen Plant

The 13,500 tonne West Dunbartonshire facility will use Powerhouse Energy's technology to create sustainable hydrogen from non-recyclable plastics.

Wind Turbine

Vestas Wins Wind Turbine Contracts in Italy and Germany

ERG's order for 24 V136-4.2 MW wind turbines follows a contract for 64 V235-15.0 MW wind turbines for EnBW’s 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind projectIt's been a …

Distributed Grid

Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Us Utilities

Four emerging technologies and issues are occupying regulators as utilities seek to modernise the electricity distribution system in the US.

Net Zero Emission

The UK Must Provide More Certainty to Investors as It Pushes Forward With Decarbonisation and Energy Security

New research from Cornwall Insight and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has laid out what the UK government must do to achieve an affordable, sustainable and secu…

Nuclear Power Plant

Bechtel Ties up With Toshiba on Poland’s First Nuclear Plant

Bechtel signs MoU with Toshiba America Energy Systems and Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions to build Poland's first nuclear power station.

South Africa

Coal Still Dominating South Africa’s Energy Mix, Says CSIR Report

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the year 2021.

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Expands Advanced Centrifuge Work Underground, IAEA Report Shows

Iran has begun installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges in a cluster at an underground enrichment plant in line with a longstanding plan and now intends to add two …

Paris Climate Agreement

Global Investors Write to U.N. To Urge Global Plan On Farming Emissions

​Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable and curb one of the biggest s…

LNG

U.S. Natural Gas Prices Drop After Explosion at Freeport LNG Terminal

An explosion at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas has sent natural gas prices downward as emergency crews respond and details continue to f…

Oil Price

Biden’s Trip to Saudi Arabia Won’t Solve the Oil Market’s Problems

Some observers expressed hope that a trip by President Biden to Saudi Arabia could spark more production and bring prices down.

Solar Power Panel

Polysilicon Production Growth to Stabilise Solar Module Prices: Report

Total production is expected to reach 700,000 tonnes in 2022, globally.

Hydrogen Production

Biden Fudges Clean H2 Definition as $8BN in Funding for US Hydrogen Hubs Inches Closer

DOE will not inclThe US Department of Energy (DOE) will “give preference” to hydrogen hub projects with the lowest lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as…