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Solar Cell

Spacewalking Astronauts Prepare International Space Station for New Solar Arrays

Two spacewalking astronauts began preparing the International Space Station for new solar arrays on Sunday, battling tough bolts to kick off a major power upgra…

Tidal Energy

North America’s Oldest Tidal Power Plant Set for Closing

Nova Scotia Power, the owner of the Annapolis Tidal Generating Station, has decided to retire the 37-year-old power plant following a failure related to its ele…

Solar Power Plant

Goldman Sachs Partners for US Solar Spree

Bank's renewables arm to initially acquire 55MW of community PV in New York state from SMT Energy.

Mexico

Mexican State Oil Firm Pemex Reports $23 Billion Loss in 2020

The company said it had faced "the worst crisis in its history" last year due to the health crisis sweeping the planet.

United States

US to Review Reliance on Critical Minerals Supply from Overseas

The order will also start yearlong reviews into the six sectors: energy, food production, information technology, defence, public health, and transport, to dete…

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Hydropower Plant

En+ Group Upgrades Hydroelectric Units at Russian Hydropower Plant

The total investment in the project for this stage of the project is more than 1.5 billion roubles.

Wind Farm

Van Oord Commissions Innovative Borssele 5

Offshore wind farm that features two Vestas 9.5MW turbines includes several technological advances

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Final Testing Phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacit…

Rooftop PV System

Australian Brewery Reduces Carbon Footprint with Rooftop Solar

Moon Dog Brewing, an independent Australian craft brewery based out of Melbourne, is exploring ways to reduce its carbon footprint and drive environmental susta…

Personnel Appointment

Jennifer M. Granholm Sworn in as 16th Secretary of Energy

Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in today as the 16th Secretary of Energy by Vice President Kamala Harris, following a broad bipartisan confirmation vote of 64-35…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Market Analysis

China Installed Half of New Global Offshore Wind Energy Capacity During 2020 in Record Year

China leads the world in new annual offshore wind turbines installations for the third year in a row with over 3 GW of new offshore wind farm capacity in 2020.

Market Analysis

Europe Installed 14.7 GW of New Wind Energy in 2020

Europe installed 14.7 GW of new wind energy in 2020. 80% of this was onshore wind.

CNNC

CNNC and CGN Sign Fuel Contracts and Pledge Greater Co-Operation

CNNC added that the development had "far-reaching significance for promoting the sustained and stable development of China's nuclear fuel industry and consolida…