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Electricity Transmission

High-Voltage Line Between France and Britain Begins Power Transfers

A new high-voltage power line between France and Britain started active power transfers on Monday that will last until the beginning of December, French grid op…

Solar Power Plant

Q CELLS to Build Floating Solar Plant on Hapcheon Dam in South Korea

Photovoltaic solar cells manufacturer Q CELLS has announced plans to build a 41MW floating PV power plant, which will be installed at the Hapcheon Dam in South …

Solar Power Plant

UK Commissions Research into Space-Based Solar Power Stations

The UK Government has announced the commissioning of new research into space-based solar power systems, which would collect energy in space using large solar sa…

United States

Trump Bans U.S. Investments in Companies Linked to Chinese Military

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled an executive order prohibiting U.S. investments in Chinese companies that Washington says are owned or controlled …

Nuclear Technology

Terrestrial Energy And NRG Begin Graphite Irradiation Testing At Petten

US-based Terrestrial Energy and the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group have started a graphite irradiation testing programme for the Integral Molten Salt Re…

Wind Power Tower

Equinor Unveils US Tower and TP Plant Plan

Equinor has unveiled plans for the first offshore wind tower and transition piece manufacturing facility in the US at the Port of Albany in New York state.

Wind Turbine Blade

UK Blade Recycling Initiative Spins into Action

The National Composites Centre in the UK has launched an initiative to accelerate the development of technology, processes and materials that address the recycl…

Oil Field

Nigeria's NNPC Says First Oil Flowing from Anyala Offshore Field

Nigerian state oil company NNPC and First E&P have begun oil production at the Anyala oilfield, NNPC announced on Thursday.

Carbon Neutral

KPMG Announces Plans to be Net-Zero Carbon Neutral by 2030

Big Four firm KPMG announced on Monday that it plans to become a net-zero carbon neutral organization by 2030.

Wind Power Company

ENGIE and EDPR Launch North American Offshore Wind Company

EDP Renewables and ENGIE announced that they have combined their existing and planned offshore wind efforts to form a new company, Ocean Winds.

Oil & Gas Trade

Natural Gas is Key to Sustainable Development Say Exporting Countries

This year’s forum for gas exporting countries assessed the current dynamics in the natural gas industry and acknowledged that the fundamentals that will drive …

Nuclear Power Plant

Why NASA Wants to Put a Nuclear Power Plant on the Moon

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy will seek proposals from industry to build a nuclear power plant on the moon and Mars to support its long-term exploratio…

Solar thermal

Refractaris Proposes the New International Standard for Thermal Insulation in Concentrated Solar Power

The Andalusian company Refractaris, based in Montemayor, has proposed a new international standard for thermal insulation for concentrating solar power plants f…

Coal Company

Trump's Coal Rescue was Doomed from the Beginning

Coal giant Peabody Energy emerged from a near-death trip through bankruptcy in April 2017, just in time to benefit from President Donald Trump's efforts to revi…

Electricity Trade

Zimbabwe Imports 600MW to Cover Power Supply Gap

THE country is importing up to 600MW of electricity from regional producers so as to cover the supply gap, which is created by subdued energy generation capacit…