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Solar Technology

Vattenfall Set to Start Building First Floating Solar Farm

Swedish utility Vattenfall is set to start building its first floating PV farm, in a water-filled quarry in the Netherlands.

Power Construction

Germany: TenneT Completes Substation Reboot

State secretary Jens Deutschendorf, from the Hessen Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy joined TenneT Managing Director Tim Meyerjurgens to visit the upgrad…

EU Urged to Raise 2030 Climate Target

Orsted and six other European energy companies have stated their support for a carbon-neutral bloc by 2050 in an open letter to European environment and climate…

Concentrating Solar Power

Enel Plugs 220MW Solar into Mexico Grid

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

EV Market

Ford Goes After Tesla With All-Electric Crossover

Ford is coming for Tesla, announcing an all-electric crossover that's inspired by the Mustang.

Bui Power Authority Completes 45kW Tsatsadu Micro Hydropower Project in Alavanyo-Abehenease

Ghana is set to commission its first micro-hydropower plant to be known as the Tsatsadu Generating Station (TGS) under the Ministry of Energy’s renewable energ…

Copel Awards Contract to Upgrade its 1,240-MW Governador Jose Richa Hydropower Plant

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) has awarded a US$2.5 million contract to ABB’s to upgrade its 1,240-MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant in the s…

Coal Mine

Anglo to Sell 12% of Australian Coal Mine to Japanese Partners

Mining group Anglo American is selling a 12% stake in its coking coal operations at Grosvenor in Queensland, Australia, to a group of Japanese partners for arou…

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.

AXA to Exit Coal Investments in OECD States by 2030

France’s AXA (AXAF.PA) said it was strengthening its climate strategy by committing to exit coal more quickly across a greater number of countries, as policyma…

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.

Market Analysis

Aging U.S. Dams Pose Risks to Thousands

There are thousands of people in this country that are living downstream from dams that are probably considered deficient given current safety standards.

Smart Grid

Smart Grid Technology in the US: Benefits to Environment and Social Justice

Smart grids can lead to cleaner neighborhoods, reduce the cost of living, offer more sustainable solutions for design and construction, and provide a more accur…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Clears Restart at Nuclear Reactor Closest to Epicenter of 2011 Quake

Japan’s Tohoku Electric Power said on Wednesday it has won initial regulatory approval to restart a reactor at its Onagawa power plant, more than 8 years after…

Crude

Iran Launches Operation to Seal an Expanding Oil Leak Off Persian Gulf Rig

Iranian authorities say a major leak that has taken place off an oil rig in the Persian Gulf waters is being contained as they insist more work would be needed …