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Energy Storage Material

Global Cobalt Raw Materials Glut to Ease in 2020

Global supply surplus of cobalt raw materials will ease in the near term as smelters in China resume procurement from overseas after domestic stockpiles shrinki…

Fifth Overhauled Unit at EPS’ Hydropower Plant Đerdap 1 Put in Operation

State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has put in operation the fifth overhauled unit at HPP Đerdap 1, adding 30 MW of installed capacity to Serbia’…

Electric Vehicle Battery

New Electrodes Could Increase Efficiency of Electric Vehicles

The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from fossil fuels toward a more sustainable future.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tech Company Geo40's Breakthrough Could Power Electric Cars

Taupo company Geo40 says it has cracked a chemical process to produce lithium at "near battery grade" from geothermal fluid discharged from central North Island…

​Mobile Data to Improve Urban Energy Behaviour

Energy use in buildings accounts for more than 40% of total primary energy use in Europe and the United States, with most of them located in urban areas that ar…

Wind Power Project

Vestas Secures 42 MW Order with Swedish Wind Farm

Vestas has secured an order from Swiss Develeper Fu-Gen AG, for the 42 MW Fjällboheden wind project northwest of Skellefteå in Northern Sweden.

Toyota and Honda Bag ‘Green Car of the Year’ Awards

Toyota and Honda have received the 2020 Green Car of the Year awards at AutoMobility LA, which leads up to the start of the LA Auto Show.

Solar Technology

Silfab Making Back-Contact PV Modules in North America

North American PV module manufacturer, Silfab Solar has installed a full-size industrial production tool for the manufacturing of back-contact PV modules from E…

Thermal Plant

Denmark's Asnæs Plant Generates First Green Power for Zealand Grid

The new wood chip-fired generator at Asnæs Power Station in Denmark has been connected to the Zealand grid and generated power for the first time.

New York City Buildings Will Get Grades on Energy Efficiency Next Year

New Yorkers are used to seeing letter grades on restaurants and bagel shops. Soon offices and residential buildings will be getting something similar.

J-Power Recommits to Kidston Pumped Hydro Plan, Pending New Off-Take Deal

Genex Power has struck a new agreement with Japanese utility J-Power that renews its interest in buying ab equity stake in the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro proj…

VIVACE:Renewable Energy from Slow Water Currents

This machine is named as VIVACE ( Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy). It is the first known device that could draw energy from most water curre…

Finkel’s National Hydrogen Strategy Gets Green Light, but Could be Lifeline for Coal

State and federal energy ministers on Friday have adopted a national hydrogen strategy, prepared by chief scientist Alan Finkel, but there remains serious quest…

Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte Hydro Project Approved for Full Operations

Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon rainforest will start operating at full capacity, after clearance from regulator Aneel was received …

Bui Power Authority Completes 45-kW Small Hydro Station in Ghana

The Bui Power Authority announces it has completed work on the 45-kW Tsatsadu Generating Station, which it calls Ghana’s first micro-hydropower plant.