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Offshore Wind Power

UK’s Current Offshore Wind Pipeline Falls Short of 2030 Target

Latest figures from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Renewables Pipeline Tracker Report’ show that even if all UK current offshore wind sites with leasing are developed i…

Floating Solar Project

Dutch Meld Offshore Floating Solar with Seaweed Cultivation

The combined offshore solar and seaweed farm has been installed at the North Sea Farmers test site, located 12 kilometres off the coast of Scheveningen.

Wave Energy

Norway Issues Permit for Wave Power Plant off Ålesund

Marina Solutions has received permission from the Norwegian authorities to temporarily moor a wave energy test plant outside the Atlantic Ocean Park in Ålesund…

Nuclear waste

Hot Testing Continues at Chernobyl Used Fuel Storage

As of 1 December, 186 used fuel assemblies have been transported from the old used nuclear fuel storage facility to the Interim Storage Facility 2 at the Cherno…

Combined Heat and Power

World’s First 1MW Large-Scale Gas Engine Begins Hydrogen Field Test

The recent initiation of field testing on the converted CHP plant in the Othmarschen area of Hamburg, Germany, marks a step forward in a joint flagship project …

Virtual power plant

Estonia’s Eesti Energia to Test Flexibility Participation in Finnish Energy Market

Eesti Energia is to test a virtual power plant to provide flexibility to support the security of energy supply in Finland.

Nuclear Power Plant

China: Hot Testing of Tianwan 6 Begins

Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have started at unit 6 of the Tianwan …

Solar Power Plant

South Africa: 75MW Waterloo Solar Begins Commercial Operations

Waterloo Solar in the North West Province has commenced commercial operations, becoming the latest utility-scale solar PV project in South Africa.

Solar thermal

Research on Solar Heat Pumps in Russia

To allow for the testing of efficient heating technology, the laboratory includes a heat pump, a flat plate collector and two types of storage tanks.

The 10th China Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Techniques for Electrical Equipment Summit Forum and Exhibition

The forum is an industry grand ceremony in the field of domestic power equipment status testing, live testing, and non-destructive testing.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Hydrogen-Powered Trains could Replace Diesel Engines in Germany

Siemens and Germany's rail operator Deutsche Bahn have announced plans to test a hydrogen-powered train with a range of more than 370 miles, technology that pro…

Energy Security

Eesti Energia Testing Finnish Wind Energy Reserve

Its Auvere power plant and wind farms will be connected through a virtual platform to support energy security.

Hydropower Plant

Udonde Unit 9 Enters 72-Hour Trial Operation

​On November 21st, Unit 9 of Wudongde Hydropower Station completed all grid-related tests and officially entered 72-hour trial operation, and the countdown to …

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

TÜV SÜD to Build UK’s First Mobile Facility for Testing Dispensed Quantity at Hydrogen Stations

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory will build the UK’s first mobile primary standard facility for testing hydrogen refuelling stations to ensure they de…

Solar Power Plant

China Set to Acquire 820 MW of Solar Project Capacity

The latest, seven-project, 217 MW, $150 million project sell-off announced by the development business of polysilicon producer GCL-Poly means a lot will be at s…