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Energy Transition

Australia on Track to Achieve Fastest Energy Transition

The country currently has a pipeline of 102GW renewable projects.

Energy Efficiency Test Project for Lighting Product Part Two

Tender are Invited for Energy Efficiency Test Project for Lighting Product Part Two

Wind Turbine

GE Renewable Energy Builds World’s Largest Wind Turbine Rotor Test Rig

GE Renewable Energy has announced the construction of the world’s largest test rig for wind turbine rotors.

Service and Testing of Electrical Instruments and Kits

Tenders are invited for Service and Testing of Electrical Instruments and Kits

Power Construction

Another 500MVA Transformer Unit to Aid in Supporting Eskom Grid

In South Africa, a local Pretoria-based transformer manufacturer’s high voltage unit effectively passed all factory acceptance tests at the end of July.

Wind Turbine

Largest Wind Turbine Rotor Test Rig Under Construction in Netherlands

A consortium comprising GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power and TNO is building a test facility for wind turbine rotors.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Australia’s Rectifier Technologies Unveils its First Bi-Directional DC Charger

Rectifier Technologies is seeking trial program coordinators and utilities to test the incorporation of bi-directional capabilities with electricity grid networ…

Wind Turbine

ORE Catapult Plots New Offshore Turbine Test Site

R&D outfit working with Advance Northumberland on facility which could be operational by 2022.

Wind Power Project

Fosen, the Largest Onshore Wind Power Plant in Europe

The 1.06 GW Fosen complex in central Norway, Europe’s largest onshore wind power project, has seen its latest turbine installed.

Russian Federation

Russian Energy Minister Novak Tests Positive for COVID-19

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was himself diagnosed with COVID-19 in May and successfully completed treatment, was the one to deliver the news.

Tidal Energy

Marine Energy Wales Backs Morlais Tidal Demo Zone

Marine Energy Wales said it supports the Morlais tidal demonstration project’s “phased approach” to deploying devices in the test zone.

Solar Power Plant

Russia Begins Testing its First Floating Solar PV Plant

Russia has started testing its first floating solar PV plant in a reservoir of the Nizhne-Bureskaya hydropower plant in the Far Eastern Federal District.

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Institutes Develop Welding Quality Control Method for ITER

Non-destructive testing specialists at Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnic Institute is to develop methods for checking the reliability of seams on components of the IT…

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar Says There are ‘Significant Growth Opportunities in the Solar-Plus-Storage Market’

Canadian Solar has highlighted the increasing importance of adding energy storage to PV projects and the “significant growth opportunities in the solar-plus-st…

Wind Farm

Iberdrola Scores 100MW Greek Onshore Hat-Trick

Spanish company Iberdrola has won the rights to develop three wind farms totalling almost 100MW in Greece in the country's latest capacity auction.