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Solar Technology

Space-Based Solar Market Worth $821M by 2027 – Report

The global Space-based solar power market was valued at US$455 million in 2021 and it is expected to reach US$821 million in 2027.This is according to the lates…

Microgrid

This Microgrid Can Power an Entire North Carolina Town During an Outage

Duke Energy's Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2 MW (AC) solar facility and a 4.4 MW lithium-based battery storage facility. During its testing phase, Du…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Could Answer Nigeria’s Rocketing Energy Demand Says Irena

According to the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hydropower capacity in the country could grow to 15.5GW by 2050, providin…

Solar Cell

New Type of Solar Cell Is Being Tested in Space

Nanowires in three materials imaged by a scanning electron microscope. A thread is a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair. The red and blue colour shows…

Wind Power Project

Record Demand in New York’s Latest Offshore Wind Solicitation

Ocean Wind 1, the 1.1 GW joint venture between Ørsted and PSEG, has awarded three major construction contracts for the project. (Courtesy: Ocean Wind)Six…

EV Technology

New Developments in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology

Battery technologies are central to electric vehicles (EVs.) These technologies have become more sophisticated in recent years, providing enhanced performance f…

Natural Gas

7th Edition Gecf Global Gas Outlook 2050 Launched

Doha, QATAR – 29 January 2023: The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) today launched the latest edition of its annual Global Gas Outlook 2050 (Outlook),…

Hydropower Plant

Verterra Delivers Volturnus Small Hydro Turbines to Army Corps of Engineers

(photo courtesy Verterra Energy)Verterra Energy said it completed delivery of four Volturnus small hydro turbines to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The compan…

Wind Turbine

Norway Just Greenlit This Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine

Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway.Vertical-axis floating …

Denmark

Locations Identified for Geothermal Heating Plants in Aarhus, Denmark

City view over Aarhus, Denmark (source: flickr/ User:Colin, creative commons)Danish geothermal heating company Innargi has announced the location of the first t…

Energy Technology

NASA and DARPA Target 2027 Nuclear Rocket Engine Test in Space

The USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are to collaborate on developing an…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Zeroavia’s Largest Hydrogen Plane Successfully Completes Test Flight

This test flight is a significant step toward zero-emission passenger flight.ZeroAvia conducted a test flight of its Dornier 228 testbed hydrogen plane aircraft…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Oman’s State Energy Company OQ Plans to List Drilling Unit Abraj in Muscat

Oman’s state energy company OQ plans to sell up to 49 per cent stake in its drilling unit, Abraj Energy Services, through an initial public offering, beco…

Electricity Transmission

Winter 2023-24 price cap forecasts fall further below EPG, but long-term prospects remain uncertain

The latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) released by Cornwall Insight, have shown energy bill predictions for a typical household1 have falle…

Nuclear Equipment

French Nuclear Fleet Failure, Drought and War to Blame for Record Power Prices in 2022

Last year Europe saw very high levels of wholesale power prices, driven by gas prices that repeatedly broke all-time high records since the start of the Ukraine…