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Hydropower Plant

World's Fastest Rotor for Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in Operation

The fifth unit of the Changlongshan pumped storage hydropower station in east China's Zhejiang Province passed its 15-day tests and started operation on May 4, …

Scientists, Industry Players Reveal Plans for New LETID Testing Standard

An international research group has published the details of a two-year project to develop reliable ways to assess light-elevated temperature-induced degradatio…

CCS

Wintershall Dea’s Hydrogen and CCS Project to Support Wilhelmshaven Energy Hub

Wintershall Dea is putting the wheels into motion to decarbonise the country’s industry with the help of hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) thanks t…

Solar Cell

Self-Healing Perovskites Can Withstand Fierce Cosmic Radiation

The development of a set of testing protocols for perovskite solar cells intended for use outside Earth’s atmosphere could lead to the devices being installed …

Electric Car

ABB and Eviny Install World’s Fastest Electric Car Charger in Norway

ABB and Eviny have collaborated on the first installations of ABB’s Terra 360.

Carbon Neutral

Siemens’ Switchgear Expedites EWE NETZ’s Push to Carbon Neutral

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has supplied German grid operator EWE NETZ GmbH with Clean Air, its latest environmentally-friendly switchgear technology. The aim …

Wind Turbine

Developments in Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Airborne wind energy has evolved over the last decade from a collection of conceptual ideas and early small-scale tests into a thriving research and development…

Ethiopia

KenGen Completes Drilling of Latest Geothermal Well for Ethiopia

​Electricity producer KenGen has completed the drilling of geothermal wells in Ethiopia, four at the Aluto-Langano site and three at Tule Moye.

Hydrogen Project

GE-Powered Gas-Fired Plant in Ohio Now Burning Hydrogen

The Long Ridge Energy Terminal Power Plant in Hannibal, Ohio is now burning a hydrogen blend following successful testing in late-March, GE and the plant’s own…

Oil Price

OPEC Tells IMF that Oil Price Rally Mainly Due to Geopolitics

OPEC told IMF's steering committee on Thursday that the surge in oil prices was largely due to the Ukraine crisis, in the latest signal that the producer group …

Solar Power Panel

Stand-Alone Solar Tracker to Improve Energy Access in Namibia

A new solar tracker that is completely self-supporting in generating and storing energy to be tested in Namibia.

Gas and Power Prices Continue to Soar Due to Ukraine Conflict

Sky-high wholesale gas prices in Europe reached record levels in the first quarter this year as a result of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, according t…

Brazil

Shell and TotalEnergies Win Fresh Exploration Blocks Offshore Brazil

Oil majors Shell and TotalEnergies have secured six and two offshore exploration blocks, respectively, in the Santos basin offshore Brazil as part of the countr…

Wave Energy

Waveswing Wave Energy Device Gets Shakedown at EMEC

The video shows initial testing and shakedown of 16kW Waveswing wave energy device that was recently completed, as the developer AWS Ocean Energy proceeds with …

Energy Storage Battery

Zinc-Air Battery Maker Raises $25 Million to Test Tech

Canadian zinc-air battery maker e-Zinc said it raised $25 million in Series A financing to support the production of its first commercial long-duration energy s…