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Geothermal Power Plant

Proposed Bills Seek to Spur Geothermal in New Mexico, U.S.

Santa Fe National Forest, NM (Source: Flickr, CC, By: Artotem)Senators Jerry Ortiz y Pino and William Soules are sponsoring a series of bills that aim to accele…

Geothermal Power Plant

Saudia Arabia to Undertake Geothermal Exploration

Mountain Range near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (source: flickr/ yosoynuts, creative commons)The Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Geological Survey (SG…

Solar Power Plant

Longroad Energy Developing 285-Mw Solar + Storage Project in Arizona

Longroad Energy’s operational 200-MWDC Sun Streams 2 solar project. The company’s adjacent SunStreams 3 – a 285-MWDC and 215 MWac /860 MWh sol…

Hydrogen Production

ACWA Power, Austria-Based Electricity Firm to Develop Green Hydrogen

The green hydrogen to be generated will be used by Verbund.ACWA Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Verbund, an Austria-based electricity firm, to e…

Offshore Wind Power

CIP Enters Irish Offshore Market With Landmark Statkraft Deal

Image by shaunwilkinson on 123rfCopenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired a 50% stake in Statkraft’s offshore wind portfolio in Ireland, a dea…

Oil Exploration

All-Systems-Go for Equinor to Deploy Shelf Drilling Rig at North Sea Oil & Gas Field

Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has received consent from the country’s offshore safety regulator to use one of Shelf Drilling’s jack-up …

Coal Trade

Australia’s Nsw Plans 10PC Coal Reservation Policy

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state government will require coal producers to reserve up to 10pc of their output for domestic use, including export-focu…

Carbon capture

Adnoc Starts Work on New Carbon Capture Storage Project

Adnoc said the project marks another step in its plan to reduce its carbon intensity by 25 per cent by 2030. Photo: AdnocAdnoc has begun work on a project to in…

Ammonia

Japan’s Largest Power Generator Signs Deals in Pursuit of Ammonia for Coal Power Plant Co-firing Project

JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power generation company, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for potential collaboration for the joint…

Wind Energy Technology

What’s Stopping Even Bigger Wind Turbines? Blade Speed and Flexing? More Likely Manufacturing and Installation Capacity

Bigger wind turbines make cheaper energy. The sector’s unexpectedly rapid successes in designing and building bigger and bigger turbines has been one of t…

China news

EDPR Sunseap Grows Solar Capacity to 130MWP in China

This includes 30 solar projects in various stages of development.EDPR Sunseap reported its solar capacity in China has reached a total of 130 megawatts-peak (MW…

Electrification

GE Bags Two Service Contracts for Six Power Plants in China

H-class gas turbine. Image credit: GEGE and Chinese state-owned power utility Guangdong Energy Group have signed a long-term service agreement for Dongguan Ning…

Tidal Energy

Projects, Pipelines and Power: Around the World’s Tidal Projects

Giles Crosse reviews the world’s tidal power projects, to ask what the future could hold for this as-yet-undeveloped energy source.Earlier this year, the …

Tidal Energy

Royal Visit Marks Bid to Develop World’s Largest Tidal Turbine Blades

A project aiming to maximise tidal energy generation has been launched in the presence of The Princess Royal at the University of Edinburgh’s FastBlade fa…

Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Giant Aramco Says Windfall Taxes ‘Not Helpful’ and Could Stifle Decarbonization

KEY POINTSPolicymakers in a number of countries are calling for windfall taxes on major oil and gas companies, many of which saw record profits in the last year…