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Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Secures 5.X Wind Turbine Supply Contract in UK

Siemens Gamesa has secured a contract to supply 5.X turbines for Energiekontor UK’s Longhill Burn wind farm near Edinburgh, UK.

Energy Storage Technology

Scientists to Study Advanced Batteries with Neutron Diffraction

The Consortium for Battery Innovation has launched a new European research project using neutron diffraction to help improve the lifetime of energy storage batt…

Natural Gas

Texas Freeze Caused Record Gas Spot Prices and Outages

In the wake of a February winter storm that left Texans reeling from freezing temperatures and failed power generation units, reports are starting to publish da…

Wind Power Project

The 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 Moves Closer to Starting Construction

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed the environmental analysis of the proposed Vineya…

Wind Power Project

7.39MW Wind Power Plant in Japan Begins Operation

Sustainable infrastructure company Ichigo has announced the completion of its 52nd power plant, Ichigo Yonezawa Itaya ECO Power Plant.

Power Construction

ERCOT Overcharged Power Companies $16 billion for Electricity During Winter Freeze, Firm Says

An independent market monitor for the Public Utility Commission of Texas wrote in a letter that the power grid operator kept market prices too high for nearly t…

Hydrogen Project

Trinidad and Tobago Launches Green Hydrogen Initiative

Investigations are getting under way on the creation of a sustainable hydrogen economy for Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector.

Oil Price

Oil up Nearly 5% on Possible Extension of Saudi Output Cuts

Oil prices rose nearly 5% on Thursday on a possible extension of voluntary output cuts by Saudi Arabia into April, as OPEC ministers and their allies continued …

Germany

Wind Energy Replaces Coal as Germany’s Biggest Energy Source in 2020

The share of renewable energy in the amount of electricity generated and fed to the grid in Germany reached a new record, rising from 42.3 percent in 2019 to 47…

Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

China

China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year

China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, ci…

Nuclear Reactor

Hungary and Poland Plan Nuclear to Replace Coal

Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025.

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of Fuel Assembly Simulators Loading at Unit 2 of BNPP

On March 7, the loading of fuel assembly simulators started at Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP

Coal Trade

Australia Resumes Coal Shipments to China

Australian shipments of coal to China have resumed, after the port of Gladstone in Queensland sent a shipment bound for Hong Kong and with initial shipping data…

Gas turbine engine

Decentralised INNIO Gas Engines Help Stabilise Europe’s Power Grid

In a recent announcement, INNIO Jenbacher revealed their part in preventing a blackout on the European grid on 8 January 2021.