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Hydrogen Technology

Auckland Transport Sets the Groundwork for New Zealand’s First Hydrogen Bus

Auckland Transport is getting set to unveil the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus this month as it moves towards an emission-free fleet by 2040.

Tidal Energy

North America’s Oldest Tidal Power Plant Set for Closing

Nova Scotia Power, the owner of the Annapolis Tidal Generating Station, has decided to retire the 37-year-old power plant following a failure related to its ele…

Solar Power Plant

Goldman Sachs Partners for US Solar Spree

Bank's renewables arm to initially acquire 55MW of community PV in New York state from SMT Energy.

Market Analysis

China's Coal Consumption Share Falls to 56.8% at End-2020

The rapid rollout of renewable-energy capacity and the growing use of natural gas has helped reduce the share of coal consumption from around 68% over the last …

United States

US to Review Reliance on Critical Minerals Supply from Overseas

The order will also start yearlong reviews into the six sectors: energy, food production, information technology, defence, public health, and transport, to dete…

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Hydropower Plant

En+ Group Upgrades Hydroelectric Units at Russian Hydropower Plant

The total investment in the project for this stage of the project is more than 1.5 billion roubles.

Electric Car

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 to Bring New Innovations to Electric Vehicle Driving

The Hyundai Ioniq 5, the company’s first model in its new battery electric vehicle lineup, is set to become available in selected regions by mid-2021.

Offshore Wind Power

EDP Plans to Build a Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Asturias

EDP plans to invest around 2,000 million euros in the period 2021-2025 and is committed to the development of floating offshore wind power off the coast of Astu…

Digitalization

Ethiopia: Collaboration Launches a Digital Centre in Addis Ababa

GIZ, Orange, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Industrial Parks Development Corporation have launched the A…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Final Testing Phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacit…

Personnel Appointment

Jennifer M. Granholm Sworn in as 16th Secretary of Energy

Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in today as the 16th Secretary of Energy by Vice President Kamala Harris, following a broad bipartisan confirmation vote of 64-35…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Nuclear Power Plant

Licence Extension for South Korea’s Shin Hanul NPP does not Mean New Units will be Built

However, the extension of the licence does not mean that construction of the two reactors will go ahead.

ITER

European Council Approves Continued Financing for ITER

The European contribution to the project for that period is set at €5.61 billion in current prices.