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Clean Energy Transition

NJ Clean Energy Equity Act Passes Senate, Low-Income Communities Set for Solar Benefit

New Jersey’s State Senate has passed the Clean Energy Equity Act, a Bill which could bring hundreds of megawatts of solar to low-income families in the state.

Submarine Cable

Prysmian Wins Sofia Export Cable Job

RWE Renewables has signed a preferred bidder agreement with Italian cable company Prysmian for the supply and installation of HVDC export cables for the 1.4GW S…

Distributed Solar

EESL Signs Pact with Goa Govt for Decentralized Solar Power Projects

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, a joint venture of state-run firms under the power ministry, today signed an agreement with the Goa government to implement dece…

SMR

Fluor and Sargent & Lundy Partner to Design New SMR Reactors

Two major energy engineering, procurement and construction firms will collaborate on marketing and design services for future nuclear small modular reactor powe…

Wind Farm

CIP and Forestalia to Invest in Wind Farm Portfolio in Aragon, Spain

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Forestalia have agreed to invest in a portfolio of 27 onshore wind farms under development in Spain.

Submarine Cable

SSE, ScottishPower and National Grid to Deliver Electric Super-Highway

UK-based energy companies SSE, ScottishPower and National Grid have agreed to deliver Eastern Link, a renewable electric underwater super-highway from Scotland …

Electric Car

Germany to Extend Electric Car Subsidies to 2025

The increased bonus will now be extended beyond 2021, but lowered in two steps until 2025, the sources said. The extra bonus for hybrids could be scrapped altog…

Electrification

Electrification Coalition Report: Barriers and Solutions to Accelerate Adoption of Electric Trucks in Freight Sector

The Electrification Coalition released a new report that identifies solutions and actions that industry stakeholders should take to help the United States accel…

Wave Energy

CorPower Secures 10-year Licence for Wave Energy Project in Portugal

CorPower Ocean has secured a 10-year licence from Portuguese authorities that will unlock the demonstration phase of the firm’s flagship HiWave-5 wave energy p…

SMR

OPG Plans SMR Construction at Darlington

Ontario Power Generation has announced it is resuming planning activities for building new nuclear generating capacity at its Darlington site in Ontario.

Nuclear Equipment

Rooppur-1 RPV Arrives at Construction Site

The VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel and steam generator for unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh arrived on site on 10 November, Russia's R…

Energy Storage Project

UK Legislation to Lift Barriers on 50MW+ Battery Storage Projects Goes into Effect

Planning law in the UK allowing energy storage projects over 50MW has officially changed, allowing much bigger projects to come online without going through the…

Japan

Japan Looks To Open The World's First Hydrogen Import Facility

Japan is famous for its unique culture and technological prowess. What makes the world's third-largest economy even more remarkable is the absence of significan…

RCEP

Biden Says U.S., Allies Need to Set Global Trade Rules to Counter China's Influence

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Monday the United States needed to negotiate with allies to set global trading rules to counter China’s growing influenc…

Afghanistan

Siemens Energy to Build Afghan Energy Hub

Three-phase plan will bolster the country's grid and develop renewable energy