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Carbon Neutral

Biden Could Take Quick First Steps on Long Climate Policy Road

Joe Biden has promised sweeping measures to make the U.S. economy carbon neutral by 2050 to put the United States on a path to cut emissions as deeply as scient…

Joe Biden

How a Biden Presidency Would Transform the U.S. Energy Landscape

Biden has shown an interest in multilateral diplomacy similar to previous Democratic administrations.

United States

Trump Replaces Republican Head of Energy Regulatory Panel Who Supports Carbon Markets

President Donald Trump demoted Neil Chatterjee, the Republican head of an energy regulation panel, after he promoted the use of carbon markets by U.S. states to…

Smart Grid

Germany Requires $130bn in Grid Investments to Meet 2050 Climate Targets

A new study released by RWTH Aachen University and Frontier Economics quantifies the economic value of energy networks and how the modernisation of grid network…

Energy Storage Project

Work Starts on UK Cryogenic Energy Storage Project

Work has started on a 50 MW liquid air energy storage facility in the UK.

Nuclear Power Plant

Long Outage Planned for Armenian Nuclear Plant in 2021

The Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor will be under repair in 2021, which will last 140 days, according to the head of the Public Services Regulatory Com…

Wind Power Project

RES Divests Two Wind Farms to Octopus Renewables in France

Global independent renewable energy company RES has announced the sale of its two French wind farm projects to funds managed by Octopus Renewables, a part of UK…

Energy Storage Project

Eos to Supply Energy Storage Projects to Hecate Energy in US

US-based zinc battery storage systems manufacturer Eos Energy Storage has signed an agreement with Hecate Energy to supply more than 1GWh of energy storage proj…

Spain

Spain Plans 2020 Renewable Energy Auction Under New Regulations

Spain has approved regulations to overhaul its renewable energy auction system, replacing the previous system from 2013.

Solar Power Plant

Luxcara Acquires Solar Power Project from Belectric in Germany

German asset management company Luxcara has announced the acquisition of a 172MW solar farm from solar power developer Belectric.

Clean Energy Transition

Port of Tyne Sets Up Clean Energy Park

The Port of Tyne has launched a new green energy park which will be used as a strategic base for UK North East’s renewable energy sector.

Nuclear Technology

Cold Testing Completed at China’s HTR-PM Unit 2

China National Nuclear Corporation announced that cold testing had been completed at unit 2 of the demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled pebble-bed module r…

Nuclear Technology

UK’s Core Power Supports Molten Salt Reactor Development

UK-based Core Power said that it has joined an international team to develop Molten Salt Reactor technology that could be used to power ships.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Turkey Starts Drilling Second Well in Black Sea

Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with th…

Hydrogen Technology

First Graphene and Kainos Developing New Route to Hydrogen

First Graphene UK and Kainos Innovation are developed a unique process technology which converts low-cost hydrocarbon feedstocks to graphene materials and hydro…