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Hydropower Potential Increases to 37,000MW

The country’s hydropower potential and availability is now around 37 gigawatt (GW) or 37,000 megawatt (MW) from 155 identified sites, including the existing po…

China Starts to Reopen Gates to US Ethanol

China will offer tariff exemptions of nearly 700 types of goods from the US, including fuel ethanol, the Chinese government announced Tuesday, but traders are c…

Nuclear Fuel

Trump's Nevada Play Leaves Nation's Nuclear Waste in Limbo

President Donald Trump is seeking to woo Nevada voters by abandoning the GOP’s decades of support for storing the nation’s nuclear waste under a mountain nort…

Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Gets Millions in UK Government Funds

​The money is a portion of a much larger package which resulted from a substantial innovation fund.

Tractebel Unveil New Offshore Hydrogen Platform

Power consultancy Tractebel are developing an offshore platform that will produce environmentally friendly hydrogen from offshore wind energy at an industrial s…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Saudi Aramco Announces Regulatory Approval of Al-Jafurah Gas Field

Saudi Aramco on Saturday announced the regulatory approval of the development of the Al-Jafurah unconventional gas field in the Eastern Province, the largest no…

Thermal Plant

ADPower to Build Largest Thermal Power Plant in UAE

Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) and Japan-based Marubeni Corporation have announced the formation of a consortium to develop the Fujairah F3 independent p…

Hydropower could be the Future of Energy and Water Storage

Seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS) could be an affordable and sustainable solution to store energy and water, according to new research published in the …

Coal Power

Morgan Stanley: 47GW of US Coal Capacity Uneconomic by 2024

Nearly 50GW of US coal power capacity will be unable to compete with renewables by 2024, according to analysis from US investment giant Morgan Stanley, which ad…

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla's Cheap Home Batteries Set to Upend Utility Business

Prices for home power-storage batteries look likely to fall in Japan as U.S. electric car maker Tesla moves to offer its Powerwall batteries here, with major im…

Solar Power Plant

Chinese Solar Industry may Rebound in 2020

The China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) expects the country’s new installations to reach a range between 35 and 45 gigawatts in 2020, Bloomberg repo…

Nuclear Power Plant

Fuel Loading Begins at UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Plant

The United Arab Emirates on 19 February began loading the first nuclear fuel rods into the reactor at unit 1 of its Barakah nuclear power plant.

Fossil Fuel Companies Have Had Even Worse Impact on Climate Change

The oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously believed, according to a study indicating that human emissions of fossil meth…

Wind Power Company

Vestas Scores 52-MW Wind Turbine Order in China

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) on Thursday announced an order to deliver 52 MW of turbines for a project in China.

Nuclear Power Plant

France’s Oldest Nuclear Plant to Close

The French Government is to initiate a shutdown of the first reactor of the EDF-owned Fessenheim plant, the country’s oldest nuclear power plant, after 43 year…