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Solar Power Plant

US Government Expects Domestic Solar Market to Install 24 GW in 2020

An agency under the Department of Energy expects 17.4 GW (DC) of utility-scale solar power and 6.6 GW of small-scale solar to be installed in 2020. The 24 GW to…

EU Wants to Spend 1 Trillion Euros for “Sustainable Investments” Across The Coming Decade

Financing for this will come from the EU budget, co-financing from EU member states, and contributions from the European Investment Bank and InvestEU, a major f…

World's First Small Hydropower Technical Guidelines Published

The International Small Hydropower Federation and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization officially published the international standard "Techni…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

World Bank Coal Case a Testing Ground for Climate Liability

A David-versus-Goliath battle between aggrieved Indian villagers and an arm of the World Bank last year led the nation's highest bench to conclude that internat…

Why Solar Energy’s Prospects Look Bright for 2020

The global energy transition is the transformation of the world’s energy supply, away from polluting sources such as coal, oil and gas, and towards renewables.…

Power Construction

Ghana, Siemens Sign 250m-euro Deal to Upgrade Power Grid

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany.

Oil & Gas Trade

Israel Starts Exporting Natural Gas to Egypt Under Landmark Deal

Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt on Wednesday under one of the most important deals to have been signed by the neighbors since they made peace decade…

Electric Car

WoodMac: Volkswagen to Become Largest Manufacturer of EVs Before 2030

Tesla will need to launch an entry-level vehicle if it’s going to achieve its own market-share ambitions, according to new WoodMac research.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Tritium Launches First Ultra-fast Electric Vehicle Charger in Japan

Australia’s ultra-fast electric vehicle charger maker Tritium has launched its most powerful unit, the Veefil-PK, for the first time in Japan.

World’s First Hydrogen-powered Domestic Boiler

In order to test the use for building heating, a pilot project started on June 25, 2019 in Rozenburg near Rotterdam in the Netherlands, in which the world’s fi…

Wind Power Project

Wind, Solar To Dominate New U.S. Power Capacity This Year

Wind and solar power will dominate the electricity generation additions across the United States in 2020, accounting for an overwhelming 76 percent of all new c…

China Develops Large Tidal Current Generator Unit

China's tidal current generator unit with the country's largest single-machine capacity of 600 kW has passed the approval tests of the Ministry of Natural Resou…

Market Analysis

Venezuela Oil Flow to Hit 2mn b/d in 2020: Maduro

Venezuela's crude production will more than double to 2mn b/d in 2020, the Opec country's president Nicolas Maduro said in an annual national address.

1.5 MW Wave Demo Project Presents A New Approach to Capture Energy from The Ocean

Unlike most other wave energy devices, it sits below the surface of the water, where it captures energy from the pressure of waves passing overhead.