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Coal Power

African Development Bank Decides not to Fund Coal Project in Kenya

With a decision to withdraw from potentially investing into a planned coal plant in Kenya, the African Development Bank shows commitment to sustainable energy d…

Solar Power for Home

Sierra Leone: Easy Solar Expands Energy Access to 300,000 People

Sierra Leone’s clean energy provider, Easy Solar, announced that it has reached a new milestone of 300,000 users nationwide.

Electric Car

Tesla Unveils First-Ever Electric Pickup Truck

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Thursday unveiled its electric pickup, a truck with a futuristic angular body in gunmetal gray that resembled an armored vehicle and takes…

CHP

Suncor's Cogeneration Project Is Full Steam Ahead

The cogeneration units will provide reliable steam generation required for Suncor’s extraction and upgrading operations and generate 800 megawatts (MW) of powe…

DEME, Engie Form Belgian Hydrogen Team

DEME Group and Engie are among seven organisations in Belgium cooperating on ways to deliver the production, transport and storage of hydrogen to help meet the …

UK Conservatives Pledge £9.2 bn to Improve The Energy Efficiency of Homes, Schools And Hospitals

Funding will include £6.3 billion to install energy saving measures to cut bills in 2.2 million homes, with a focus on social housing and people in fuel povert…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Global Coal Electricity Production to Fall Around 3% in 2019 - the Largest Drop on Record

Global electricity production from coal is on track to fall by around 3% in 2019, the largest drop on record. This would amount to a reduction of around 300 ter…

Energy Storage Battery

BMW Ordered €10 Billion Worth of Battery Cells from CATL, Samsung SDI

German carmaker BMW Group said on November 21 that it has ordered more than €10 billion ($11 billion) worth of lithium-ion battery cells that could cover the r…

Crude

Small Amount of Oil Spilt Off Taranaki Coast

Floating production, storage and offloading ship The Umuroa has spilt a "small amount" of oil into the Tasman Sea off the coast of Taranaki. s

EU’s Third Energy Package and Republika Srpska’s Energy Sector

With the adoption of a draft law on electricity in September this year, Republika Srpska launched a process of laying the legal groundwork for ordering its elec…

Fifth Overhauled Unit at EPS’ Hydropower Plant Đerdap 1 Put in Operation

State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has put in operation the fifth overhauled unit at HPP Đerdap 1, adding 30 MW of installed capacity to Serbia’…

Market Analysis

Solar in Burundi – Just Add Water

The African Development Bank is seeking consultants to explore how two hydropower projects and an associated grid planned in Burundi can incorporate solar power…

Solar Technology

Novel Hybrid Device Harnesses Heat from Sun and Stores it as Thermal Energy

Scientists at the University of Houston describe a new device that can efficiently harness solar energy and store it until it is required, offering the potentia…

Power Construction

Factoring Climate-Water Impacts into Electric Grid Planning is Crucial

University-based and national laboratory scientists have performed a new analysis using a new modeling method for long-lasting electricity generation infrastruc…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Teijin Signs License Agreement with Shanghai Energy to Develop EV Battery Separators

Teijin Limited announced today that it has signed an technical license agreement with Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.