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NYSERDA to Replace Fossil Fuels with 20 MW Energy Storage System

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG, a unit of GlidePath Power Solutions, to build a 20 MW stora…

Siemens Working on Modern Power Plants in Iran

Germany’s engineering giant Siemens, in a joint project with Iran’s largest energy construction and engineering group Mapna, is working on launching power pla…

Rosatom

Orano to Supply Second Russian Deconversion Facility

France's Orano will supply a second depleted uranium hexafluoride defluorination plant to TVEL's JSC Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk in Russia's Krasnoyar…

DNO Makes Minor Oil and Gas Discovery off Norway

Oil and gas company DNO is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well near the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea after finding a minor oil and…

Distance Rule Scrapped from German Coal Exit Law Draft

The latest draft for Germany’s coal exit legislation seen by Recharge no longer contains a damaging distance rule for onshore wind planned by the country’s go…

African Union to Roll Out Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…

The Discovery of Low-Cost Fuel Cell Catalyst could Make Hydrogen Cars a Reality

UNSW scientists found a cheaper and sustainable way to create hydrogen needed to power fuel cell vehicles.

European Investment Bank funds two windfarms in Portugal

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a loan of €45m to renewable energy company Eolica da Linha for the construction of three windfarms in …

Successful Tender for Geothermal Exploration, Production & Prospection in Hungary

As part of a hydrocarbon and geothermal tender, one geothermal permit area was successfully tendered. The company Aspect-TDE Geotherm Kft. successfully bid for …

Power Electronics for Geothermal Drilling – An ARPA-e Funded Research Project

With funding under the ARPA-E awards, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is conducting research on Revolutionary, High-Drilling Rate, High-T Geothe…

Foundations Being Laid for Planned Olkaria I Unit 6 Geothermal Plant

Construction company Franki Africa shares details on constructing the foundations for the Olkaria I Unit 6 of KenGen, a further expansion at Olkaria, Kenya.

Japan Companies Show Off Carbon-Free Tech as Tokyo Clings to Coal

While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using…

EU Leaves Poland Out of 2050 Climate Deal After Standoff

The European Union left Poland out of a 2050 climate neutrality agreement on Friday after hours of summit haggling with three poorer eastern member states that …

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Australian Virtual Power Plant Propped Up Grid During Coal Outage

The 50,000-home virtual power plant (VPP) Tesla is developing in South Australia helped maintain grid stability when a coal-fired unit in Queensland tripped off…

Nuclear Power Plant

Old Scottish Power Station Caught Leaking Specs of Nuclear Dust

A nice little British nuclear catastrophe has been uncovered in Scotland, where the complex and millennia-long process of decommissioning the Dounreay facility …