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German SPD Wants to Renegotiate Climate Package

The new leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) have called for a renegotiation of the country's climate package.

Energy Storage Battery

FRV to Develop Energy Storage Projects Globally

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, has announced its first battery project as a part of its long-term investment plan to dev…

Partnership Formed to Develop Geothermal Project in Alaska

A newly formed company is hoping to finally succeed in putting up a geothermal plant in Unalaska after decades of false starts.

Energy Developers on the Hunt for New Fuels

Energy firm Scottish Power is to construct solar projects for the first time to maximise onshore renewable energy potential in the UK and Ireland, it announced …

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Suspends Revamp Work at Iran's Fordow Nuclear Plant

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has suspended work on revamping a factory at Iran’s Fordow nuclear complex due to an issue with uranium compatibility, Ro…

Crude

OPEC Fails to Pin Down New Output Target after Marathon Talks

OPEC failed nail down the details of an agreement to adjust its official production target, as six hours of talks in Vienna found no resolution amid objections …

Solar Company

NV Energy Gets Green Light for Massive Solar-Battery Projects

Nevada regulators have given a green light to utility NV Energy’s plan to add nearly 1.2 gigawatts of solar and 590 megawatts of batteries, underscoring a broa…

Welsh Port And Marine Energy Company Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The company is developing a 1.5 MW mWave™ wave energy converter demonstration device which will harness the potential of marine energy.

Coal Power

What does a Sunset Coal Industry Tell Oil Producers About Peak Demand?

Coal has been the main fuel of industrialization over the past century and a half. To this day, it remains a key feedstock for power generation and in making st…

Electricity Transmission

Nexans to Begin Laying Cable to Syros Under Aegean Sea

Top officials from the Independent Power Transmission Operator SA (IPTO or ADMIE) of Greece and contractor Nexans SA, based in France, announced yesterday in La…

Electrocaloric Heat Pumps Promise Refrigerant-free Cooling

Six Fraunhofer institutes are joining forces on a newly launched project, ElKaWe (for Electrocaloric Heat Pumps) aiming to develop efficient solid-state and ref…

Coal Power

Big European Banks Face Call to End Funding for Firms Building Coal-fired Plants

Some of Europe’s biggest banks are being challenged by environmental groups to sever all lending to utilities which they say are still developing new coal-fire…

Coal Company

One of the Biggest U.S. Coal Companies Filed for Bankruptcy

A judge approved a bankruptcy reorganization for one of the biggest U.S. coal companies Thursday amid ongoing uncertainty about how its mines will be bonded in …

Gas power plant

Gas Should Play An Increasing Role in Meeting Sub-Saharan Africa's Demand for Power

There are 13 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa currently consuming gas for power generation and ten of those countries generate power from their own domestic gas …

Gas turbine engine

Siemens Test its SGT-800 Gas Turbines Using 3D Printed Burners In Dual Fuel Cooperation

Siemens announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement in Sweden to test renewable fuels at the Rya plant located in the energy port of Gothenburg.