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PowerGrid Technology

Tracking Power Generation and Use in the U.S. on an Hourly Basis

A team of researchers at Stanford University has found a way to track how much electricity is generated and used in the U.S. on an hourly basis.

Rosatom

Russia Announced to Start the Construction of A Molten Salt Research Reactor

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 28 November announced the start of the construction of a molten salt research reactor (JSR) at the Zheleznogorsk Mi…

EV Market

China to Target Quarter of Vehicle Sales to be Electric by 2025

China should adopt a plan that will see electric vehicles make up a quarter of all autos sold in the country in six years' time, the industry ministry said Tues…

Troubled Waters for Egypt as Ethiopia Pushes Nile dam

Under the shade of a tree, Mohamed Omar joined other farmers bickering over who would water their crops first as supply from the Nile to a nearby canal dwindled…

Petition Launched to Reinstate UK Tidal Subsidies Ahead of Election

Ahead of the upcoming General Election UK Tidal Energy has launched a petition to reinstate tidal energy subsidies from government and is targeting 100,000 sign…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Could Change the Way We Think About Driving

From battery electric cars and bike share schemes to on-demand taxi services booked via smartphone, the way we move around is changing.

Thermal Plant

Turkey Won't Allow Public to " Get Poisoned" Erdoğan Says After Thermal Plant Veto

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 3 said Turkey will not allow toxic fumes from unfiltered thermal plants to “poison” its public and accused ene…

Germany Delays Vote on Coal Law Until After SPD Congress

Germany's cabinet has deferred consideration of a proposed coal exit law until beyond a Social Democrat party convention that is likely to add strain to the gov…

115 MW of Geothermal Capacity Under Development on Indonesia

With six geothermal power projects under development on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, up to 115 MW of geothermal power generation capaci…

Cornwall’s UDDGP Geothermal Project Seeking Contractor for Well Testing

Contractor sought for testing of two geothermal wells drilled for the United Downs Deep Geothermal Project in Cornwall, UK.

Geothermal Hailed as Best Renewable Energy Source for Heating for Poland

In a recent TV interview, the Vice President of Polands National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management hailed geothermal energy and praised its…

Offshore Wind Power

Marine Power Systems Receives Funding to Accelerate Combined Wave And Wind technology

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave an…

Ireland to Open 1st Renewables Auction in Early 2020

The Irish government on Monday gave the green light to the country’s first auction under its new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) that is seen to pa…

German City Exploring Reactivating Geothermal Wells Drilled in the 1970s

The municipality of Bad Urach in Southern Germany is looking at repurposing two wells drilled for a hot dry rock geothermal project in the 1970s and utilise the…

Solving the Thermoelectric Trade-off Conundrum with Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned "metallic" carbon nanotubes to create a device which converts heat to electrical energy (a therm…