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DOE Announces $33.5 Million for Energy Efficient, Advanced Building Construction Technologies & Practices

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $33.5 million for early-stage research and development of advanced building construction techniques to reduc…

Renewable Energy In Spain: From The 'Sun Tax' To The Promotion Of Collective Self-Consumption

A few weeks before the general elections, the Spanish Government approved on Friday 5 a Royal Decree that regulates the new conditions for self-consumption of e…

Trump Is Dissing Green Energy But China Is Financing Its Growth With Its Belt And Road Initiative

China is seizing on an international opportunity that the Trump administration has forsaken — helping other countries expand their domestic infrastructures and…

Geothermal Energy As Environmentally Friendly Source of Energy for Indonesia

The rejection of some people towards the use of geothermal or geothermal energy for electricity is more due to their lack of understanding and how geothermal en…

EoI Launched for Phase 1 of 520-MW Geothermal Project in Ethiopia

An Ethiopia-incorporated energy company is looking for contractors for the first phase of a long-term geothermal development programme with a total capacity of…

India's New Thrust on Oil And Gas Hunting: Prospects And Challenges

The latest policy change is a big step to attract both domestic and foreign players to the oil and gas sector in order to raise domestic production.

House Speaker Rolls Out Plan To Overhaul Ohio's Energy Policy

A new proposal in the Ohio House would do away with renewable and efficiency standards, drawing a new fund to reward not only solar and wind production, but als…

Energy Storage System

Battery Energy Storage Systems Critical to Public Safety

Everyone is familiar with the saying about an ounce of prevention. California Professional Firefighters urge the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) to take …

Microgrid

Thinking About Starting A Microgrid? They're Not All The Same

The announcement that ABB and Rolls-Royce have formed a global partnership to develop microgrids is an opportunity to put this topic under the microscope.

Energy Storage System

Tesvolt Claims Lead in Race to Build Europe's First Gigafactory

The race to build Europe's first lithium-ion energy storage system 'Gigafactory' could be won by Tesvolt, as the German manufacturer announced a "multimillion-e…

Energy Storage Project

Interactive Map Pinpoints Lead Battery Energy Storage Installations Globally

A digital map detailing more than 120 lead battery-powered energy storage projects has been unveiled by the Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI).

Microgrid

Why It's Hard to Create a Network of Community Microgrids in California

Clean Coalition is on a mission to alter transmission access charges that the organization says unfairly boost the cost of local renewable energy and community …

Distributed Generation

German Lignite Plant Set for $67m CHP Overhaul

German power station running on lignite and gas is to go through a €60m ($67m) modernization to turn it into a combined heat and power plant.

Climate Change Dictionary: What Do All the Terms Mean?

Climate change is seen as the biggest challenge to the future of human life on Earth, and understanding the scientific language used to describe it can sometime…

Hydropower Can Generate More Carbon Dioxide Than It Saves

In a blow to the image of hydropower as a source of green energy, scientists have found that damming rivers can indirectly dump more carbon dioxide into the air…