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Microgrid

Microgrid model spreads in Massachusetts as cities look to lessen costs, outages

(City Hall and other critical facilities in Chelsea, Massachusetts will be part of a planned microgrid project. Credit: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons)by Sarah She…

Offshore Wind Power

UCONN Gets DOE Grant for Offshore Wind Grid Integration

(Image by 3dmentat on 123rf)A new project spearheaded by researchers at UConn, in collaboration with Eversource Energy and major technology vendor partners, aim…

Power Construction

Report: Upgrading Global Grids Could Cut Clean Energy Transition Costs by $3TR by 2040

Image: Credit: iStockResearch estimates investing in grid upgrades to prepare for influx of renewable energy capacity would in many cases be cheaper than failin…

Oil Price

Oil Down More Than 1% As Uncertainty Swirls Over Delayed OPEC+ Meeting

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Picture taken November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Ang…

Energy Storage Project

Stellantis and CATL Sign Strategic MoU for the Local Supply of LFP Batteries for European Market; Possible JV

Stellantis N.V. and CATL signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the local supply of LFP battery cells and modules to power Stellantis’…

Electrolyzer

GE Vernova and Next Hydrogen Sign MoU to Integrate Electrolysis Technology With Power Systems to Produce Green Hydrogen

GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business and Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate Next Hydrogen’s elect…

Oil & Gas Technology

Capital Power acquires two natgas-fired power plants in U.S. for $1.1 bln (Nov. 20)

Canadian energy company Capital Power (CPX.TO) said on Monday it was acquiring two U.S.-based natural gas-fired generation facilities in California and Arizona …

Oil & Gas Supply

Venezuela Producing 850,000 Bpd of Oil, Hopes to Recover Market Share in US

Workers stand in front of a drilling rig at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in Morichal July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Raw…

Energy Storage Project

Komatsu to Acquire American Battery Solutions

Komatsu, through its wholly owned subsidiary in the US, Komatsu America Corp., has agreed to acquire American Battery Solutions, Inc. (ABS), a battery systems m…

Hydrogen Storage

Forvia Scores a Hydrogen Storage Win in North America

The automotive technology supplier has secured a significant contract.FORVIA (Nanterre, France), the world’s seventh largest automotive technology supplie…

SMR

Nuscale, Ornl to Assess SMR Use by Industry

NuScale Power and the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are to collaborate on a techno-economic assessment (TEA), studying a Nu…

Renewable Diesel

Neste Partners With Hightowers Petroleum to Provide Renewable Diesel to Customers in the Midwest

Neste and Hightowers Petroleum, a leading wholesale fuel supplier serving customers in the Midwest region in the U.S., have formed a strategic partnership to of…

Distributed energy

Invites US Manufacturers to Develop and Commercialize Distributed Wind Energy Technology

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has issued a notice of intent under the Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) calling for U.S. manufacturers…

Wind Turbine

Vestas Secures 239 MW Wind Order for v163-4.5 MW Wind Turbines in the US

Vestas has received an order for 239 MW to power an undisclosed wind farm in the US. The order consists of 53 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines.The orders include the s…

Wind Turbine

First Turbine Installed at South Fork Wind, New York's First Offshore Wind Farm

The first turbine is installed on South Fork Wind (Credit: Orsted)The first offshore wind turbine for South Fork Wind has been successfully installed, a milesto…