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Smart Meter

1 Million Smart Meter Milestone in Australia and New Zealand

Surging solar and behind the meter services are driving smart meters across electricity markets.

Offshore Wind Power

Germany Opens 958MW Offshore Wind Tender

Bids for the three sites in the North and Baltic Seas must be submitted by 1 September

Oil Price

Oil Prices Fall on Strong US Dollar and Supply Concerns

Brent and WTI are on track for gains of about 20% this month

Digitalization

Ethiopia: Collaboration Launches a Digital Centre in Addis Ababa

GIZ, Orange, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Industrial Parks Development Corporation have launched the A…

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Final Testing Phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacit…

Rooftop PV System

Australian Brewery Reduces Carbon Footprint with Rooftop Solar

Moon Dog Brewing, an independent Australian craft brewery based out of Melbourne, is exploring ways to reduce its carbon footprint and drive environmental susta…

Coal Mine

Plans for UK Coal Mine Suspended After Criticism of Net Zero Commitment

Plans to build the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years have been suspended after the UK government was accused of “rank hypocrisy” for greenlighting the pr…

Energy Storage Project

CEFC Offers US$127.6 million Debt Finance for 300MW Victoria Energy Storage Project

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has invested AU$160 million in a 300MW battery storage project near Geelong, Victoria.

CNNC

CNNC and CGN Sign Fuel Contracts and Pledge Greater Co-Operation

CNNC added that the development had "far-reaching significance for promoting the sustained and stable development of China's nuclear fuel industry and consolida…

Hydropower Plant

Six Units to be Replaced at Bratsk Hydro Plant, Siberia

En+ Group has announced it has begun the replacement of six hydraulic units at the it’s Bratsk hydropower plant in Siberia as part of its large-scale "New ener…

Solar Power Panel

Video: Solar Panels Turn Desert into Oasis

Desertification meant animal husbandry was unsustainable a decade ago. But now, people and their animals are returning.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Korea's SK Group Wraps up USD-1.6bn Investment in Plug Power

South Korean industrial conglomerate SK Group has finalised its USD-1.6-billion capital investment in US fuel cell systems provider Plug Power Inc as part of a …

Pumped Storage

Andritz Wins Contract on Austrian Pumped Storage plant

Andritz has been contracted by TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG to supply two motor-generators for the new Kühtai 2 pumped storage power plant in Austria, with com…

Nuclear Reactor

BN-800 Fast Reactor has First Full Refuelling with MOX Fuel

Unit 4 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant, Russia's BN-800 reactor, has been connected to the grid and resumed operations upon completion of scheduled mainten…

Transformer

Fire at Siemens Transformer Plant

A fire has broken out at the Siemens transformer plant in Nuremberg, potentially causing millions of euros in damage.