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Market Analysis

DOE: All-Electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Estimated Average Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

The estimated annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2019 all-electric light-duty vehicles are the lowest of all the different vehicle technologies, ranging from…

ABB to Upgrade Copel Hydroelectric Power Plant in Brazil

ABB has won a US$2.5 million contract from Copel to upgrade the 1240MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant (previously Salto Caxias) on the Iguazu River in …

Bubbles of Methane Freeze at Northeast China Lake

Bubbles of methane have frozen in a lake in China's northernmost city of Mohe, Heilongjiang Province. In Mohe City, the temperature dropped to minus 35 degrees …

Coal Mine

How to Make Coal Mining Sustainable

Notwithstanding the optimism over renewables displacing fossil fuels rapidly, coal will continue to dominate India’s electricity generation for at least a coup…

Energy Efficiency Jobs Grow in the Midwest

Regional investments in efficiency have soared to $1.5 billion annually. From small business owners to factory workers, many people in the Midwest are finding w…

Clean Coal

Coal: Is This the Beginning of the End?

The fuel that powered the industrial revolution may be in decline at last. This year looks set to see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on re…

Nuclear Fuel

Waste Storage at Africa's Only Nuclear Plant Brimming

Spent fuel storage at South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant will reach full capacity by April as state power utility Eskom awaits regulatory approval for new dr…

Australia: Making Every Building Count in Meeting Emission Targets

Buildings in Australia account for over 50% of electricity use and almost a quarter of our carbon emissions but the failures, frailties and fragmentation of the…

Global CO2 Level Continues to rise

Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

Why We Must Set a Date to Phase Out North Sea Oil and Gas

We don’t need to stop using oil and gas tomorrow, but we do need to set a date by which its use will be phased out in order to tackle climate change, writes Dr…

Solar Power Panel

LONGi Supplied 128MW High-Efficiency Monocrystalline Panels Australia

The Numurkah Solar Farm, developed by French renewable energy producer Neoen and constructed by Australian EPC Downer, has begun sending power to the grid. LONG…

Market Analysis

ARENA Gets Cracking on Commercial Scale Hydrogen

On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced a funding round of up to $70 million to help fast track t…

Market Analysis

Netherlands: Fifty New Hydrogen Buses for Public Transport

In an agreement between the Dutch Ministry for Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) en three provinces funds have been allocated for the purschase of 50 ne…

Wind Turbine

Nexans to Provide Vestas with Two-Year Windlink Cable Kits for Onshore Wind Turbines

Nexans has secured a two-year global supply contract to provide Vestas Wind Systems with Windlink cable kits for onshore wind turbines in Europe, the US and Chi…

Schneider Electric Study Reveals Hyperscale Inflection Point In The Data Center Value Chain

81% of value chain respondents say hyperscale and colocation data centers will positively impact their business in the future.