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Emerging Markets Win, Established Lose in Global PV Job Sprint

China, the US and other leading solar markets remained top employers last year but shed jobs even as their emerging counterparts saw gains, according to The Int…

Coal Power

Renewable Energy Capacity in the US Tips Past Coal for the First Time

In April, the United States’ renewable energy capacity tipped past coal for the first time, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Nuclear Equipment

UK Researchers Develop Semi-Automatic Robots

Engineers at Lancaster University are developing computer systems for robots handling hazardous nuclear waste.

Nuclear Power Plant

Australian Isotope Facility to Begin Full-Scale Operations

The ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM) facility has received a regulatory licence that will allow it to move to full production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), the Australi…

Statkraft Sets August Sate for Chile Hydro Build

Statkraft will start construction in August of the 52MW Los Lagos hydro plant in Chile.The Norwegian company said that completion of the $200m project is schedu…

Offshore Wind Power

State Cooperation 'key' to US Offshore Success

US states on both coasts must do more than compete with each other for offshore wind energy, according to a new report released today by the Business Network fo…

EnBW Pumps up Austrian Hydro Storage Plant

EnBW and Vorarlberger Illwerke have opened the 360MW Obervermunt 2 pumped hydro storage plant in Austria.The project in Montafon took four-and-a-half years to b…

Solar Power Plant

Brazil ROUND-UP: PV Drives Auction Record, Distributed 1GW, McDonalds Goes Solar

PV appetite helps Brazilian auction hit record bidding11 June: Solar players have marked their first inclusion in a Brazilian auction scheme by tabling 29.7GW o…

Solar Company

CSUNPOWER Sets Sights on Overseas Growth after SNEC Debut

The company is hoping to use growing overseas solar markets to catalyse its own development.CSUNPOWER is looking to use overseas markets, especially in Southeas…

New Jersey 100% Renewable Energy Plan

New Jersey has declared it will use only zero carbon energy by 2050. Lots of other states and many municipalities have announced similar goals.

Russian Oil Extraction Hits Three Year Low

The contamination of Urals oil with chlorides and the subsequent suspension of the Druzhba pipeline, which accounts for 20% of Russia’s oil exports, has forced…

Shell Ships First LNG Cargo from Prelude FLNG from Australia

Targeting the Asian market, Royal Dutch Shell, along with its Joint Venture Partners Japan’s INPEX, South Korea’s KOGAS and US-based OPIC, announced on 11 Jun…

Donald Trump Considered Imposing Sanctions on Companies Involved in Nord Stream 2

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that he is considering imposing sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Indian Minister’s Renewables Financing Calls Hard to Enact

Indian power minister R.K. Singh has made various recommendations to ease financing troubles in the clean energy sector, but the calls emulate previously failed…

Energy Storage Battery

Scottish Power to Install Biggest Battery in Europe for Storage and Efficiency

The Scottish Government has given utility Scottish Power the go-ahead to install Europe’s biggest industrial-scale battery to date to store energy generated at…