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South Africa

Nyimpini Mabunda Named New CEO for General Electric in Southern Africa

Nyimpini Mabunda has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for Southern Africa for General Electric.

Purohit New President Of Wärtsilä Energy

Sushil Purohit has been appointed president of Wärtsilä Energy, executive vice president, and member of the Board of Management of Wärtsilä Corp., effective…

Energy Storage Technology

Ocean Wave Energy Company Receives DOE Boost for Energy Storage Technology

Oscilla Power receives $1.1 million Phase II SBIR award to help investigate how farms of ocean wave energy devices can utilize energy storage to reduce costs.

Solar Power Panel

Chevron is Installing Solar Panels — to Produce Oil more Cheaply

In California’s sun-drenched Kern Valley, Chevron Corp. has found a way to use one of the state’s clean-energy programs to cut the cost of pumping oil, to the…

Russian Federation

Rosatom Manufactures the First Full Refueling Batch of MOX Fuel for BN-800 Fast Reactor

The Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region (East Siberia) has manufactured the first full reload batch of fresh uranium-plutonium MOX …

Solar Power Plant

Kenya's KenGen Mulls Floating Solar PV Plants in Hydrodams

The project will contribute to a more flexible and sustainable energy system in Kenya.

Thermal Plant

India's NTPC Expands Thermal Generation Capacity

Indian state-controlled power utility NTPC has increased its thermal generation capacity through the addition of an 800MW second unit at the Lara thermal power …

Coal Trade

South Korean 2H Coal Demand Faces Headwinds

Power sector coal demand in South Korea faces the dual headwind of rising nuclear availability and increasingly competitive gas prices.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Gas-Fired Plants Convert Nearly Half of Fuel to Power

More than 60 percent of the energy consumed by U.S. utility-scale power generation facilities was lost in the conversion to electricity last year, according to …

Energy Storage Battery

Energy Storage in Hydrogen : Does this beat batteries?

Energy storage is pretty well accepted as the route to making renewable technologies a globally workable solution for reliable grid level electricity production…

China Shuts Houston Consulate as US Relations Worsen

The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, the Chinese foreign ministry said today. It described the move as an "unprecedented escalation" in t…

Hydrogen Project

Engie Joins Mining3 to Co-Create Hydrogen Solutions

Engie has joined global mining industry research organisation Mining3 in its next phase of hydrogen research to co-create hydrogen solutions.

Wind Turbine

Cornwall Council Switches on First Smart-Grid Wind Turbine

This turbine claims to be the first of its kind in the UK and is able to make small adjustments to the output in order to support the grid’s stability.

Solar Technology

New Technology Transforms Solar Industry Economics

Finnish technology company ICS has developed a new technology platform and film solution providing a 5-10% increase in energy output for conventional solar modu…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

States are Banning Coal. Will it Change the Electricity Mix?

Following in the footsteps of several other states with clean energy goals, Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill this month banning utilities from using coal in a bid…