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Offshore Wind Power

SSE Rolls Out Action Plan for UK to Reach 40GW Offshore Wind Goal

Developer SSE Renewables – which with partner Equinor is building the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, the 3.6GW Dogger Bank in the UK North Sea .

Electric Vehicle Charging

Largest Utilities in China Invest in Charging Infrastructure

China’s two largest power utilities, State Grid and China Southern Power Grid, are investing heavily in the expansion of charging infrastructure.

Oil Price

Oil Prices Sink On Record Breaking 19.2 Million Barrel Crude Build

A day after the American Petroleum Institute estimated crude oil inventories had added more than 13 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration confi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

The Decline of Coal-Fired Power Will Not Impact Reliable Electricity Supply

If the economic viability of the coal industry was not already in question before the outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing economic downturn has really laid bare t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Reactor is Back Online as Hartlepool Nuclear Plant

A Hartlepool nuclear reactor is back in service after a shutdown – and the plant’s boss has praised staff for their efforts during ‘unprecedented times’.…

Solar Technology

HZB Scientists Announce 24.16% Efficiency for Tandem CIGS Solar Cell

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ (ISE) CalLab has confirmed the new efficiency rating. The researchers have combined semiconductors, perovski…

China Cuts Subsidy for New Solar Projects in 2020

The total subsidy for solar will average $214m for the year.

Solar Technology

Ultrathin, Flexible Solar Cell with 13% Efficiency

The ultraflexible organic solar cell (OSC), or flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV), is 10 times thinner than the width of a human hair and approximately the siz…

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Shell Deepens Carbon Reduction Plans

Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced plans to deepen its greenhouse gas emissions reduction "ambitions".

US Power Demand Falls to Near 17-yr Low as Coronavirus Cuts Use by Companies

Electricity demand in the us last week fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years.

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome Contracted for Taishan EPR Services

The contract covers nuclear plant outage and maintenance work, including spare parts supply and engineering services for eight years.

Energy Technology

Researchers Pioneer Groundbreaking Hydrogen Technology

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have transformed optical fibres into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel u…

Geothermal Power Plant

Finland’s First Geothermal Local Heating Network Planned for Finnoo, Espoo

A new residential area in Espoo, Finland - about 20km outside the country's capital Helsinki - is planning Finland's first geothermal district heating system bu…

Hydropower Plant

Toshiba to Supply Equipment for Myanmar’s Sedawgyi Hydropower Plant

The rehabilitation project intends to restore the Sedawgyi hydropower plant’s output and ensure stable power supply.

Coal Mine

Central China's Hunan to Reduce Number of Coal Mines

Central China's Hunan Province will cap the number of its coal mines at 100 before the end of 2021 to ensure the safe operation of the coal industry, local auth…