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Pumped Storage

Study Investigates Feasibility of Restoring Sweden’s Largest Pumped Storage Plant

A feasibility study is being carried out to investigate the possibility of restoring the Juktan pumped storage power plant in Sweden.

Electric Car

Tesla Is Preparing to Enter Thailand Market With Its EVs, Batteries, and Solar

Tesla has filed to enter Thailand as its latest market expansion. Interestingly, it plans to sell not only its electric vehicles but also its batteries and sola…

Hydrogen Storage

South Korea Steps up Energy Storage and Liquid Hydrogen

As SolarEdge Technologies opens 2GWh battery cell facility, McDermott's CBI&I and KOGAS explore large-scale liquid hydrogen storage.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan Reiterates Plan to Cut Reliance on Coal

Japan reiterated on Friday its policy to reduce reliance on coal-fired electricity generation as much as possible, with plans to phase out inefficient coal powe…

Energy Security

Windfall Taxes Are Not the Only Solution to the Energy Crisis

Following the announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the UK government will be introducing a temporary, targeted energy profits levy, Dan Atzori…

Uranium Project

Chinese Researchers Seek to Expand Uranium Resources

A demonstration project for the deep underground exploration of hydrothermal uranium deposits in southern China recently passed a national acceptance check.

Net Zero Emission

Greece Passes First Climate Law, Vows to Cut Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Greece passed on Thursday its first climate law, which sets out specific targets to fight climate change and wean itself off coal in power generation by 2028.

Germany

G7 Can Spearhead Climate Fight by Agreeing to Phase Out Coal, Germany Says

The Group of Seven countries can spearhead the fight against climate change and accelerate a pivot away from fossil fuels by agreeing to phase out coal power ge…

Clean Energy Transition

S.africa Needs $250 Bln Over Three Decades for Clean Energy Transition - Report

Moving South Africa's coal-dominated economy onto a greener footing will require at least $250 billion over the next three decades, a report released on the sid…

Clean Energy Transition

Path to a Clean Energy Future Exposes Supply Chain Weaknesses – Report

A report has been released to explore the impacts of global supply chain disruption and rising inflation on renewable energy developers, manufacturers, and insu…

Clean Energy Transition

How Gas Interests Slowed Chile’s Clean Energy Transition

Chile holds itself out as a global leader on climate change. Nearly 22% of Chile’s electricity is generated by solar and wind farms, putting it far ahead of bo…

Crude Oil

Davos 2022: Crude at $110 per Barrel Is ‘Not Sustainable’, Indian Energy Minister Says

India is speeding up its plan to blend ethanol with petrol to help cut down crude imports in the long term

Solar Power Plant

Shell Plans Hybrid Solar+Wind Project to Support Dutch Grid

Shell and Inaccess have partnered on a hybrid renewables project in the Netherlands, consisting of a 50MW photovoltaic power plant and a 50MW wind farm.

Nuclear Reactor

Jacobs Builds Robot to Retrieve Radioactive Debris at Fukushima

Nuclear services firm Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to collect information about the state of a damaged nuclear power reactor at Fukushima Daiich…

Natural Gas

British Regulator Poised to Approve Shell North Sea Gas Project

A British regulator is expected to approve in the coming days a revised plan by Shell to develop a North Sea gas field, which had been initially rejected on env…