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Wind Farm

‘Chinese offshore wind technology is accelerating – I expect 25MW turbines soon’

OPINION | There's no reason to expect a slowdown in the frenetic pace that has driven China's manufacturers to power ratings well beyond their western p…

Energy Security

Cs-137 Sealed Source Found in Western Australia

Australian emergency services has located the lost sealed source, the BBC reported early February 1.The caesium-137 capsule, part of a density gauge used at Rio…

Thermal Plant

Duke Energy’s N.C. Coal Plants More Expensive to Run Than Building New Solar Farms, Report Finds

The Allen coal plant just west of Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: Murr Rhame / Creative CommonsBy Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News NetworkDuke Energy spends twic…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukrainian Cabinet Approves Start of Work on New Khmelnitsky Reactors

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for work to begin to develop project documentation for the construction of two Westinghouse AP100…

Hydropower Plant

Estonia Will Build Its First Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant (550 MW)

The Estonian developer Energiasalv has received the necessary permits to build a 550 MW pumped-storage hydropower plant, which will be located in Paldiski, nort…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukraine Plans to Build Two Us-Made Reactors for the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Plant

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted an order to launch organizational measures and begin work on project documentation for the construction of two …

Uranium Project

Company Reveals Plans for New Us Uranium Plant

Western Uranium & Vanadium has already acquired a site in Utah and begun work on designing and permitting the facility to process uranium, vanadium and cobalt. …

Wind Power Project

Ruvnl Invites Bids for 1 GW of Solar Projects in Rajasthan (India)

The Indian company Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (RUVNL) has invited bids to develop 1 GW of solar PV projects across the state of Rajasthan (western India…

Wind Farm

Construction of Enercity’s New Wind Farm in Germany Has Started

Enercity is keeping the pace of the strategic expansion of renewable energies high: East of Osnabrück, Germany, in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of …

Offshore Wind Power

Navantia-Windar Starts Building Moray West Monopiles

Spain’s Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables have started production of the first of the 14 XXL monopiles for the Moray West offshore wind project, w…

Solar Power Plant

Dubai’s Amea Power Inks 50MW Solar Ppa in Ivory Coast

AMEA Power has secured the first solar power purchase agreement (PPA) in Ivory Coast in what is a growing presence in West Africa.The 50MW solar PV project with…

Oil Exploration

Totalenergies to Invest $1 Billion in Oil Development Offshore Brazil

(WO) — TotalEnergies has approved the final investment decision of the Lapa South-West oil development in the Santos Basin, 300 km off the coast of Brazil.offs…

World Energy Outlook

South America to Stay ‘Key Region for High-Impact Exploration’, Westwood Says in 2023 Outlook

High-impact well numbers in 2023 are expected to be in line with 2020-2022, with 75-85 high-impact wells currently anticipated to complete this year, energy mar…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen at Centre of China’s Plans to Win Bigger Share of Green Energy Market

A view of the hydrogen production unit at a SinoPec refinery in Qingdao, eastern China. Feature China / Barcroft Media / Getty ImagesA decade ago, China used lo…

Pumped Storage

RWE Completes Megabattery That Will Link to Hydropower Sites in Germany

RWE has completed installation of Germany’s first megabattery, with 420 blocks of lithium-ion batteries with a total installed capacity of 117MW installed…