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Hydropower Plant

New Power Unit Starts Operation at China’s Major Hydropower Station

A new power-generating unit in Baihetan hydropower station in southwest China passed a 72-hour trial operation Monday and started formal operation, according to…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Aussie Giant Gas Probe Under Way

Australian independent Western Gas has spudded one of the nation’s most keenly anticipated offshore wildcats of 2022.

SMR

New Partnership to Advance Very Small Modular Reactors in Canadian Province

The Saskatchewan Research Council and Westinghouse Electric Canada will jointly develop a project for an eVinci micro-reactor for the development and testing of…

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted and TotalEnergies Partner on Dutch Offshore Wind Tenders

Danish renewables company Ørsted and energy company TotalEnergies have jointly submitted bids for the two Dutch offshore wind tenders for Holland Coast West. …

Tidal Energy

Western Australia Ocean Energy Study Launched

The Australian Ocean Energy Group (AOEG) cluster is set to begin a feasibility study in Western Australia to further the adoption of ocean energy.

Electric Vehicle Charging

$60 Million EV Fund in WA 2022-23 Budget

The Western Australian Government has launched a $60 million Clean Energy Car Fund to accelerate the use of electric vehicles (EVs), including $3,500 rebates an…

Energy Security

Russia Slaps Sanctions on Western Energy Firms

Moscow has imposed sanctions on more than 30 EU, US and Singaporean energy companies in a retaliatory move following western penalties imposed on Russian.

Bulgaria

Nuclear Power Company Westinghouse to Build 2GWh Pumped Heat Storage in Bulgaria

Nuclear power firm Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a state-owned energy company to build 2GWh of pumped thermal ener…

Solar Cell

Australia’s Best-Performing, Large-Scale PV Assets

Rystad Energy has named the top-performing solar farms in April, with Western Australia’s Greenough River 1 and Merredin arrays coming in second and third behi…

Wind Farm

150MW Wind Farm Planned for Hong Kong’s Third-Largest Island

Hong Kong-based investment firm HK Electric has announced plans to develop an offshore wind farm southwest of Lamma Island, the third largest island in Hong Kon…

Wind Farm

HK Electric’s Wind Farm Project Secures Environmental Permit

HK Electric plans to develop an offshore wind farm southwest of Lamma Island in support of the government’s goal of achieving net zero electricity generation a…

Hydrogen Project

WA to Investigate Renewable Hydrogen Target

The Western Australian Government is investigating the implementation of a Renewable Hydrogen Target, requiring a percentage of electricity in the South West In…

Nuclear Reactor

Vattenfall Secures Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply

Vattenfall has signed agreements with Westinghouse and Framatome for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the nuclear reactors at Forsmark and Ringhals in Sw…

Microgrid

Work Starts on Pumped Hydro Microgrid in Western Australia

A pumped hydro microgrid is being developed in Walpole, western Australia, that consists of a 1.5 MW pumped hydro facility, using two farm dams, that will store…

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall and BASF Team up for Dutch Offshore Wind Bid

Swedish energy player Vattenfall has partnered with German chemicals giant BASF to bid in the zero-subsidy tender for the Hollandse Kust West zone in the Dutch …