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Energy Storage System

Therma Marine Contracts Wärtsilä for Floating Energy Storage System

Power generation holding company Therma Marine has ordered a flexible floating barge-mounted energy storage system from Finnish power and marine industry compan…

Energy Transition

BP Exited Kazakh Oil Projects to Focus on Renewables Strategy

BP Plc abandoned three oil projects in Kazakhstan after it changed strategy to concentrate on renewable energy and its existing ventures.

Nuclear Reactor

Czech Regulator Awards Site Licence for Dukovany Units

The Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Safety yesterday issued a site licence for two new reactor units at the existing Dukovany nuclear power plant site…

Solar Power Plant

Sungrow Supplies Latin America's Largest Under Construction PV Plant

The designated area is about 40 km from the urban center of Juazeiro, in the north of the State of Bahia. Upon completion, its total capacity will be approximat…

Carbon Emissions

Eskom’s Plans to Mitigate Carbon Emissions from Existing Plants

Today Eskom presented its Clean Coal Technology initiatives and briefed Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy on its measures to com…

Thermal Plant

Wärtsilä Proceeds with €100m Colombian Power Plant Despite COVID-19

Finnish energy generation equipment company Wärtsilä has announced that it is proceeding with the construction of a 200MW flexible baseload power plant in Col…

Electric Car

Israeli 5-Minute Battery Charge Aims to Fire up Electric Cars

From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes -- an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate the "range anxiety" associated wit…

Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

Hydrogen Production

Haldor Topsoe to Build Electrolyser Manufacturing Facility to Meet Demand for Green Hydrogen Production

Danish engineering firm Haldor Topsoe will build a solid oxide electrolyser manufacturing facility with a total capacity of 500MW per year to accommodate the “…

HVDC

China Power Giant Wants to Get Ahead on Xi’s Emissions Goals

China’s utility giant is planning to upgrade its massive electricity grid over the next few years to allow it to move away from coal generation and reach peak …

Solar thermal

Video: China's Largest Molten Salt Solar Thermal Power Station in Gobi Desert

With 12,000 mirrors, China's largest molten salt solar thermal power station in the Gobi Desert can reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 tonnes, eq…

Wind Farm

Acciona Supports Banco Santander’s Carbon Neutrality Target Through Its Oaxacas Wind Farm in Mexico

With this transaction, ACCIONA is contributing to Banco Santander’s goal of becoming carbon neutral in 2020 by offsetting approximately half of the entity’s o…

Climate Policy

Global CO2 Emissions Continue Upward Trend Despite Pandemic

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell by 5.8% in 2020, primarily due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and economic activities, acc…

Solar Power Plant

ENGIE Acquires 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant in South Africa

ENGIE is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to acquire from Abengoa a 40% equity stake in Xina Solar One, a 100 MW Concentrated Solar plant, a…

Mexico

Mexican State Oil Firm Pemex Reports $23 Billion Loss in 2020

The company said it had faced "the worst crisis in its history" last year due to the health crisis sweeping the planet.