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World firsts at Kaskasi Among innovations at RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea is the installation of collars designed to improve the structural integrity of monopile foundations.
Denmark’s North Sea Energy Island: expanding team aims to move the project forward GlobalConnect and Arup have now joined the North Sea Energy Island development team, alongside Ørsted + ATP.
Embracing advanced technology in Asia H and J class combined cycle project updates from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and China.
ZSW shifts focus to PV tandems ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie-und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg) says it is going to fast track ‘tandem’ solar technologies – which combine cells of different materials –...
Floating turbines Preparing for take-off in Europe?
Fluence projects stack up worldwide Recent Fluence projects include battery systems for Broken Hill in Australia (with advanced grid forming capabilities), for a substation in Taiwan and a community wind farm in Ireland.
Expanding applications in geothermal power and LNG regasification An EXERGY perspective
Saft batteries will help coal phase-out in the far north Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a turnkey contract to provide an energy storage system for one of the world’s most northerly permanent settlements, Longyearbyen in...
Renewables + flexible gas: a winning strategy for Africa that can save billions With the help of gas fuelled piston engines, to address intermittency issues, Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save itself billions along the way. By Kenneth Engblom
Looking to longer time horizons in the UK Short-duration storage in the form of batteries has been an investment focus in GB in the last few years. Now attention is turning to storage on other timescales and the role of...
Making “serious progress”, but coal still dominates Poland is the subject of the International Energy Agency’s latest policy review
How solar resource variability affects asset performance Ten-year analysis of solar resource variability across key global markets highlights significant deviations from long-term averages
SF6: preparing for tighter regulations worldwide As anticipated, the regulations governing SF6 use are growing ever more stringent, and switchgear manufacturers and system operators are responding.
Meeting new limits at Indian coal plants India’s journey to ensure cleaner power for its growing needs entails a complex balancing act, recognising the existing role of coal-based power while addressing its...
UK–German link progresses NeuConnect, the planned HVDC link between Germany and the UK – two of Europe’s largest energy markets – continues to progress, with start of construction expected later this year,...
Whatever became of the PBMR? It’s alive and well and living in the USA, where about a dozen South African nuclear engineers and scientists who were involved with South Africa’s abandoned Pebble Bed Modular...
Milestones for green hydrogen in the USA Recent key hydrogen developments in the USA include a conditional $504.4 million commitment from the US DOE in support of the ACES project, described as “the world’s largest...
The power of the Dual Fluid principle High efficiency is a key differentiator of the new nuclear power technology being developed by Dual Fluid. Instead of fuel rods, a Dual Fluid reactor (right) contains two...
Rentech HRSGs selected for Ford’s new CHP plant Ford is in the midst of a massive renovation and upgrade project at its Dearborn, Michigan campus. The 10-year transformation initiative targets a reduction in annual energy...
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