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Putting the U in CCUS: rising star or dangerous distraction? 01 July, 2020 Toby Lockwood IEA Clean Coal Centre

Measuring the energy impact 01 July, 2020 A new IEA report provides an almost real-time picture of impact of Covid-19 crisis so far in 2020 across all major fuels – as well as carbon emissions

Mapping out next steps for the UK... 26 June, 2020 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced projects to be funded in the first phases of the ‘Deployment’ and ‘Roadmap’ competitions for decarbonisation of industrial clusters, run...

Floating PV 26 June, 2020 A new use for old pit lakes

The end game for coal 24 June, 2020 Exit plan takes shape.

Torrefaction 17 June, 2020 How to make it happen.

MHPS and KBR pitch in 12 June, 2020 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and KBR have signed an agreement to co-operate on expanding the sales of power plants firing SDA pitch. SDA pitch is the insoluble matter...

T24 revisited 12 June, 2020 Around ten years ago, hydrogen induced stress corrosion cracking issues were experienced in European coal fired plants employing T24 boiler steel, notably in Germany. Experience...

Biomass experience and the dangers of dust 08 June, 2020 Based on extensive experience, notably at large Danish wood pellet handling and storage facilities, Ramboll has developed a holistic approach to fire safety at biomass fuelled...

World’s lightest turbine blade? 03 June, 2020 ACT Blade, a spin-off company from UK yacht-sail developer SMAR Azure, has announced that it has successfully completed the first of two static tests of its novel lightweight wind...

Total commitment to floating wind in the Celtic Sea 03 June, 2020 Simply Blue Energy (Celtic Sea energy developer), and Total have established a partnership to develop floating wind projects in the Welsh waters of the Celtic Sea, UK.

Wärtsilä technology for Malian mines 03 June, 2020 The first order for Wärtsilä’s new Modular Block generating units has been placed by Aggreko, for deployment at Resolute Mining’s Syama off-grid gold mine in Mali, Africa. The order...

Implications for new energy 27 May, 2020 An accelerated energy transition could result from this time of crisis.

Fleet efficiency: improving but could be much better 26 May, 2020 A new report from the IEA Clean Coal Centre by Dr Qian Zhu (Historic efficiency improvement of the coal power fleet, CCC/300) looks at efficiency improvement trends for the coal...

10 MW for Central African Republic 26 May, 2020 Clarke Energy is supplying four containerised Kohler-SDMO KD3500-F diesel gensets to Tunisia based Tragedel to provide much needed additional generating capacity to the Central...

SunFunder invests in Nigeria 26 May, 2020 SunFunder, a solar finance company providing debt capital to solar enterprises in emerging markets, has announced its first disbursement in Nigeria, part of a facility of up to $4...

Modernising Mochovce 19 May, 2020 Pilsen based Doosan Škoda Power has won a contract to modernise the two turbine sets of Mochovce unit 1. Combined, Mochovce 1 and 2 – Russian designed VVER-440 pressurised water...

Small and micro 19 May, 2020 The potential benefits of small and micro nuclear power plants continue to attract increasing attention worldwide.

Bringing forward the energy transition by a decade, Wärtsilä estimates 19 May, 2020 Coal based power generation has fallen by over 25.5% across the EU+UK in the first three months of 2020, compared to 2019, as a result of the response to Covid-19, with...