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Revolutionary combination of solar energy and strip cultivation
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by Vattenfall has received a permit to build a solar farm in Almere, the Netherlands, where the combination of solar panels and strip farming can be tested. This solution is...

Success for first GT26 HE upgrade
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by GE and Uniper have conducted implementation and testing of the first GT26 High Efficiency (HE) gas turbine upgrade, carried out at Uniper’s Enfield power station in London.

Aggreko’s new fleet of battery storage systems
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by Aggreko, has launched a new fleet of battery storage systems. These are fully integrated units intended to help customers maintain a 100% reliable power supply while reducing the...

Rolls-Royce sets out net-zero road map
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by The Rolls-Royce Power Systems business unit aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2030 compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon...

Funded SMR project may be cut back
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by It has been reported by local press that Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, a co-operative that last year received nearly $1.3m in federal funding to pursue an SMR (small...

First automated battery storage system
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by On 2 July, RTE, the French public electricity transmission system operator, together with its partner Nidec Industrial Solutions, inaugurated RTE's first experimental site for...

Siemens to build one of Europe’s largest battery storage facilities
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH have signed a letter of intent for the turnkey construction of a 100 MW battery storage facility in the German town...

Cormetech to demonstrate improved DAC technology
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Cormetech has been selected for an award from the US Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, to advance...

Green Investment Group awards ODE Ltd Korean contract
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Offshore Design Engineering has been chosen as owner’s engineer and package manager by Green Investment Group for offshore wind farms in South Korea.

Large-scale floating wind farms may come to UK waters
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces to develop large-scale floating offshore wind farms off the north-east of Scotland. The partnership has submitted multiple proposals for the...

ERCOT unveils grid reliability Roadmap
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has delivered its ‘Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability’ to governor Greg Abbott, and members of the Texas Legislature and the...

Wärtsilä launches major test programme on H2 and NH4 as fuels
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by Wartsila has launched a major test programme to advance the adoption of hydrogen and ammonia as viable engine fuels for power and marine applications through advanced testing on...

Construction costs for US solar generation still falling
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by The annual capacity-weighted average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems in the United States continued to decrease in 2019, dropping by a little less than 3%, according...

GE signs agreement for green H2-fuelled power plant
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 by GE and Cricket Valley Energy Centre have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to develop a green hydrogen technology roadmap and advance a demonstration project...

Wudongde 10.2 GW hydro comes fully online
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by The Wudongde (WDD) project is the seventh largest hydropower station in the world, and has the largest capacity single unit in operation. Now, under a year after the commissioning of...

Celtic Sea Power to drive floating offshore wind
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by The company given the task of leading the development of floating offshore wind energy in the seas around Cornwall, southwest UK, is to be known as Celtic Sea Power.

Masdar signs for two solar plants in Uzbekistan
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by Uzbekistan’s ministry of Energy has announced signed project agreements with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) for the two 220 MW photovoltaic solar plants in the Jizzakh...

New York to explore green hydrogen potential
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on 12 July that the state plans to explore the potential role of green hydrogen as part of its decarbonisation strategy. The state...

Wood hires hydrogen expert to lead global H2 effort
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 by Wood, The Scottish engineering and consulting giant, has appointed Josh Carmichael as its vice president of hydrogen. The appointment is intended to give Wood a strong guiding hand...