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EC Net-Zero Industry Act proposed
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by On 16 March the European Commission proposed its Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and ensure that the Union is well-equipped for...

Electricity production falling, but total has risen compared to 2021
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics report, which includes December 2022 data, shows that for OECD members combined, total net electricity...

National Grid energises world’s first T-pylons
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by National Grid has successfully energised 36 of the world’s first pylons in the new T-design between Bridgwater and Loxton in Somerset, SW England. The new pylons have been constructed...

ACWA signs up to new green projects in Uzbekistan
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by ACWA Power has signed three Power Purchase Agreements and Investment Agreements with Uzbekistan’s Joint-Stock Company (JSC) National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU) and Ministry...

Significant renewable power expansion in Louisiana
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by Entergy Louisiana has made the largest renewable power expansion request in state history. On 13 March the company filed a request with its regulator, the Louisiana Public...

Trial of drone-mounted field sensors for pylon inspections
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by The UK’s National Grid and The University of Manchester are working together to develop a new drone-mountable system that will allow live inspections of overhead transmission...

UK Space Agency backs R-R nuclear power
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by Rolls-Royce has secured funding from UK Space Agency, which is backing research by R-R into how nuclear power could be used to support a future Moon base for astronauts.

Cost of capital threatens UK renewable energy projects
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 by The rising cost of capital faced by developers of renewable energy projects such as onshore wind and solar PV may reduce the number of new projects and cause some already...

Where things stand in the global energy crisis one year on
Thursday, March 16, 2023 by On 23 February Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, published this commentary on the global energy crisis with particular reference to the situation...

Rigged tenders?
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by RWE Renewables UK is pursuing a damages claim of £9.24 million against two Prysmian Group member companies under the Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015 of the UK’s Competition Act 1998. The...

Supercritical CO2 conditions achieved in San Antonio pilot
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by GTI Energy and its partners, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and GE Research, have announced that the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo project, sponsored...

Germany to build 25 GW of new gas power plants by 2030
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by Clean Energy Wire reports that Germany will use its auction mechanism to ensure a programme of new gas power plant building, seen by government as necessary to secure supply at times...

Demand for ocean space will grow 5-fold by 2050 – DNV report
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by According to DNV’s Spatial Competition Forecast, collaboration among ocean-going industries will need to intensify for the rapid build-out of offshore wind and aquaculture to...

DTEK commissions Tyligulska wind power plant in Ukraine
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by Despite Russia's war against Ukraine, the DTEK Group has continued with completing construction of the first phase of Tyligulska wind power plant, with a capacity of 114 MW out of...

Taiwan’s Tung Hsiao power plant adds 180 MW
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by GE has announced that the Taiwan Power Company (TPC)’s Tung Hsiao Power Plant in Miaoli County has safely and successfully started grid-connected trial runs in January 2023 using six...

Vogtle Unit 3 NPP reaches initial criticality
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by On 6 March Georgia Power announced that the 1117 MW Unit 3 of its Vogtle nuclear power plant has safely reached initial criticality during the start-up testing sequence,...

Recyclable blades for Sofia offshore wind project
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by 132 recyclable blades made by Siemens are to be installed on 44 of the 100 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines in RWE’s Sofia offshore wind array off the UK’s east coast. It will be...

Mitsubishi No. 1 in global gas turbine market in 2022
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 by Mitsubishi Power, a brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, achieved the number one market position in 2022 with a global gas turbine market share of 33% by MW, according to McCoy...

One year on – IAEA report on nuclear safety in Ukraine
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 by One year on, the International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a report, ‘Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine’, covering the period between February 2022 and February...