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Coal’s sharp rebound ‘is threatening net zero goals’ – IEA
12 January 2022 Rapid economic recovery is driving global coal power generation towards...

Large fuel cell order for SFC Energy
12 January 2022 SFC Energy, a prominent supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells...

Solar power – ‘half of new US capacity in 2022’
12 January 2022 The US Energy Information Administration forecasts that in 2022, 46.1 GW...

Germany retires more reactors and lignite plants
12 January 2022 Germany’s nuclear and coal phase-out programmes both took a step...

Hunterston B NPP retires
12 January 2022 The 1.22 GW Hunterston B nuclear power station, the most productive...

Ammonia co-firing project is funded
12 January 2022 JERA Co and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have been granted funding, under...

$100m fund for grid-scale battery storage in Australia
12 January 2022 A competitive funding round worth A$100 million (£53.5m) has been...

Texas generation fleet ‘ready for winter’ – ERCOT
05 January 2022 ERCOT  – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas – mindful of the...

EDF consortium wins major UAE transmission project
05 January 2022 A consortium of EDF, KEPCO and Kyushu Electric Power Co has signed a...

VINCI completes the acquisition of ACS energy business
05 January 2022 VINCI’s acquisition of ACS’s energy business Cobra IS for a consideration...

Energy prices rose by 59% in 2021
04 January 2022 Energy prices used in the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) ended...

Fortum and Uniper JV launches its first project
04 January 2022 The joint team of Fortum and Uniper for wind and solar businesses in...

Langley completes acquisition of Bergen from R-R
04 January 2022 Langley Holdings has completed the acquisition of the Norwegian...

Interest in Princes Ariane wind farm sold to a.s.r.
04 January 2022 Vattenfall is to sell 40% of the 301 MW Prinses Ariane wind farm in...

Olkiluoto NPP achieves first criticality
04 January 2022 The EPR reactor installed at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant...

FEED competition contracts awarded for UK’s East Coast Cluster
22 December 2021 On behalf of its partners, bp, the operator of Net Zero Teesside Power...

Prysmian secures two US wind farm projects
22 December 2021 Prysmian Group has secured cabling contracts for two new offshore wind...

28% US coal fired plants to retire by 2035
21 December 2021 Although coal-fired power plants have no mandatory retirement age,...

World’s first offshore hydrogen storage concept
21 December 2021 Tractebel and partner companies have developed the world's first...

100 MW Uzbekistan wind power project agreed
21 December 2021 ACWA Power, a prominent Saudi developer of power generation, has...

Chimney of Europe’s largest coal-fired PP is demolished
21 December 2021 The photograph shows the demolition on 9 December of the chimney of what...

Mitsubishi ships 2.4 GW gas-fired CC plant to the UAE
21 December 2021 On 16 December Mitsubishi Power, an arm of MHI, shipped three M701JAC...

First replacement of SF6 in existing HV equipment
14 December 2021 Hitachi Energy and National Grid have successfully energised a pilot...

Decarbonisation roadmap for heavy industry in the UAE
14 December 2021 Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and GE Gas Power have announced...

Project Greensand to receive DKK 197 m funding
14 December 2021 The Danish Energy Agency is to award 197 million DKK (€26 million) to...

RE growth is accelerating worldwide – IEA report
14 December 2021 The growth of the world’s capacity to generate electricity from...

Major UK offshore wind farm project consented
14 December 2021 Vattenfall’s Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm, located off the UK’s...

US LNG export capacity ‘will be world’s largest by end–2022’
14 December 2021 The US Energy Information Administration reports that US liquefied...

First H2 fuelled GTs in China
14 December 2021 Chinese state-owned power utility Guangdong Energy Group has ordered...

UK chooses HTGR for AMR development
07 December 2021 In a speech to the UK Nuclear Industry Association on 2 December, Greg...

Nuclear research leads to storage breakthrough
07 December 2021 Research in molten salts at Danish company Seaborg Technologies...

DNV to lead study on potential of European H2 networks
07 December 2021 Independent certification organisation DNV is to lead a study...

Refinancing of four biomethane units secured
07 December 2021 Waga Energy, a prominent European company in the production of...

£158 million redress agreed for delays to major power cable
07 December 2021 National Grid Electricity Transmission and Scottish Power Transmission...

Compact CO2 capture for Hiroshima biomass plant
07 December 2021 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering has received an order for...

150 MWh battery to be built at Hazelwood
07 December 2021 ENGIE, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, and Fluence have joined forces...

Atos and Siemens to support Morocco‘s ‘smart grid’
07 December 2021 Atos and Siemens have announced an agreement to collaborate with...

Vestas cyber attack ‘was ransomware’
01 December 2021 Since the cyber security incident was discovered on 19 November, Vestas...

New partnership to develop offshore wind farms in New Zealand
01 December 2021 BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group have formed a...

New initiative to explore carbon storage off Norway‘s coast
01 December 2021 Storegga, a UK company specialising in carbon reduction and removal,...

TSOs partner on interconnectors to energy islands at sea
30 November 2021 Transmission system operators Energinet of Denmark and Elia of Belgium...

Upgraded V-162 launched by Vestas
30 November 2021 Vestas has launched a 6.8 MW version of its V162 range of wind turbines...

Carbon Gap calls for meaningful support for carbon removal
30 November 2021 Carbon Gap, a not-for-profit independent research and advocacy launched...

Prysmian awarded framework contract for the Tyrrhenian link
30 November 2021 Prysmian Group has been awarded a framework contract worth around...

Vestas recovering from cyber attack
24 November 2021 Integrated wind company Vestas has started restoring IT systems after a...

World’s first 66 kV fault ride through test system
24 November 2021 Danish offshore wind turbine test specialist R&D Test Systems has...

Shell and Blue Group sign Western Star agreement
24 November 2021 On 18 November Shell signed an agreement with Irish leading blue...

New plant for production of SF6-free switchgear
24 November 2021 Siemens Energy is investing over €60 million in a new 6200 sq m...

NET Power claims zero-carbon gas generation breakthrough
23 November 2021 On 16 November, NET Power, a clean energy company whose technology is said...

FERC Notice of Inquiry on reactive power capability compensation
23 November 2021 The USA Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a Notice of...

First 100% hydrogen engine PP in Asia Pacific
23 November 2021 Hyosung Heavy Industries has selected INNIO Jenbacher ‘Ready for...

COP26 keeps 1.5C alive – but on life support
17 November 2021 On 13 November COP26 came to a close in Glasgow with nearly 200...

France’s first floating offshore wind at scale
17 November 2021 Ocean Winds (a Joint Venture between ENGIE and EDP Renewables) and...

Macron says France will construct new NPPs
16 November 2021 In a significant change to national policy, France is to begin building...

Rolls-Royce to deliver mtu engines to China
16 November 2021 The Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has signed contracts...

EIA expects volatile US gas prices this winter
16 November 2021 After extremely cold weather in February led to lower-than-average...

First certification of ‘H2-Ready’power plant concept
16 November 2021 Testing and certification organisation TÜV SÜD has developed a guideline...

GenCell and E.V. Motors to facilitate off-grid EV charging
16 November 2021 Israeli company GenCell Energy has signed an agreement with E.V. Motors...

COP26: World leaders make pledges to kick start accelerated climate action
09 November 2021 Announcements by world leaders on day three of COP26 have perhaps signalled...

Degradation ‘is a material issue for batteries competing in the CM’
09 November 2021 According to Cornwall Insight, degradation is a key issue for...

US Congress passes signature infrastructure package
09 November 2021 US Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on 5...

Long duration energy storage companies form a council
09 November 2021 The Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council, whose launch has...

National Grid ESO launches world-first digital grid replica
09 November 2021 The UK’s National Grid ESO has launched a programme, a world first of...

Rolls-Royce develops energy saving new bearing
09 November 2021 The Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has developed a sliding...

R-R confident of SMR delivery by 2030s
09 November 2021 Roll-Royce has announced that following the raising of £195 million in...

Historic alliance to unlock $100 billion for climate solutions
03 November 2021 A new financial initiative, the Global Alliance for People and...

COP26: a promise to end deforestation by 2030
03 November 2021 More than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation...

COP26: a pledge to cut global methane emissions
03 November 2021 Leaders of 103 countries have signed a deal brokered by the EU and USA...

COP26 gets under way
03 November 2021 COP26 got under way formally on 31 October. Opening speeches by...

Updated climate commitments fall short – UNEP report
02 November 2021 New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to...

Climate goals threatened by coal-to-gas switch in Asia
02 November 2021 A planned US$379 billion expansion of gas infrastructure in Asia...

Plan to convert fossil fuelled plants to energy storage
02 November 2021 E2S Power and SNC-Lavalin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Illinois NPPs reverse retirement plans
02 November 2021 Exelon, the owner-operator of Illinois’s six nuclear power plants,...

Siemens Energy transfers joint venture stake to Voith
26 October 2021 Siemens Energy and Voith have agreed that Voith will take over...

Iberdrola to invest £6bn in the East Anglia hub
26 October 2021 Through its UK subsidiary Scottish Power, Iberdrola has undertaken to...

US-Japan joint fusion research
26 October 2021 TAE Technologies, reputedly the world's largest private fusion...

Big fossil fuel producers' plans exceed climate targets – UN report
25 October 2021 Despite efforts to strengthen climate targets, most major oil and...

Energy price hikes – an IEA perspective
25 October 2021 Gas, coal and electricity prices have recently risen to their highest...

World’s first T-pylon is installed
25 October 2021 The world’s first ‘T-pylon’, the first new design for an electricity pylon...

World’s largest floating windfarm is operational
19 October 2021 The 50 MW Kincardine offshore windfarm, the world’s largest floating...

ENEOS to acquire Japan Renewable Energy for $1.8bn
19 October 2021 Japanese refiner ENEOS Holdings, through its subsidiary ENEOS, has agreed...

Successful final testing of KS-21 solvent for CO2 capture
19 October 2021 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering has concluded testing of its...

Electricity production rising, but RE dipping – IEA
19 October 2021 The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...

IFA ‘will take two more years’ to get back to full service
19 October 2021 One of Britain’s most important electricity import cables, the 2000 MW...

US coal fired electricity generation will increase for the first time since 2014
19 October 2021 The US Energy Information Administration expects 22 % more US...

Five sites listed for UK fusion energy plant
19 October 2021 A final decision on a site for the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant –...

Green hydrogen production plan for Pakistan
13 October 2021 Oracle Power PLC, the international natural resources project developer,...

Hitachi ABB to lead Egypt-Saudi interconnector consortium
13 October 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced that it is to lead the consortium...

Prysmian Group to invest $100M in US production
13 October 2021 Prysmian Group is planning to invest an additional $100 million over the...

Hai Long Offshore Wind selects consortium to deliver two offshore substations in Taiwan
13 October 2021 Yushan Energy, a subsidiary of low carbon energy developer Enterprize...

‘Global energy consumption and emissions will double by 2050’ – EIA
12 October 2021 The US Energy Information Administration projects that without...

Large-scale green hydrogen facility for Orkney
12 October 2021 Offshore Wind Power Limited, the consortium formed by Macquarie’s...

‘Revolutionary’ battery management system launched
12 October 2021 Brill Power, an Oxford University spin-out company, has launched the first...

Major step for Vineyard offshore wind farm
05 October 2021 Notice to Proceed with the approximately €200 million contract to supply...

Vestas expands footprint in Canada with two major contracts
05 October 2021 Vestas has received a 151 MW order from Pattern Energy Group to power...

Uniper hands over Schkopau power plant to Saale Energie
05 October 2021 ‪‪‪On 1 October Uniper transferred its shares in the Schkopau power...

Siemens supplying HL-class technology for Greek power plant
05 October 2021 Siemens Energy is supplying its high efficiency HL-class gas...

Global offshore wind pipeline exceeds 400 GW
05 October 2021 New research by RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team shows that the...

Prysmian awarded €221m submarine cable project in the Middle East
05 October 2021 Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract for a ±500 kV HVDC submarine...

North Sea Link commences operations
05 October 2021 National Grid’s €1.6 billion North Sea Link (NSL), the world’s longest...

Masdar, ADNOC and bp to form strategic partnership
28 September 2021 ADNOC, bp and Masdar have signed three agreements with the potential to...

NuScale Power signs MoU with Getka and UNIMOT
28 September 2021 NuScale Power, Getka Group and UNIMOT S.A. have signed a Memorandum...

Financing agreements for $12 bn ASU/gasification/power joint venture
28 September 2021 Aramco, Air Products, ACWA Power and Air Products Qudra have announced...

Aggreko illuminates the Ryder Cup
28 September 2021 Aggreko, the prominent supplier of mobile and modular power...

US hydropower generation to decline 14% in 2021
28 September 2021 In its latest Short Term Energy Outlook the US Energy...

Siemens and Sumitomo awarded Ireland-UK interconnector
28 September 2021 Greenlink has awarded the EPC contract for the Greenlink...

Inaugural meeting of the Vienna Group
28 September 2021 The ‘Group of Vienna’ is an IAEA (International Atomic Energy...

China pledges to end funding for coal fired power stations abroad
28 September 2021 China’s president Xi Jinping made the announcement, that China will not...

EVs predicted to increase UK demand by 71.6 TWh
21 September 2021 The latest figures from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Benchmark power curve’...

Hitachi ABB to boost efficiency of EETC Delta Zone network
21 September 2021 A consortium of Hitachi ABB Power Grids and Elsewedy Electric T&D,...

Virtual power plant reaches 1000 MW in Poland
21 September 2021 The Polish subsidiary of virtual-power-plant operator Next Kraftwerke,...

Converter station fire shuts down France-UK interconnector
20 September 2021 A fire at the National Grid’s converter station at Sellindge,...

Vestas partners with Vitol Wind for US repowering project
20 September 2021 Vestas has received a 240 MW order to repower the Vitol Wind ‘Big Sky’...

Hurricane Ida: the slow recovery continues
20 September 2021 Louisiana is still slowly recovering from the devastation caused by...

Slow recovery in RE production after low-wind dip
20 September 2021 The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...

First motion compensated gangway for Chinese RE market
14 September 2021 ​​​​​​​Ampelmann, the offshore access specialist, has signed its...

Ørsted and T&T sign offshore wind MoU
14 September 2021 Ørsted and T&T Group, a leading Vietnamese cross-industry company,...

MAN wins 120 MW contract for McIntosh PP
14 September 2021 MAN Energy Solutions has contracted to supply 6 x 18V51/60G high output...

Prysmian connector for Gruissan offshore array
14 September 2021 Prysmian Group, in a consortium with Asso.subsea, a submarine...

Mitsubishi and Shell to co-operate on H2 development
13 September 2021 Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Shell Canada have signed a Memorandum...

Chevron, Magnum and Mitsubishi in framework agreement
13 September 2021 Chevron USA Inc., through its Chevron New Energies division, has agreed on...

EDF to sell West Burton B
13 September 2021 EDF has reached an agreement to sell its 1332 MW combined cycle gas...

Specialist firms to support construction of North Sea energy island
07 September 2021 Ørsted and ATP are bringing in three specialists in industrial...

Hydropower made up 66% of Brazil’s generation in 2020
07 September 2021 The Energy Information Administration reports that Brazil, which...

Hurricane Ida: widespread power outages persist
07 September 2021 ABC reported on 4 September that at least 11 people have died in...

EU Oyster consortium chooses site for innovative H2 project
07 September 2021 Grimsby, in the northeast of the UK, has been chosen as the location for...

AI is 'critical enabler of the energy transition’ – new study
07 September 2021 Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential to accelerate and...

Siemens to supply first HL-class gas turbine to Taiwan
07 September 2021 Siemens Energy, together with its consortium partner CTCI Corporation...

ACWA Power marks inauguration of 300 MW first stage of Shuaa Energy 3 PSC
07 September 2021 ‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪‪At an official ceremony on 23 August ACWA Power...

Construction of Hollandse Kust Zuid underway
01 September 2021 After months of preparation, the installation of the foundations of...

SP Energy Networks starts £40m network refurbishment project
01 September 2021 SP Energy Networks, which owns and manages overhead and underground...

MAN and Woodside announce LNG alliance
01 September 2021 MAN Energy Solutions and Woodside Energy, prominent company in the...

I million people in New Orleans without power
31 August 2021 Category 4 Hurricane Ida has left more than a million people, including...

Exelon to build hydrogen electrolyser at NY NPP
31 August 2021 Exelon Generation plans to develop a hydrogen electrolyser at its Nine...

USA has retired over 60 GW of coal fired fleet
31 August 2021 In 2011, the USA had 317.6 GW of coal-fired electric generation...

Vestas wins 181 MW deal for Dulacca wind farm
31 August 2021 Together with RES Group, Vestas has secured a 181 MW supply contract...

US lab closes in on a key goal of nuclear fusion
24 August 2021 Scientists at the National Ignition Facility, a science institute...

Financial close for 1500 MW Sudair solar
24 August 2021 ACWA Power has announced financial close for the 1500 MW Sudair solar...

Record rise in US electricity demand
24 August 2021 On 12 August, most of the United States registered a daily high...

Eco 1 MW wave power pilot permitted
24 August 2021 Eco Wave Power has been granted approval from the Portuguese government...

Renewables investment bounce back in India
24 August 2021 The 2020 decline in investment in India’s renewables programme resulting...

Power automation solution for NTDC
24 August 2021 Pakistan’s largest transmission company, National Transmission &...

Siemens awarded SuedLink HVDC contract
24 August 2021 It is expected that lines totalling 7500 km in the German...

UK government launches hydrogen economy plan
18 August 2021 The UK government intends to unlock billions of pounds in investment and...

Ørsted signs power purchase agreement with the Microsoft Corporation
18 August 2021 Ørsted and Microsoft Corporation have entered into an agreement for...

Plans for Manchester’s hydrogen fuel hub submitted
18 August 2021 Plans for the UK’s city of Manchester first low-carbon hydrogen fuel hub...

EIA expects 7% increase in energy-sector CO2 emissions
18 August 2021 Increased economic activity and a changing fuel mix in the electric...

Explosion at Medupi power station
18 August 2021 Medupi power station owner Eskom reported on 9 August that there had been...

Chia Hui power plant starts operations
18 August 2021 On 10 August GE announced the start of commercial operation for Chia...

US battery storage capacity increased 35% in 2020
18 August 2021 The United States has continued a trend of significant growth in...

Siemens Energy suffers headwinds from SGRE
06 August 2021 “We are not satisfied with the performance of SGRE [Siemens Gamesa...

Electricity demand is growing faster than renewables – IEA
06 August 2021 A new report from the International Energy Agency shows that renewables...

Uniper accelerates UK coal phase-out
06 August 2021 ‪‪‪Uniper will close one of the four 500 MW units at its Ratcliffe...

The most powerful tidal turbine starts exporting
06 August 2021 Orbital Marine Power’s O2, said to be the world’s most powerful...

Mitsubishi AI based hubs to include storage
06 August 2021 MHI subsidiary Mitsubishi Power is introducing a global network of...

Medupi unit 6 achieves commercial operation
06 August 2021 On 31 July, Unit 1, the last of six generation units of...

Ørsted completes its largest onshore wind project
06 August 2021 Ørsted has completed the 367 MW Western Trail wind farm located in...

The Chernobyl NPP fills and seals first module at ISF-2 storage
04 August 2021 The first concrete module in the new used nuclear fuel storage...

MAN and Andritz seal hydrogen co-operation agreement
03 August 2021 MAN Energy Solutions and Andritz Hydro have completed a strategic...

Siemens Gamesa secures major wind deal in India
03 August 2021 Siemens Gamesa, which recently revised downwards its 2021 EBIT and...

Biden takes aim at cyber-attacks on infrastructure
03 August 2021 US President Biden has signed a new cybersecurity Executive Order with...

RE in the USA overtakes nuclear and coal – EIA
03 August 2021 The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2020,...

GE’s HA fleet passes the million hours mark
03 August 2021 GE is celebrating the achievement of several significant landmarks for...

Testing underway on ‘unique’ H2 distribution grid
03 August 2021 A first-of-its-kind gas distribution test grid (‘MicroGrid’) is...

Gode Wind and Borkum inter-array links contracted
03 August 2021 Prysmian Group has been awarded the €60 million contract for the...

Duke to invest $1 bn in Florida solar
27 July 2021 Duke Energy Florida is to begin construction on four new solar energy...

Revolutionary combination of solar energy and strip cultivation
27 July 2021 Vattenfall has received a permit to build a solar farm in Almere,...

Success for first GT26 HE upgrade
27 July 2021 GE and Uniper have conducted implementation and testing of the first...

Aggreko’s new fleet of battery storage systems
27 July 2021 Aggreko, has launched a new fleet of battery storage systems. These are...

Rolls-Royce sets out net-zero road map
27 July 2021 The Rolls-Royce Power Systems business unit aims to cut greenhouse...

Funded SMR project may be cut back
27 July 2021 It has been reported by local press that Utah Associated Municipal...

First automated battery storage system
27 July 2021 On 2 July, RTE, the French public electricity transmission system...

Siemens to build one of Europe’s largest battery storage facilities
20 July 2021 Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH...

Cormetech to demonstrate improved DAC technology
20 July 2021 Cormetech has been selected for an award from the US Department of...

Green Investment Group awards ODE Ltd Korean contract
20 July 2021 Offshore Design Engineering has been chosen as owner’s engineer and...

Large-scale floating wind farms may come to UK waters
20 July 2021 ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces to develop large-scale...

ERCOT unveils grid reliability Roadmap
20 July 2021 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has delivered its...

Wärtsilä launches major test programme on H2 and NH4 as fuels
20 July 2021 Wartsila has launched a major test programme to advance the adoption...

Construction costs for US solar generation still falling
20 July 2021 The annual capacity-weighted average construction costs for...

GE signs agreement for green H2-fuelled power plant
20 July 2021 GE and Cricket Valley Energy Centre have announced the signing of...

Wudongde 10.2 GW hydro comes fully online
14 July 2021 The Wudongde (WDD) project is the seventh largest hydropower station in...

Celtic Sea Power to drive floating offshore wind
14 July 2021 The company given the task of leading the development of floating...

Masdar signs for two solar plants in Uzbekistan
14 July 2021 Uzbekistan’s ministry of Energy has announced signed project agreements...

New York to explore green hydrogen potential
14 July 2021 New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on 12 July that the state...

Wood hires hydrogen expert to lead global H2 effort
14 July 2021 Wood, The Scottish engineering and consulting giant, has appointed...

Shell and Uniper to drive development of H2 economy
14 July 2021 Shell Gas & Power Developments and Uniper Hydrogen GmbH have signed...

Agreement to bring hydrogen supply to UK rail
14 July 2021 H2 Green, the hydrogen network operator, has entered into an agreement...

£25 million backing for HydrogenOne
07 July 2021 INEOS Energy has agreed to purchase 25 million shares in the forthcoming...

Caterpillar launches 12 new standby models
07 July 2021 Caterpillar has added 12 new models to its growing series of Cat GC...

EirGrid and Smart Wires partner on grid optimisation
07 July 2021 EirGrid is partnering with power technology firm Smart Wire Grid...

Hitachi ABB Power Grids to become Hitachi Energy
07 July 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced that it will be ‘evolving’ to...

World bank to support Uzbekistan’s transition
07 July 2021 Uzbekistan’s ministry of Energy has announced that a new $380 million...

Vestas and Iberdrola finalise Baltic Eagle contract
07 July 2021 Vestas and Iberdrola have finalised the turbine supply contract for...

Parrot unveils the first 4G connected robotic UAV
07 July 2021 Parrot, a leading drone maker in Europe, has introduced ANAFI Ai, a...

GE and IHI sign ammonia agreement
29 June 2021 GE, and Japan’s IHI Corporation, have announced the signing of a...

Plans for a zero carbon power plant
29 June 2021 HyNet North West and independent power producer InterGen have announced...

Aggreko trials hydrogen generator and fuel cell hybrid
29 June 2021 As part of its Net Zero programme mobile energy specialist Aggreko...

48.9 GW of renewables projects in the UK pipeline
29 June 2021 Renewables projects labelled as “scoping” currently represents 50% or 48.9...

Valmet automation order for Newhurst EfW
29 June 2021 Valmet is to supply an automation system to an energy-from-waste...

New data shows impact of energy transition on distribution networks
23 June 2021 depsys, a specialist digitalisation company, reports that the acceleration...

Offshore industry training “is a money-making racket”
23 June 2021 Severe shortcomings in the arrangements for training offshore...

The USA consumed a record amount of RE in 2020
22 June 2021 In 2020, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for...

New submarine link to connect Europe and Asia
22 June 2021 Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth a total of around...

Fortum to divest 500 MW of solar power in India
22 June 2021 Fortum has signed an agreement to sell the 250 MW Pavagada II and the 250...

Nuclear startup raises millions in seed funding
22 June 2021 The German-Canadian nuclear startup Dual Fluid, founded in January 2021,...

Orca DAC has achieved DNV validation
22 June 2021 Climeworks’ new large-scale direct air capture plant ‘Orca’ has...

MAN Energy takes over H-TEC Systems
22 June 2021 MAN Energy Solutions has acquired the majority of shares in...

Major wind research centre starts operations
22 June 2021 The NorthWind research centre on wind energy, located in Trondheim,...

Sudan’s first wind turbine arrives
22 June 2021 Construction of the first commercial-scale wind project in Sudan is...

Duke energy implosion
15 June 2021 At 8 a m on Saturday 12 June Duke Energy marked the end of an era when...

Drax and MHI to create world’s largest negative emissions project
15 June 2021 Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., part of the...

G7 agrees to end new government support for coal power
15 June 2021 The G7 group of the richest nations, at its summit in the UK on 13...

Launch of the EU's DSO entity
15 June 2021 ENTSO-E comments that it is looking forward to co-operating with the EU...

ABB and Axpo partner on green hydrogen project
15 June 2021 ABB has joined forces with Swiss utility Axpo to develop modular...

Tight conditions expected in Texas grid
15 June 2021 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asked consumers to...

TerraPower and PacifiCorp to advance nuclear technology in Wyoming
15 June 2021 PacifiCorp and TerraPower, backed by Wyoming governor Mark Gordon...

Vattenfall to become minority shareholder in Estonian nuke start-up
08 June 2021 Vattenfall has signed an agreement with the Estonian nuclear energy...

Siemens and Mitsubishi sign SF6-free MoU for HV
08 June 2021 On June 5 Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Electric signed a Memorandum...

Fortum to increase its wind capacity in Russia
08 June 2021 The Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund has made an investment decision...

Kriegers Flak WTG installation completed
08 June 2021 On 5 June, the last of a total of 72 turbines was installed at Kriegers...

Warning of public health threat from heat pumps
08 June 2021 Following a public health warning by the German government, the...

Fifth Chinese company joins Global Wind Organisation
08 June 2021 Fast growing Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co....

bp boosts its renewables business in the USA
08 June 2021 bp reached an agreement on 1 June to purchase 9 GW of solar...

Ørsted and HOFOR agreement on hydrogen power
01 June 2021 On 31 May Ørsted and HOFOR (a Greater Copenhagen utility) entered into...

Hamburg H2 project in government shortlist
01 June 2021 The partners of the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub, namely Shell,...

Uniper’s Heyden 4 coal plant ‘still needed’
01 June 2021 ‪‪‪‪‪Uniper's Heyden 4 coal fired power plant in Petershagen, near...

E.ON to support 28 ‘innovative’ island projects
01 June 2021 E.ON and its partners have selected 28 innovative projects on...

UK path to integrating more renewable energy
01 June 2021 What is being called a ground-breaking project – the Constellation project...

ESB and dCarbonX to partner on green H2 storage
01 June 2021 ESB and dCarbonX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the...

Design for floating offshore wind in Ireland
01 June 2021 Wood, the prominent consulting and engineering company, has been awarded...

‘Pathway to net-zero emissions by 2050 is narrow’ – IEA special report
25 May 2021 The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector...

Gas–based generation in the USA in decline
25 May 2021 In the first four months of 2021, natural gas-fired generation in the...

First hydro pumped power project in the Gulf region
25 May 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has contracted to supply Andritz Hydro with what...

Air-captured-CO2 project in Oman
25 May 2021 Swiss company Climeworks and Omani company 44.01 have joined forces...

Mitsubishi establishes CCGT business unit in Europe
25 May 2021 Mitsubishi Power, a prominent player in gas turbine technology, has...

Potential solution to one of fusion energy's hottest problems
25 May 2021 Scientists at the UK Atomic Energy Authority have successfully tested what...

Qatalum signs agreement with GE
25 May 2021 Under Qatar National Vision 2030, which is intended to foster...

India to build six nuclear reactors
18 May 2021 EDF has submitted an offer to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ...

Commissioning of giant capacitor bank in Minnesota
18 May 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced the successful commissioning on...

US coal deliveries for power sector declined by 22% in 2020
18 May 2021 The US electric power sector received 428 million short tons (MMst) of...

‘Groundbreaking’ analysis reveals potential net zero cost reductions
18 May 2021 The Carbon Trust says that ‘Flexibility in Great Britain’, is its most...

Hexicon to acquire Wave Hub test site
18 May 2021 Swedish floating windfarm developer and technology provider Hexicon is...

Martha’s Vineyard wind farm is consented
18 May 2021 The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has...

Fusion research ­company installs UK’s biggest gas gun
18 May 2021 First Light Fusion, a prominent company in the research field of...

New international partner joins STEP demo project
11 May 2021 The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has joined...

ERCOT anticipates record electricity demand this summer
11 May 2021 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is...

Vattenfall may sell its Magnum power plant
11 May 2021 Vattenfall is considering selling its Magnum power plant at Eemshaven in...

UK carbon price likely to rise
11 May 2021 Carbon prices, especially via the EU Emission Trading System (ETS),...

Glenmuckloch pumped storage project goes on sale
11 May 2021 Buccleuch has announced that with the assistance of...

Siemens Gamesa is preferred supplier for entire Hai Long project
11 May 2021 The collaboration between Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and its...

Vestas EnVentus WTGs for 404 MW Mutkalampi project
11 May 2021 Vestas has been engaged by Neoen to deliver a full EPC turnkey solution...

Report casts doubt on RWE and Uniper compensation demands
04 May 2021 German utilities RWE and Uniper (owned by Fortum in Finland) are suing...

Black & Veatch enlisted in Drax ‘net zero’ effort
04 May 2021 UK power provider Drax has awarded Black & Veatch a role on the...

Senate reinstates Obama-era Controls on methane
04 May 2021 The Senate voted on 28 April to effectively reinstate an Obama-era...

Indian Point NPP retired after 59 years
04 May 2021 The Indian Point Energy Center permanently stopped generating electricity...

Ørsted completes Permian Energy Center
04 May 2021 The company's first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project...

UK’s first ‘clean air’ substation tested
04 May 2021 SP Energy Networks is trialling ‘clean-air’ technology at one of...

Offshore wind FIDs to ‘skyrocket’ 57% by 2022 – new report
04 May 2021 New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group, the energy market...

New study suggests Texas ice storm led to $4 bn loss for wind farms
27 April 2021 ArcVera Renewables, a prominent international provider of consulting...

Mocean Energy unveils wave energy prototype
27 April 2021 Wave power specialists Mocean Energy unveiled on 21 April its ‘Blue X’...

UKAEA completes project to accelerate
fusion development
27 April 2021 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has completed a pilot project...

GE to equip Verbund’s new pump storage power plant
27 April 2021 GE Power Conversion has been selected to equip Verbund’s new fully fed...

Hitachi ABB and GE sign agreement on SF6-free products
27 April 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd and GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions...

Jacobs supports UK AMR research funding
27 April 2021 Dallas-based Jacobs is to provide cutting-edge technical support for...

MAN Energy solutions to partner on world’s largest LAES project
27 April 2021 Highview Power has selected MAN Energy Solutions to provide its liquid...

IRENA and SGCC to partner on grid transformation
20 April 2021 The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, has signed a Memorandum...

Uniper seeks judgement over Maasvlakte shutdown
20 April 2021 Uniper’s coal fired power station MPP3 located at Maasvlakte, near...

Mitsubishi Power wins GT order in Uzbekistan
20 April 2021 Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of the MHI Group, has received an order...

Ørsted acquires Ireland and UK onshore wind power platform
20 April 2021 On 16 April Ørsted entered into an agreement with Brookfield Renewable,...

Rolls-Royce to supply mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to Saudi Arabian university
20 April 2021 Rolls-Royce is to supply twelve mtu Kinetic PowerPacks to King...

A turbine to utilise residual heat in a chemical plant
20 April 2021 Steam turbine manufacturer Doosan Škoda Power is to supply a 15 MW...

Sweetch Energy secures €5.2m investment in osmotic energy
20 April 2021 Sweetch, a European company in the business of developing...

Major milestone for PIF
13 April 2021 On 8 April, Sudair Solar PV, Saudi Arabia’s first utility scale...

Sale of Bergen to TMH halted
13 April 2021 In an unusual use of the National Security act to prevent a...

Planning begins for Bornholm underwater cable routes
13 April 2021 As part of the Danish climate agreement of June 2020, it was decided to...

GE and Sembcorp seal Sofia transmission deal
13 April 2021 The consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp...

Giant stator by Voith Hydro is on the road
13 April 2021 During the night of Tuesday/Wednesday 6-7 April, Voith Hydro...

80 MWh energy storage project for Georgia
13 April 2021 Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply the ‘engineered...

UK pipeline for RE and storage projects grows to 86 GW
13 April 2021 The most recent figures from analyst Cornwall Insight's Renewables...

GE wins its largest-ever onshore wind contract
06 April 2021 GE Renewable Energy has contracted to provide onshore wind turbines for...

MHI strengthens footprint in EMEA region
06 April 2021 Effective 1 April, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has changed the name of...

ACWA Power signs financing for $1 billion gas project in Uzbekistan
06 April 2021 ACWA Power, a major developer, investor and operator of power generation...

Ørsted to develop huge renewable hydrogen plant
06 April 2021 'SeaH2Land' is an ambitious vision, linking GW-scale electrolysis to...

Phanes Group signs PPA for 200 MW solar plant in Uzbekistan
06 April 2021 Phanes Group, a solar energy developer headquartered in Dubai, has signed...

Crete’s record-breaking subsea interconnection completed
06 April 2021 On 1 April Prysmian Group and independent power transmission operator...

SEEIT acquires district energy system in USA
06 April 2021 SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, reputedly the first...

Prysmian finalises Sofia offshore cable contract
30 March 2021 Prysmian Group has finalised its contract agreement with RWE...

US government plans for 30GW offshore wind
30 March 2021 On 29 March secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joined the secretaries...

Turkey’s first grid-stabilising battery commissioned
30 March 2021 Aggreko has successfully commissioned Turkey’s first...

Exide goes live with solar-plus-battery installation
30 March 2021 On 25 March Exide Technologies and Energias de Portugal went live at...

GE wins order for 1.2 GW of power components in Malaysia
30 March 2021 GE has secured an order from the engineering, procurement, and...

Ørsted FID for its largest onshore project to date
30 March 2021 Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on its largest onshore...

New 11 MW WTG for Hollandse Kust Zuid
30 March 2021 Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa are working on the development of a new 11...

‘Future-ready’ grid control centre system
23 March 2021 Ellevio, Sweden’s second largest grid company, has contracted with...

GE begins microgrid study
23 March 2021 GE Energy Consulting along with its subcontractor and partner Nexant,...

Ørsted starts Greater Changhua installations
23 March 2021 With all the permits and EIA approvals in place, leading offshore...

Masterplan for UK’s first hydrogen transport hub
23 March 2021 Mott MacDonald has developed for the UK Department for Transport...

CO2 emissions prices in the NE USA reach record level
23 March 2021 The USA’s most recent Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...

National Grid shifts emphasis away from gas
23 March 2021 National Grid has announced plans to buy Western Power Distribution,...

UK industry wide plan to cut emissions
23 March 2021 An ambitious blueprint to deliver the world’s first low-carbon...

GE to take part in UK’s major offshore wind initiative
16 March 2021 The UK government has announced that two new ports on The Humber...

Three major firms commit to exploring carbon capture
16 March 2021 Ørsted, Aker Carbon Capture, and Microsoft have signed a memorandum...

Electric cars global count rises to 10.9 million
16 March 2021 Electric mobility is gaining momentum. The number of electric cars...

£1 million gravity energy storage demonstrator is taking shape
16 March 2021 Work is reported to be well advanced on a 250 kW demonstrator energy...

Largest-ever last-stage blade for Hinkley Point C
16 March 2021 GE Steam Power reports that it has successfully designed, manufactured...

Gas engines complement CHP in Saarbrücken
16 March 2021 On 10 March a 4x10 axle heavy haulage truck that set off from the...

Wärtsilä to supply energy storage systems for Texas grid
16 March 2021 Wärtsilä is to supply its energy storage technology for two major projects...

New legislation in the aftermath of the ERCOT crisis
09 March 2021 The Texas House of Representatives is making it a priority to target...

Simply Blue Energy launches the Western Star floating offshore wind farm
09 March 2021 Simply Blue Energy, has announced its initiative ‘Western Star’, a...

USA broke its installed wind turbine capacity record in 2020
09 March 2021 In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed...

Sale of Hornsea 1 transmission assets
09 March 2021 Hornsea 1 Ltd, a joint venture owned by Ørsted (50 %) and...

Fortum and RDIF to build Russia’s largest solar array
09 March 2021 Fortum and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is planning to build...

10 MW of generation fuelled by landfill gas to be delivered by Aggreko
09 March 2021 Aggreko has signed a seven-year contract with Brazilian energy company...

Demonstration of subsea wave power
09 March 2021 Scottish wave power company Mocean Energy and energy storage developer...

ACER and ENTSO-E to investigate the 8 January system separation
02 March 2021 National regulators along with the European Agency for the Co-operation...

First commercial operation of GE’s 9HA.02 technology
02 March 2021 GE, CTCI Corporation and Southern Power Generation Sdn Bhd (SPG)...

Industrial plant trial of hydrogen as a GT fuel
02 March 2021 Ineos Group and Engie have announced a pilot project to replace natural...

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia sign SMR MOU
02 March 2021 Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Europe’s largest ‘Power-to-X’ facility to go ahead
02 March 2021 In February Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure...

Wärtsilä invests in direct air capture of CO2
02 March 2021 Wärtsilä has invested a further €1 million in Soletair Power Oy, a...

Coal giant emerges as environmental saint
02 March 2021 The 4 GW Drax complex, once the largest coal fired plant in western...

Extreme weather causes rolling blackouts in Texas
23 February 2021 On the weekend of 13/14 February, a major winter weather system...

Hitachi ABB launches new smart digital substation
23 February 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced the launch of its Smart...

TDK Corp and GenCell to develop new green ammonia production process
23 February 2021 GenCell Energy, an Israel-based manufacturer of fuel cell energy...

C-Capture completes £8m funding round
23 February 2021 C-Capture has completed an £8 million funding round supported by...

Voith wins major orders for pumped storage
23 February 2021 Voith Hydro has been awarded two major orders for pumped storage plants...

Nexans to supply 1 million Windlink cable kits to Vestas
23 February 2021 Nexans has secured a two-year global supply contract with Vestas to...

Vestas launches 15 MW offshore WTG
16 February 2021 Vestas, the market leader in onshore wind, improved its chances of...

National Grid storage trials ‘highly successful’
16 February 2021 Software platform provider Arenko has announced that the Reserve from...

Rolls-Royce on track for 2030 delivery of UK SMR
16 February 2021 Rolls-Royce has almost completed the feasibility stage in the development...

Batteries and pumped storage are 80% efficient
16 February 2021 According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA),...

IXcellerate expands into growing Russian data centre market
16 February 2021 Caterpillar has announced that IXcellerate, a leading data centre operator...

GE aeroderivatives to help retire Martin Drake coal plant
16 February 2021 Colorado Springs Utilities is to purchase and commission six GE...

MHI invests in H2 production
16 February 2021 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on 10 February that it has invested...

Is this a revolution in hydro-power storage?
10 February 2021 British company RheEnergise has invented a low-cost, energy efficient...

Plans confirmed for Britain’s first ‘hydrogen town’
10 February 2021 Britain’s gas grid companies have set out plans to deliver the...

Energy storage system to boost Mexico’s wind power
10 February 2021 Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide a project-critical energy...

Planned hydrogen projects outnumber current projects
09 February 2021 The number of planned or announced hydrogen projects across Europe is...

Singapore’s first virtual power plant
09 February 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to deploy its energy...

Direct air capture ‘is an efficient solution’ – new study
09 February 2021 Climeworks reports that a life cycle assessment by an independent...

Boost for Finnish e-fuel technology
09 February 2021 Commercialisation of the electrofuel (e-fuel) production process...

DNV GL combines its oil & gas with its power & RE businesses
03 February 2021 To help support and accelerate the energy transition, and drive...

GE and BLP Industry.AI to join forces in AI technology
03 February 2021 GE Power Conversion and BLP Industry.AI have signed a Memorandum...

Shell partners with Simply Blue to develop Emerald
03 February 2021 Shell has signed an agreement with Irish developer Simply Blue Energy...

Construction starts at Kriegers Flak offshore array
03 February 2021 Vattenfall reports that on 27 January, the tower, nacelle and blades...

Voith in small hydropower collaboration
02 February 2021 Voith has won an order for the supply and installation of a vertical...

Centrica enters into battery storage agreement
02 February 2021 Alfen has been selected by Centrica Business Solutions, a UK energy...

IFA2 interconnector is open for business
02 February 2021 22 January marked the opening of the new power line, IFA2, linking France...

Wärtsilä and Huaneng Jiangsu sign co-operation agreement
02 February 2021 Wärtsilä and Huaneng Jiangsu, the provincial subsidiary of China...

System separation in Europe – update
27 January 2021 On 8 January 2021 at 14:05 CET the synchronous area of Continental Europe...

Germany’s offshore future ‘challenging’
27 January 2021 New impetus for the German offshore wind industry is needed if it is...

Nordic utilities call for swift revision of EU 2030 legislation
27 January 2021 Fortum, Statkraft and Vattenfall, the three largest Nordic energy...

Shell, MHI, Vattenfall and Wärme Hamburg in 100 MW H2 project
26 January 2021 The four participants are planning how they can jointly produce hydrogen...

£12 million UK-Japan robotics deal for fusion energy
26 January 2021 Britain and Japan have signed a research and technology...

Ørsted takes final investment decision on first H2 project
26 January 2021 Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on the Danish...

Ansaldo wins tender to supply GT to Arvedi
26 January 2021 Ansaldo Energia has been awarded by Gruppo Arvedi a contract for the...

System split in continental Europe – now resolved
20 January 2021 The synchronous area of Continental Europe was split into two separated...

Siemens to focus on offshore green H2 production
20 January 2021 Because it believes that to reach Paris Agreement goals, the world will...

Ørsted signs long-term PPAs for US wind farms
20 January 2021 PepsiCo has agreed to purchase energy from the Haystack and Western...

Gas power projects and LNG import facilities at risk in Asia
20 January 2021 Emerging markets such as Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh that are turning...

Waga and Ferrovial to deliver huge landfill gas-to-biomethane project in Spain
19 January 2021 The Ferrovial Servicios group has contracted Waga Energy to...

UK’s first low carbon H2 production hub
19 January 2021 Essar and Progressive Energy, the developer of HyNet North West, the...

GE deal to add 1 GWe in South Korea
19 January 2021 GE has secured an order expected to deliver more than ! GWe power...

India should plan for post-2030 green hydrogen market
13 January 2021 ‘Green’ hydrogen is expected to become cost competitive with hydrogen...

Ringhals 1 NPP is retired
13 January 2021 The Swedish nuclear power plant, Ringhals 1, was shut down as planned on...

Most of US capacity retirement in 2021 will be nuclear and coal
13 January 2021 According to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA)...

Costain to partner with U-Battery Developments on modular nuke design
12 January 2021 Infrastructure solutions company Costain is collaborating with...

Commercial operation begins at Hitachinaka ultra-supercritical plant
12 January 2021 The 650 MW ultra-supercitical Hitachinaka 650MW Joint Thermal Power...

UK coal phase-out will require gas deployment
12 January 2021 Britain burned more coal in the week beginning 4 January than at any time...

Consortium to investigate offshore H2 production
12 January 2021 The Oyster project, a consortium of ITM Power, Ørsted, Siemens...

Funding for world’s first net zero industrial cluster
06 January 2021 A share of £8 million in government funding will be invested in developing...

First Light Fusion raises $25 million
06 January 2021 First Light Fusion, a UK-based company prominent in researching...

ACWA Power signs agreements for wind power projects in Azerbaijan
06 January 2021 ACWA Power has executed the official agreements for a 240 MW wind...

Wärtsilä and Lihir Gold sign 10-year service agreement
06 January 2021 Wärtsilä has signed a 10-year tailored guaranteed asset performance...

Canada’s hydrogen strategy revealed
05 January 2021 On 29 December Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, Seamus...

500 MW solar power project launched in Uzbekistan
05 January 2021 On 23 December in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s ministry of Energy announced that...

Trials of network storm protection to be carried out
05 January 2021 SP Energy Networks has invested £386 000 to carry out extensive UK trials...

New energy storage project will be one of world’s largest
23 December 2020 Independent energy company InterGen, based in Edinburgh, has been...

Contract for the 174 MW Asahan 3 hydro plant is awarded
23 December 2020 Voith Hydro has been awarded by Mitsubishi Corporation the...

Hitachi ABB launches first HV hybrid switchgear for offshore
23 December 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids' latest high-voltage hybrid switchgear for...

Greencoat to acquire Cloghan and Taghart windfarms
22 December 2020 Greencoat Renewables, the renewable infrastructure company, is to acquire...

LevelTen Energy announces new RE-Store energy agreement
22 December 2020 On 17 December LevelTen Energy announced its new RE-Store Energy...

GenCell Energy to supply long-duration backup power to CFE Mexico
22 December 2020 GenCell Energy, the Israel-based manufacturer of fuel cell energy...

Ansaldo wins €50 m turbine contract in Poland
22 December 2020 Ansaldo Energia has been awarded a contract for the supply of an 80 MW...

UK government to end support for overseas fossil fuel projects
16 December 2020 The UK government has announced that it will end direct support for...

Hitachi ABB Power Grids energises NordLink
16 December 2020 On 9 December Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced energisation of the...

Accenture makes strategic investment in Reactive Technologies
16 December 2020 Accenture has made a strategic investment and formed a strategic...

Permits granted for Vesterhav Syd and Nord
16 December 2020 On 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency approved Vattenfall's...

California needs up to 55 GW of long term storage
15 December 2020 By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a 55 GW of...

Vestas and MHI close partnership agreement
15 December 2020 Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have closed an agreement...

Climate Ambition Summit – hugely encouraging signs for COP26
15 December 2020 At the Climate Ambition Summit held simultaneously in New York, Paris...

Roll-Royce to sell its nuclear I&C business
09 December 2020 Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear...

Siemens developing ‘wind to hydrogen’ project
09 December 2020 Siemens is developing the Brande Hydrogen project, the first in the world...

Vestas wins 534 MW order in Brazil
09 December 2020 Casa dos Ventos, one of the pioneers and larger investors in the...

Ørsted takes FID on 430 MW solar PV project
09 December 2020 Ørsted has taken a final investment decision on the Old 300 Solar...

Gas-fired generation has increased in most US regions
08 December 2020 Natural gas-fired generation has generally increased in most U.S....

Denmark cancels new oil and gas permits
08 December 2020 The Danish parliament has announced that it will cancel all future...

Investment in green hydrogen production ‘set to exceed $1billion USD by 2023’
08 December 2020 The future for ‘green hydrogen’ is becoming clearer according to analysts...

Fusion power plant seeks home in the UK
02 December 2020 The UK government has invited UK regions and communities to put...

Uniper Heyden 4 to close at end 2020
02 December 2020 ‪‪‪‪‪As part of its aim to transform the company and complete...

Andritz to supply FGD plant to Tata Power in India
02 December 2020 Technology group Andritz has received an order from Tata Projects Ltd,...

EDF invites interest in DAC and H2 pilots
02 December 2020 EDF Energy subsidiary Nuclear New Build Generation Co, which owns...

CCS capacity sees 33% increase in 2020 – think tank report
01 December 2020 In findings released by international think tank the Global CCS...

German State to fund energy storage solution
01 December 2020 As part of its ‘progres.nrw’ funding programme, German state...

UK offshore wind pipeline falling short of 2030 target
01 December 2020 The latest figures from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Renewables pipeline...

World’s first 1 MW hydrogen engine begins field testing
01 December 2020 The recent initiation of field testing on the converted combined heat...

Ultra safe micro-nuclear ‘one step closer’
25 November 2020 The Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp reports that it continues to make...

Ansaldo unveils its first home grown GT36
25 November 2020 Ansaldo has achieved what it sees as a major landmark with the...

UK government seeks leadership in CCS
25 November 2020 A major component of the UK government’s recently announced 10-point...

UK’s ‘ambitious’ ten point Green Plan
25 November 2020 On 18 November UK prime minister Boris Johnson set out the...

A European strategy for offshore renewables
25 November 2020 The European Commission has unveiled the EU’s ‘Strategy on Offshore...

ORE Catapult to advance next-G blade manufacture
24 November 2020 The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has outlined its ambition...

GE HA order for Naepo CHP plant
24 November 2020 GE has secured an order to supply power generation equipment for Naepo...

The Biden plan to build a clean energy future
18 November 2020 US president-elect Joe Biden has set out his plans, under the slogan...

Record success in China for Rolls-Royce
18 November 2020 Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has signed agreements for...

The Red Sea Project – aiming at 100 % renewables
18 November 2020 The Red Sea Development Company, the developer of what is said to be...

Siemens Energy to develop energy hub in Afghanistan
17 November 2020 Siemens Energy has signed a multi-phase agreement with Afghanistan...

Power firms to deliver underwater super-highway
17 November 2020 Three of the UK’s largest energy firms have confirmed that they...

R&D in hydrogen delivery – converting a natural gas pipeline
17 November 2020 Politics and business are increasingly turning to hydrogen as...

2020 could be a record year for US WTG build
17 November 2020 According to data collected by the U.S. Energy Information...

Rolls-Royce signs MoU with Exelon for compact NPPs
11 November 2020 Rolls-Royce and Exelon Generation have signed a Memorandum of...

Meghalaya state to modernise grid with ADB loan
11 November 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $132.8 million loan...

GE and Harbin Electric contracted to boost China’s Greater Bay Area transition
11 November 2020 GE has received an order from Chinese state-owned power utility...

UK’s largest battery goes on line
11 November 2020 Gresham House Energy Storage Fund and flexible energy specialist...

Renewables are ‘defying the Covid crisis’ – IEA report
10 November 2020 Renewables will account for almost 90% of the increase in total...

Saft launches new energy storage hub
10 November 2020 Saft has opened a new manufacturing hub for energy storage solutions...

US power sector coal consumption falls dramatically
10 November 2020 From January to June 2020, the power sector consumed 184.8 million short...

Global security of supply – more effort needed
04 November 2020 A new IEA report from the International Energy Agency ‘Power Systems...

UK’s onshore wind pipeline ‘could supply 30 GW by 2030’
04 November 2020 New research by trade body RenewableUK shows that the total capacity...

Germany’s climate targets ‘depend on investment in grids’
04 November 2020 A study by RWTH Aachen University and Frontier Economics has quantified...

Ireland needs to double its RE capacity
04 November 2020 Findings from Cornwall Insight's 'All-Island forward curve' – a market...

ABB’s medium voltage converters gain UL certification
04 November 2020 ABB’s medium voltage PCS6000 converters have been awarded...

Vestas and MHI move closer
03 November 2020 Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed an...

CSP plant breaks African record
03 November 2020 ACWA Power, the prominent Saudi Arabian developer, investor and operator...

GE supplying ST for Australia’s new WtE plant
03 November 2020 GE Steam Power is to supply its renewable steam power technology for a...

50Hertz and Energinet inaugurate world’s first hybrid interconnector
28 October 2020 On 20 October, 50Hertz and the Danish system operator Energinet...

Record minimum demand levels across Australia
28 October 2020 Increasing uptake of rooftop solar (PV) systems coupled with changes...

GE’s Haliade-X WTG prototype reaches 13 MW
28 October 2020 GE Renewable Energy has announced that its Haliade-X prototype, said to...

Launch of Power System Transformation Consortium
27 October 2020 On 20 October during the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in...

Highview Power to develop giga-scale cryogenic energy storage projects
27 October 2020 Highview Power, prominent in long duration energy storage solutions,...

US utility-scale battery storage costs have fallen 70% in three years
27 October 2020 The average energy capacity cost of utility-scale battery storage in...

Vattenfall offers to sell Berlin grid
27 October 2020 Vattenfall has offered to sell to the State of Berlin all its shares...

GE and SB Energy embark on 327 MW wind power project in India
27 October 2020 GE Renewable Energy has been selected by SB Energy to supply, install...

New US record for RE consumption
21 October 2020 In 2019, consumption of renewable energy in the United States grew for...

10th birthday present for Nova Innovation
21 October 2020 Nova Innovation is celebrating its 10th birthday with the...

Energy PPA Price Index reveals Italy’s RE advance
21 October 2020 LevelTen, reportedly the world’s largest renewable energy marketplace,...

Voith awarded Mohmand dam project
21 October 2020 At the end of September China Gezhouba Group Corp and Voith Hydro...

American Hydro to modernise Keokuk plant
20 October 2020 American Hydro, part of Wärtsilä Corporation, has been awarded a...

Hitachi ABB system for IFA2 interconnector
20 October 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids will be delivering its HVDC Light system for the...

Aggreko adds a solar rental option
20 October 2020 Aggreko has added rental solar to its offerings. The 1 MW PV solution...

Can the Covid-19 crisis reshape energy futures?
14 October 2020 It has been a tumultuous year for the global energy system. The...

Record European demand for RE – despite COVID-19
14 October 2020 New statistics from the Association of Issuing Bodies show that the...

GB could be net exporter of power by 2040s
14 October 2020 Interconnection with EU nations, regardless of trading...

Statkraft to double its Brazilian renewables presence
13 October 2020 Statkraft is ready to start construction of its Ventos de Santa Eugenia...

Power plant transition to zero-carbon hydrogen
13 October 2020 Long Ridge Energy Terminal (“Long Ridge”), located in Hannibal, Ohio,...

Baker Botts adds CCUS to its hydrogen practice
13 October 2020 Baker Botts LLP, a prominent international technology and energy law...

Vestas secures ninth intertidal wind project in Vietnam
13 October 2020 Vestas has received an order for a 29 MW wind project from the...

Greece sets ambitious targets to phase out coal by 2028
07 October 2020 Greece has committed €5 billion to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by...

GIG launches distributed energy venture
07 October 2020 Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), Siemens Industry, and...

Mitsubishi to build 1400 MW GTCC PP in Thailand
07 October 2020 Mitsubishi Power, Ltd., a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...

Green ammonia project to be developed
07 October 2020 Ørsted, the prominent offshore wind developer, and Yara, said to be...

Scottish project patents ‘flat pack hydro’
06 October 2020 Carruthers Renewables has teamed up with the University of...

Hornsea Two offshore construction starts
06 October 2020 Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has seen its first...

Global Offshore Wind 2020 - a virtual conference
06 October 2020 RenewableUK ‘s virtual conference and exhibition for the global offshore...

China aims at carbon neutrality before 2060
05 October 2020 China’s president Xi Jinping used his speech on 22 September, at the...

House passes Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
30 September 2020 On 24 September, the US House of Representatives passed HR 4447, the...

Siemens to build CO₂-free hydrogen production plant
30 September 2020 Siemens Smart Infrastructure and WUN H2 GmbH signed a contract to build...

Hitachi ABB to acquire Pioneer Solutions
30 September 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has signed a definitive agreement to acquire...

Vattenfall opens first floating solar farm
30 September 2020 On 25 September Vattenfall officially opened its first floating solar...

Norwegian government launches ‘Longship’ CCS project
30 September 2020 In a White Paper to parliament submitted on 21 September, the...

MAN delivers molten-salt circuit for solar research at DLR
29 September 2020 The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt;...

R-R to supply Bergen gas engines for Australian magnetite mine
29 September 2020 Rolls-Royce and its agent Penske Australia have signed a contract...

bp enters offshore wind market
23 September 2020 Oil giant bp (formerly BP) and Equinor have announced the formation of a...

GE to exit new build coal power market
23 September 2020 GE announced on 21 September that it intends to exit the new build coal...

A new power supply for Bangladesh
23 September 2020 Siemens Energy has won the contract to supply components for a new...

National Grid and TenneT to develop offshore wind links
23 September 2020 National Grid Ventures, the commercial development arm of National Grid...

Hornsea Two SOV launched in Turkey
23 September 2020 Wind energy developer Ørsted launched the latest addition to its fleet...

Ground-breaking carbon capture project
22 September 2020 Engineering major Worley has been awarded a contract to provide the...

Giant contract for a giant WTG
22 September 2020 Recently GE’s Haliade-X wind turbine set a world record by generating 288...

Hitachi abandons Anglesey NPP project
16 September 2020 Hitachi will confirm today, 16 September, that it has finally abandoned...

SP Energy Networks launches its biggest call for flexibility services
16 September 2020 SP Energy Networks in the UK has launched its largest ever tender...

Hitachi ABB wins offshore transformer contract
16 September 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has signed a significant purchase agreement with...

High pressure to ramp up electrification
15 September 2020 The Power Barometer, by European trade body Eurelectric, is a set of...

Hot testing starts at Chernobyl spent-fuel storage
15 September 2020 ‘Hot testing’ has started at the Interim Storage Facility 2 (ISF-2)...

Deep decarbonisation ‘still 15 years away’ – DNV GL forecast
15 September 2020 Although decarbonisation is rising rapidly up the agendas of industry...

GE secures HA GT order for Zainskaya PP
15 September 2020 GE has secured an order to supply power generation equipment for a...

First hydro-solar microgrid in Patagonia
15 September 2020 A run-of-river hydroelectric power station, photovoltaic installation,...

Natrium fast reactor claimed to offer cost savings
08 September 2020 On 2 September TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) launched...

Accelerated build rate required to meet UK Net Zero 2050 target
08 September 2020 A whitepaper by Atkins – a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group – shows...

World-first disaster recovery solution
08 September 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has pioneered what it believes is a...

$3.40 trillion to be invested in Renewables by 2030 – F&S report
08 September 2020 Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, ‘Growth Opportunities...

Siemens and Kineticor advance Canada’s gas policy
08 September 2020 Siemens Energy has been selected to provide its high efficiency gas...

GE wins equipment contract for Hsinta and Taichung projects
08 September 2020 GE International is the successful bidder for the 6500 MW Hsinta and...

$60 million loan from ADB for Uzbekistan hydro
08 September 2020 JSC Uzbekhydroenergo, Uzbekistan’s state hydropower producer and...

New AEM process for hydrogen production
02 September 2020 Chemical engineer Evonik reports that it has developed a novel anion...

Gas engine achieves highest efficiency in its class
02 September 2020 Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new KG-18-T gas engine, fitted with...

Siemens’ big onshore win in Texas
02 September 2020 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded contracts for two...

Emerson to buy Open Systems International Inc.
01 September 2020 Emerson has agreed to acquire Open Systems International for $1.6 billion...

JERA goes for Ishikari public review
01 September 2020 JERA is planning to construct an offshore wind farm off Ishikari...

Vestas wins 409 MW order in Brazil
01 September 2020 Vestas has received a 409 MW order from the joint venture between...

Fabrication starts on Gravitricity’s storage demonstrator
01 September 2020 International winch specialists Huisman have begun fabrication of a...

Rolls-Royce launches Power Lab to drive future technologies
25 August 2020 Rolls-Royce with its Power Systems business has set up a new...

Asnæs wood waste power station inaugurated
25 August 2020 Asnæs power station can now supply green district heating to the Danish...

Wärtsilä to convert Brazilian power plant to gas
25 August 2020 Technology group Wärtsilä has contracted to convert a Brazilian power...

MPS to build full scale demonstrator device in Wales
25 August 2020 Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and obtaining funding from...

First solar plant to deliver grid services
25 August 2020 First Solar Inc. has announced that its 141 MW AC Luz del Norte PV...

World’s first smart fossil-free island
25 August 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ battery energy storage technology is being used...

Siemens first MW green hydrogen project in China
25 August 2020 Siemens Energy and Beijing Green Hydrogen Technology Development Co. Ltd,...

Wind and solar power double their global market share
19 August 2020 Wind and solar power accounted for almost 10% of the world’s...

London buses to become world’s largest vehicle-to-grid site
19 August 2020 A North London bus garage is set to become a 'virtual power...

Vestas secures final order for its largest V150-4.2 MW project in Germany
19 August 2020 Demonstrating the slow and step-by-step growth that currently...

Siemens delivers technology for seventh offshore wind farm connection
19 August 2020 Siemens Energy is to supply a new HVDC connection to the BorWin5...

Electricity demand slump hits Orsted’s earnings
19 August 2020 Danish wind giant Orsted reported an 18% drop in second-quarter earnings...

GE agreement with Walcha Energy to accelerate 500 MW pumped hydro storage project
18 August 2020 GE Renewable Energy and Walcha Energy have signed an agreement to...

Fortum initiates an EIA for Loviisa NPP
18 August 2020 Fortum has initiated an Environmental Impact Assessment procedure for...

Hornsea Two steelwork sets sail from Batam
18 August 2020 On 13th August, the heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz...

Coal-plant retirements in Europe outpace new capacity
12 August 2020 The size of the global coal fleet declined in the first half of 2020 for...

Renewables provided a third of UK electricity in 2019
12 August 2020 Renewable energy sources provided a record 37.1% of the UK’s electricity...

EPRI and GTI launch low-carbon initiative
12 August 2020 The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Gas Technology...

The future of renewables in Northern Ireland
12 August 2020 A Cornwall Insight and Ionic Consulting report that was commissioned by...

Vestas first to reach 100 GW of WTGs under service
12 August 2020 Renewables are on track to become the foundation of the global energy...

46 GW increase in renewables required by 2030
12 August 2020 Forecasts from analyst Cornwall Insight’s ‘Benchmark power curve’...

Elcogen to commercialise SOFC system for Korean market
12 August 2020 Elcogen, the European manufacturer of what is claimed to be the world’s...

NYPA and Siemens cybersecurity collaboration
05 August 2020 The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Siemens Energy have announced a...

MAN outlines restructuring programme
05 August 2020 To maintain its future viability, MAN Energy Solutions has decided on...

Shetland link supplier announced
05 August 2020 Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won the order from Scottish and...

Emerson and MHPS digital collaboration
05 August 2020 Emerson and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas are joining forces...

Modernisation of Kadyrinskaya hydro completed
04 August 2020 Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has announced that the three-year project...

Construction of megabattery gets under way
04 August 2020 Pacific Gas & Electric and Tesla have begun construction of a 182.5 MW/...

Endesa to install 8500 vehicle charging points
04 August 2020 The European Investment Bank and Endesa are joining forces to...

EIB backing for battery gigafactory
03 August 2020 The European Investment Bank has entered into a $350 million loan...

30% growth in global offshore wind projects
29 July 2020 New research published by RenewableUK shows that the global pipeline...

Siemens secures final order to complete Cabo Leones cluster
29 July 2020 Siemens Gamesa has secured a new order from Ibereólica Renovables, a...

Engie, EDPR launch Ocean Winds
28 July 2020 Engie and EDPR have officially launched Ocean Winds (OW), their new...

WindFloat Atlantic powers up
28 July 2020 The 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic floating offshore wind farm is fully...

EGP starts Lily construction
28 July 2020 Enel Green Power (EGP has started construction of the Lily solar +...

PKN completes offshore study
28 July 2020 Polish firm PKN Orlen has completed the environmental study for a...

EIB is backing CCGT in Greece
28 July 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has pledged €125 million of...

TAQA closes on 2.4 GW plant financing
22 July 2020 Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has reached financial close on...

DOE backs flexible CCS
22 July 2020 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $11.5 million in funding...

Ingeteam selected for Whitelee battery
22 July 2020 ScottishPower Renewables, which is part of the Spanish Iberdrola Group,...

Green light for Scottish island link
22 July 2020 UK energy regulator Ofgem has given the go-ahead for the construction of...

Green hydrogen costs falling
22 July 2020 Analysis by IHS Markit suggests that the production of “green” hydrogen...

Vestas secures 101 MW order B&T Wind Farm
22 July 2020 Vestas has been awarded a 101 MW order with AMI AC Renewables Corporation,...

Hybrid LPG/LFO fuelled plant for US Virgin Islands
22 July 2020 Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to deliver a ‘state-of-the-art’...

EU sets out its plans for the energy system of the future
15 July 2020 The European Commission has set out its strategies for achieving...

German government passes coal exit law
15 July 2020 Following an agreement in January resulting from months of talks with...

Polish government revises offshore wind plans
14 July 2020 Poland has revised its draft offshore wind energy regulations to...

E.On sells Innogy’s Czech retail business
14 July 2020 E.On has reached an agreement with MVM Group for the sale of Innogy...

200 MW Wärtsilä plant heads for Andes
14 July 2020 Technology group Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply a 200 MW...

Endesa aims for island decarbonisation
14 July 2020 Endesa has put forward proposals to decarbonise Spain’s island territories...

Poland orders boost Vestas
14 July 2020 Poland has received orders for 166 MW of wind turbine capacity from...

Longest subsea link reaches construction milestone
08 July 2020 National Grid and Statnett report that North Sea Link, a 1.4 GW, 720...

Doosan wins contracts for Gimpo CHP plant
08 July 2020 Doosan has signed dual contracts with Korea Western Power Co. for the...

Magnora and Kustvind to accelerate Sydkustens project
07 July 2020 Norwegian company Magnora and its Swedish partner Kustvind say they...

First turbine spins at SeaMade
07 July 2020 Belgium’s SeaMade offshore wind farm has generated first power. The 487...

Enso and GIG seal 1 GW storage, solar deal
07 July 2020 Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Enso Energy have announced...

Black & Veatch to assist Orbital
07 July 2020 Orbital Marine Power has appointed Black & Veatch as Lead Engineering...

Iberdrola buys into French onshore wind
07 July 2020 Iberdrola has finalised the acquisition of renewable energy company...

Hitachi ABB Power Grids commences operations
03 July 2020 In accordance with the agreement signed in December 2018, Hitachi Ltd and...

Unique free-to-all tidal assessment
01 July 2020 Black & Veatch believes that tidal stream energy has made a further...

Community partnership to build Netherland’s largest onshore wind project
01 July 2020 Windpark Zeewolde B.V., Vestas and Rabobank have closed contracts for...

SuedLink contracts awarded to Prysmian and NKT
01 July 2020 German TSOs TenneT and TransnetBW have selected NKT and Prysmian to...

USA sees falling PV costs
30 June 2020 System costs for solar photovoltaics (PV) are falling rapidly in the...

Drax partners with Mitsubishi to scale up CCS
30 June 2020 Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have confirmed plans to install...

Gore Street bolsters UK portfolio
30 June 2020 Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has secured a 131 MW project portfolio in...

Growing cyber threat to renewable energy assets
30 June 2020 Renewable energy asset owners relying more heavily on digital systems...

Iberdrola moves in on Swedish offshore wind sector
30 June 2020 Iberdrola has signed a deal to make majority acquisitions in eight...

A new giant for the North Sea
24 June 2020 Siemens Gamesa has received a conditional order for 100 units of its...

World’s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage
24 June 2020 Developer Carlton Power has entered into a joint venture agreement...

Industry backs ORE Catapult’s floating offshore wind centre
24 June 2020 Ten of the most prominent offshore energy organisations have joined...

Ideol teams up for international floating venture
23 June 2020 Ideol, JERA and Ademe Investissement have set up an investment...

Denmark approves 4 GW energy island
23 June 2020 Denmark has given the green light for the development of two energy...

Enlight signs up for 312 MW Spanish finance
23 June 2020 Enlight Renewable Energy has secured the finance for the 312 MW Gecama...

Lithuania identifies offshore zone
23 June 2020 The government of Lithuania has identified the location of the...

SSE sets up Viking investment
23 June 2020 SSE Renewables has taken a final investment decision for the 443 MW...

‘Power bridge’ to connect Crete to mainland Greece
16 June 2020 A consortium led by Siemens Gas and Power has been awarded a turnkey...

Ocean Energy wins SELKIE tender
16 June 2020 The SELKIE cross-border project aiming to boost the marine energy industry...

Irsching 4 and 5 gas power plants restarted
16 June 2020 Uniper, N-ERGIE, Mainova and ENTEGA, the owners of the Irsching 5 gas...

Masdar inks 500 MW Uzbek deal
16 June 2020 Renewable energy firm Masdar has signed a deal with the government...

Norway opens offshore wind areas
16 June 2020 Norway has announced plans to open two major offshore wind areas...

Portugal gears up for solar auction
16 June 2020 Portugal is preparing to launch a 700 MW solar tender that it delayed...

Neoen to build largest battery in Nordics
16 June 2020 Neoen has announced plans to build a 30 MW/30 MWh battery energy...

Eneco seals new wind PPA
16 June 2020 A major onshore wind repowering project in the Netherlands has signed a...

Pandemic – a ‘historic shock’ to the global gas market
10 June 2020 The combination of the Covid-19 crisis and an exceptionally mild winter...

Vestas wins two major orders in China
10 June 2020 Vestas has secured a 50 MW order from a new customer, China Three...

Ørsted marks offshore milestone
09 June 2020 Green energy company Ørsted has completed installation of the first of...

Adani clinches ‘record’ 8 GW solar deal
09 June 2020 Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has been awarded a $6 billion contract...

Minesto reports Faroe project progress
09 June 2020 Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the first offshore...

Enercon secures financing for business turnaround
09 June 2020 German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon has secured long-term financing...

‘Revolutionary’ Nova turbine is market ready
09 June 2020 Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has successfully completed a project...

‘One share for two’ Siemens Energy shares
04 June 2020 Siemens AG has published key details of the spin-off of its energy...

Hinkley Point C second reactor base completed
04 June 2020 Work on the 49 000 tonne base for the second reactor at EDF Energy’s...

WindFloat Atlantic approaches the finishing line
04 June 2020 The third and final floating platform of the WindFloat Atlantic offshore...

UK solar giant given go-ahead
04 June 2020 The UK government has granted permission for the construction of a 350...

MHI Vestas inks Seagreen deal
04 June 2020 MHI Vestas has signed a conditional agreement with SSE Renewables to...

Fécamp partners start construction
04 June 2020 EDF, Enbridge and wpd have started construction of the Fécamp offshore...

EDF buys into Chinese offshore wind projects
04 June 2020 French group EDF has sealed its commitment to the growing Chinese...

New report highlights crucial role of renewable hydrogen in UK
27 May 2020 Renewable hydrogen has a key role to play in the UK’s successful...

German government may take a share in TenneT
27 May 2020 TSO Tennet and the Dutch and German governments are reported to be...

Nexans wins Crete connector contract
27 May 2020 Nexans has been awarded a €1.6bn contract to design, manufacture and...

Tauron delays Jaworzno start up
27 May 2020 Polish energy company Tauron has delayed commercial operations at its 910...

EDL commissions 56 MW Australian hybrid
27 May 2020 Global energy firm EDL has completed the 56 MW Agnew hybrid renewable...

Court rejects appeal over Drax plans
27 May 2020 Britain’s High Court has ruled that planning permission granted to...

Commission green lights biomass scheme
27 May 2020 The European Commission has approved a state aid scheme designed to...

Wind sector tackles recycling
27 May 2020 Europe’s wind energy sector says that innovation and cross-industry...

Siemens launches a new offshore giant
20 May 2020 Siemens Gamesa has announced the development of a 14 MW SG 14-222 DD...

EDP sells two Spanish plants
20 May 2020 Portugal’s EDP has agreed to sell two Spanish combined-cycle gas...

Historic decision for CO2 storage
20 May 2020 Equinor, Shell and Total have decided to invest in the Northern...

Vattenfall launches 1.225 MWh battery pack
20 May 2020 Vattenfall and Northvolt has launched a new battery energy storage...

ADB finances Thai wind and battery project
20 May 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a THB235.55 million...

EPH to build new gas capacity at Kilroot
20 May 2020 Czech-based power company Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding (EPH)...

German government reaches agreement on distance rule
20 May 2020 Germany’s coalition government says that it will be up to individual...

Wärtsilä and Uniper plan Bremen CHP
20 May 2020 Wärtsilä and Uniper have been contracted to deliver a 105 MW combined...

Vestas breaks WTG installation record
13 May 2020 Vestas has become the first wind turbine manufacturer to install more than...

BP explores Oz hydrogen investment
13 May 2020 BP has announced plans to start a feasibility study into a green...

Floating wind players join new committee
13 May 2020 Several leading players in the growing floating offshore wind energy...

Germany expands its offshore wind ambitions
13 May 2020 Germany has pledged to expand its offshore wind target for 2030 from 15 GW...

690 MW Nevada solar-storage project approved
13 May 2020 The US federal government has given final approval for the...

Gravitricity to build its first gravity storage demonstrator
13 May 2020 Edinburgh energy storage start-up Gravitricity has signed a land...

Bombora and ORE Catapult to develop co-located floating renewables
13 May 2020 Wave energy developer Bombora has joined forces with the Offshore...

MAN steam turbines for CHP plant in Leipzig
13 May 2020 MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded the contract for two MST050...

Eneco joins the PosHYdon project
06 May 2020 Eneco has joined as a partner in Neptune Energy’s PosHYdon hydrogen...

Sengwa project is making progress
06 May 2020 Rio Energy has announced that China Gezhouba Group Corp (CGGC) will assist...

Valmet wins Polish biomass conversion
06 May 2020 Valmet has received an order from Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin...

Wärtsilä to deliver 70 MW California storage
06 May 2020 Technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver a 70 MW energy storage and...

Dutch assess subsidy-free offshore tender
06 May 2020 Holland’s Enterprise Agency (RVO) is assessing “multiple”...

Wärtsilä gas engines to burn 100% hydrogen
05 May 2020 The technology group Wärtsilä reports that it is developing the...

Solar PV continues its upward trend
05 May 2020 The IEA solar section, PVPS, published its latest ‘Snapshot’ report on...

Covid-19: energy demand and emissions fall across Europe
05 May 2020 Research from analyst Cornwall Insight has investigated the impact on...

TGP signs up WPD for 600 MW wind array
29 April 2020 Taiwan Green Power (TGP) and WPD have signed an agreement jointly to...

Valmet on target in Tampere
29 April 2020 Valmet has won a contract to deliver a biomass boiler plant to...

Greencoat UK buys 240 MW wind farm
29 April 2020 Greencoat UK Wind and Vattenfall have sealed a partnership to build the...

IRENA calls for “resilient’ renewable recovery
29 April 2020 The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says that a continued...

Mongolia wins ADB support
29 April 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support the uptake of renewable...

Ofgem approves 600 MW Shetland link
29 April 2020 Ofgem has approved a proposal by Scottish and Southern Electricity...

Japanese power segment's first dual-fuel engines
29 April 2020 MAN Energy Solutions has been commissioned by Kawasaki Heavy Industries...

ORE Catapult testing resumes
29 April 2020 The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre...

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ABB partners with China’s state grid
22 April 2020 ABB’s Power Grids business has won several major orders to supply...

Renewables’ share rises to all-time high in Germany
22 April 2020 Renewables covered around 52% of gross power consumed in Germany during...

Shell outlines its net zero ambitions
21 April 2020 Oil giant Shell has made a pledge to cut emissions from its operations to...

Sweden closes its last coal plant
21 April 2020 Sweden has closed its last coal-fired power plant, making it the...

Uzbekistan makes 100 MW wind call
21 April 2020 Uzbekistan’s government has issued a request for proposals for a 100...

Vattenfall inks HKZ grid connection agreement
21 April 2020 Vattenfall and TenneT have signed an agreement for the offshore...

Wärtsilä wins LatAm contracts
21 April 2020 Wärtsilä has been awarded full EPC contracts for two power plants in...

Virginia accelerates energy transition
15 April 2020 Virginia’s governor has signed legislation aimed at accelerating the...

Siemens Gamesa restarts production in Spain
15 April 2020 Siemens Gamesa has been able to restart production at its production sites...

ITM and Ørsted investigate H2 technology options
15 April 2020 ITM Power and Ørsted have embarked on a design project integrating a...

Eskom curtails wind energy
15 April 2020 Wind energy operators in South Africa are seeking legal advice after...

Developers boost Morlais tidal ambitions
15 April 2020 Three tidal stream turbine developers have agreed to deploy technology at...

MHPS syncs T-Point 2 to the grid
15 April 2020 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has begun the commissioning phase of...

GE to supply HA combined cycle units to Dolna Odra
15 April 2020 GE is to supply two high-efficiency and low emission power units for...

First fire achieved for first SGT6-9000HL
08 April 2020 Siemens Energy has achieved a major milestone for its HL class engine...

Vestas to supply Japan’s first major offshore project
08 April 2020 Vestas is to supply 33 V117-4.2MW typhoon variant turbines for the...

GWEC sets up Covid-19 response hub
08 April 2020 The GWEC hub has been set up to co-ordinate information and responses to...

Renewables outpaced fossil fuels in 2019
08 April 2020 New data shows that renewable energy continues to outpace fossil fuels...

French auction schedule is revised
08 April 2020 The French government has revised its schedule for upcoming renewable...

Greek auction boosts Quantum’s momentum
07 April 2020 Quantum Energy and Enora have secured the only contract for onshore...

Innogy plans Kaskasi build
07 April 2020 Innogy has paved the way for the construction of its third German...

Market turbulence delays Portuguese auction
07 April 2020 Portugal’s government has postponed a 700 MW solar PV tender planned for April.

Covid-19: power demand is recovering in China
01 April 2020 A report from IHS Markit suggests that China, which has experienced...

Vestas secures fourth intertidal wind project in Vietnam
01 April 2020 Vestas has secured its fourth intertidal project in Vietnam with a 29...

Siemens’ first order for 170-metre rotor onshore turbine
01 April 2020 Siemens will deliver eight units of its SG 5.8-170 to Danish developer...

Acciona to build giant wind farm in Queensland
01 April 2020 Acciona has announced plans to start construction of a 1026 MW wind farm...

Covid-19 – UK Energy sector seeks coronavirus support
01 April 2020 Energy companies in the UK have asked the government for financial backing...

Eni commissions its first wind project
01 April 2020 Italian oil firm Eni has commissioned its first wind farm, the 48 MW...

Iberdrola and EDF plan floating wind demo
01 April 2020 Iberdrola and EDF have announced plans to build a floating offshore...

Covid-19 – production lines critical, says WindEurope
01 April 2020 WindEurope has called on European governments to allow continued operation...

Growth in energy storage slowing – new report
25 March 2020 A new report from EASE and Delta-EE shows that that the European...

Support for USA’s largest offshore wind project
25 March 2020 Ramboll has been chosen by Dominion Energy to support development...

IEA calls for clean energy response in wake of COVID-19 crisis
25 March 2020 The International Energy Agency says that governments should put clean...

Coronavirus drives wind market downgrade
25 March 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is expected to have a widespread impact on...

European tidal generation jumps 50 %
25 March 2020 European tidal stream projects generated 50 per cent more electricity in...

Foresight and Belltown join forces
25 March 2020 Foresight Group and Belltown power have created a joint venture to...

Offshore wind sees record 2019
25 March 2020 The global offshore wind industry installed a record 6.1 GW of new...

TEPCO and Ørsted form offshore wind JV
18 March 2020 TEPCO and Ørsted are to form a joint venture company, Choshi Offshore...

Fortum’s majority investment in Uniper cleared
18 March 2020 The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has informed Fortum that the...

CBI seeks research bids
18 March 2020 The Consortium for Battery Innovation (CBI) has issued a new request...

Hywind clears state aid hurdle
18 March 2020 The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has given the green light for...

Pandemic 'is delaying wind supply chains'
18 March 2020 he current Covid-19 pandemic is likely to result in delays in the...

MHPS set for IPA hydrogen build
18 March 2020 USA-based Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) has awarded Mitsubishi...

RTE announces capacity market results
18 March 2020 French transmission operator RTE has announced the winners of 7-year...

'Net Zero by 2050 is possible’ – Energy Systems Catapult
11 March 2020 A new report by the Energy Systems Catapult has found that a UK target...

Uzbekistan shortlists 54 solar bidders
11 March 2020 Uzbekistan’s government has shortlisted 54 companies interested in bidding...

LIPA launches battery tender
11 March 2020 The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) has kicked off a tender to...

Iberdrola ramps up Saint Brieuc control
11 March 2020 Iberdrola has signed a deal to take full control of French offshore wind...

Elecnor wins Ghent biomass contract
11 March 2020 Elecnor is to build a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in the...

EIB backs Pomeranian wind farm
11 March 2020 Ignitis Group has signed a financing deal with the European Investment...

Green hydrogen refinery to be built in Rotterdam
11 March 2020 CEA, Neste, Paul Wurth, ENGIE and Sunfire have announced a...

Breakthrough in ceramic fuel cell technology
04 March 2020 Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have discovered a new family...

Iren signs €180 m Turbigo CCGT extension contract
04 March 2020 Iren S.p.A. has signed an EPC contract with Ansaldo Energia for a 430...

Drax to end coal generation
04 March 2020 Drax has announced plans to end coal generation at its Yorkshire power...

E.On plans Malmö deep heat plant
04 March 2020 E.On has announced plans to build a €5.4 million deep geothermal power...

NortH2 green hydrogen project takes shape
04 March 2020 A consortium of Gasunie, Groningen Seaports and Shell Nederland has...

Polish associations work on sector agreement
04 March 2020 Two Polish wind energy associations are joining forces to create an...

UK plans back onshore wind and solar
04 March 2020 The UK government has confirmed plans to once again allow onshore wind...

Terna initiates power system upgrade
27 February 2020 Ansaldo Energia and ABB have won a 70 million euro order from Terna...

Uniper sells stake in Schkopau lignite-fired PP
27 February 2020 Uniper has signed an agreement with Saale Energie GmbH (Saale Energie)...

Uzbekistan seeks solar investment EoI
26 February 2020 Uzbekistan is looking for developers interested in building up to 400 MW...

Sumitomo backs Highview tech
26 February 2020 Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced a $46 million investment...

Pivot order boosts Wärtsilä
26 February 2020 Pivot Power has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä to deliver...

UK funds hydrogen plants
26 February 2020 The UK government has announced £30 million of funding for five...

IEA reviews German energy policies
26 February 2020 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has praised Germany’s efforts...

Global carbon dioxide emissions flatlined in 2019 – IEA
19 February 2020 The latest data provides grounds for optimism that emissions can...

First Cummins gas gen in a greenhouse setting
19 February 2020 Belgian horticultural company Varegro is using a Cummins HSK78G gas...

EFW project reaches financial close
19 February 2020 The partners behind a 42 MW energy from waste (EFW) project in the UK...

MHI Vestas wins 300 MW Taiwan contract
19 February 2020 MHI Vestas has been selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the 300...

Construction of Karakurt dam completed
19 February 2020 Energo-Pro reports that it has started filling the reservoir of the...

Europe 'falling short on wind' – Wind Europe
19 February 2020 European countries are not building enough wind energy capacity to...

Alberta green-lights 900 MW at Cascade
19 February 2020 Authorities in Canada’s Alberta province have given the go-ahead for...

ABB pioneers new Statcom technology
13 February 2020 ABB’s Power Grids business has completed the installation of the...

Assystem awarded  ITER contract
13 February 2020 Assystem, the world’s second largest nuclear engineering organisation,...

EU project to develop improved turbine design
12 February 2020 An EU-funded project has been launched to help improve the performance...

Total targets 2 GW in Spain
12 February 2020 Total has announced plans to build 2 GW of solar energy capacity in Spain.

Neoen preps for Culcairn build
12 February 2020 French renewables developer Neoen has submitted the Environmental...

Equinor launches climate roadmap
12 February 2020 Equinor has pledged to expand its renewable energy portfolio tenfold over...

Cambodia green lights new coal capacity
12 February 2020 Cambodia is set to start building almost 1 GW of new coal-fired...

Record decline in EU power plant emissions in 2019
06 February 2020 In 2019, the EU electricity sector emitted 12 % less CO2 than in 2018,...

Americas wind installations have risen 12%
06 February 2020 The latest data released by the GWEC shows that 13 427 MW of wind...

Total offloads French renewables
05 February 2020 French oil major Total has sold a 50 per cent stake in a 143 MW portfolio...

New partner joins Estonian offshore venture
05 February 2020 International offshore contractor Van Oord has signed an agreement with...

French PPE boosts offshore wind ambition
05 February 2020 The French government has proposed more ambitious targets for offshore...

EBRD funds Kiyikoy expansion
05 February 2020 The EBRD is funding a project to expand the Kiyikoy wind farm in...

Elgin funds UK developments
05 February 2020 Elgin Energy has secured £4.7 million of capital from Irish investors for...

Fortum to close its last CHP coal boiler in Stockholm
29 January 2020 Fortum's will close its last coal-fired boiler for electricity and...

Voith Hydro to carry out Bridge River generator replacement
29 January 2020 BC Hydro has awarded a contract for work on the Bridge River Powerhouse...

MHI Vestas installs flagship WTG prototype
29 January 2020 MHI Vestas has completed installation of a 9.5 MW turbine prototype at...

Wessex Archaeology launches offshore venture
29 January 2020 Archaeological services firm Wessex Archaeology has launched a new...

Wärtsilä wins SE Asian storage contract
29 January 2020 Wärtsilä has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...

Planners approve Greengate solar farm
29 January 2020 Local planners in Alberta, Canada, have given the go-ahead for...

Galp takes the lead in Iberian solar
29 January 2020 Portuguese oil and gas firm Galp has sealed a deal to acquire 2.9 GW of...

Cost is ‘biggest barrier’ for vehicle-to-grid electrification
23 January 2020 The London based ‘Vehicle-to-grid’ (V2G) demonstrator project, E-Flex, on...

Germany sets 2038 deadline for end of coal
23 January 2020 Germany’s government has reached agreement with regional leaders on...

Total pioneers solar in Qatar
23 January 2020 Total has won a contract to develop Qatar’s first large-scale solar power plant.

Poland pushes new wind rules
23 January 2020 Poland has published a draft of a much-anticipated law designed to...

French 'floater' crowdfund reaches €1 million
23 January 2020 Developers behind a pilot floating wind farm off the coast of France...

DP Energy signs Iberdrola for 320 MW Aussie hybrid
23 January 2020 Iberdrola and DP Energy have announced plans to partner on the...

IEA launches first in-depth review of India’s energy policies
15 January 2020 The IEA's findings show that the country has made considerable progress...

US launches energy storage challenge
15 January 2020 The US DOE has launched an energy storage “challenge” to accelerate...

Statkraft rolls out Ireland’s first energy storage project
15 January 2020 Fluence and Statkraft are preparing to commission Ireland’s first...

EDF unveils 110 MW wind farm plan
15 January 2020 EDF Renewables has announced plans to build a 110 MW subsidy-free...

Solarcentury secures funding
15 January 2020 Solar power firm Solarcentury has secured €54.8 million of funding for...

European Energy sets its sights on UK pipeline
15 January 2020 European Energy and Armstrong Capital Management have formed a joint...

MHPS ends with boiler settlement
09 January 2020 MHI and Hitachi have settled their dispute relating to problematic...

WindFloat powers up
08 January 2020 The world’s largest floating offshore wind turbines have started...

Three UK firms will pay £10.5 million blackout fine
08 January 2020 Three energy companies in the UK have agreed to pay fines totalling...

FATA starts Zagreb CCGT build
08 January 2020 Italy’s FATA has started the construction of a new gas-fired combined...

Estonia launches permit process for offshore wind
08 January 2020 The Estonian government has initiated the construction permit procedure...

Danish government backs hydrogen demo
08 January 2020 Orsted and a group of industrial partners will build a 2 MW...

MAN to provide PP for Bolivian iron ore mine
08 January 2020 MAN E S is supplying ten MAN 20V35/44G gas engines to supply electricity...

Siemens is preferred supplier for 2.64 GW US offshore wind project
08 January 2020 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been named as the preferred WTG...

Vattenfall’s last coal power plant in the Netherlands is closed down
08 January 2020 Vattenfall's last coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands, Hemweg 8...

Go-ahead for major tidal project in Nova Scotia
18 December 2019 Nova Innovation has landed its largest project to date – it has received...

Aggreko signs new hybrid plant contract
18 December 2019 Aggreko has signed a 16 year contract with mining company Resolute to...

GE celebrates 100 years of supplying synchronous condensers
18 December 2019 GE is celebrating 100 year anniversary of the supply of its first...

Power sector dampens global coal demand
18 December 2019 Coal-fired power generation is set to experience its largest ever decline...

New York switches site from gas to battery power
18 December 2019 The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has signed...

Lekela connects PETN to the grid
18 December 2019 African renewable energy developer Lekela has connected its 159 MW...

Major banks join the anti-fossil ranks
18 December 2019 Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse have joined the growing list of...

EBRD funds 105 MW wind farm for Kosovo
17 December 2019 The EBRD has agreed funding of €58 million for the 105 MW Bajgora wind...

PKN Orlen launches Energa takeover
11 December 2019 The Polish utility has announced plans to take over local utility Energa.

Enerparc seals solar PPA
11 December 2019 Enerparc has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Statkraft...

Invenergy confirms Colombian partnership
11 December 2019 Invenergy has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Colombian...

Engie boosts growth with Renvico acquisition
11 December 2019 Engie has invested in a 329 MW wind farm portfolio in Italy and France.

EDF accelerates growth of its renewables portfolio
11 December 2019 French energy major EDF has achieved a 70 % increase in gross...

Drax sets out its carbon-negative ambitions
11 December 2019 UK generator Drax says it wants to become the world’s first...

Increase in renewables not enough to meet climate change goals – EIU report
09 December 2019 On 4 December the Economist Intelligence Unit launched its Industries in...

FRV plans Australian solar-battery project
09 December 2019 Renewable energy developer FRV has submitted plans for the construction of...

Covestro signs 10 year PPA for Borkum Riffgrund output
04 December 2019 Covestro has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy...

EDF delays restart of Cruas NPP over safety fears
04 December 2019 French energy major EDF has delayed the restart of unit 2 at its...

Russia is developing a molten salt reactor
04 December 2019 Rosatom has the start of the construction of a molten salt research...

ESB takes stake in 450 MW offshore wind farm
04 December 2019 ESB says it has reached a “milestone” in its low carbon business...

Vattenfall sets its sights on floating solar
04 December 2019 Vattenfall is to build its first floating solar farm in the Netherlands,...

Edison to build 760 MW CCGT plant in Italy
04 December 2019 Edison is to build a natural gas fired combined cycle power plant...

Siemens’ most powerful offshore WTG to be installed by Vattenfall
27 November 2019 Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa have agreed to extend the Hollandse Kust...

EDF to sell its stake in US nuclear JV
27 November 2019 French utility EDF is exercising the ‘put option’ to sell its 49.99% stake...

GIG buys US solar-storage specialist
27 November 2019 Green Investment Group (GIG) has completed the acquisition of Savion, a...

Engie gains consent for 100 MW battery storage
27 November 2019 Authorities in Ireland have given the go-ahead for construction of a 100...

Philippines awards Palawan contract
27 November 2019 The Philippines government has given the go-ahead for the construction of...

Vestas seals Kazakhstan deal
27 November 2019 Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured an order to deliver 48...

Neoen and Tesla expand the Hornsdale battery storage
27 November 2019 Neoen has announced plans to expand its Hornsdale Power Reserve...

French government unveils 1 GW offshore wind plan
20 November 2019 The French government has announced plans for the development of a 1...

HL-class power island for South Korea
20 November 2019 Siemens has contracted to set up an HL-class power island for a new...

EIB announces climate strategy and energy lending policy
20 November 2019 The European Investment Bank has announced a new lending policy to...

Iberdrola selects Australia for Asia-Pacific launch
20 November 2019 Spanish major Iberdrola has selected a site in Australia for its...

Mitsui invests in Thai gas plant
20 November 2019 Mitsui & Co. is to go ahead with investment in a gas-fired combined...

Orsted kicks off solar-storage project
20 November 2019 Orsted has started construction of a 460 MW utility-scale...

‘Deep disparities in the global energy  system’ – IEA report
13 November 2019 Rapid and widespread changes across all parts of the energy system are...

Formosa 1 offshore wind array inaugurated
13 November 2019 On 12 November Ørsted celebrated the inauguration of its Formosa 1...

YEKA production line poised to start
13 November 2019 A Siemens-Türkerler-Kalyon consortium is preparing to launch operations at...

Poland drafts offshore wind bill
13 November 2019 Poland’s government has drafted a bill to support the development of...

Taiwan increases targets for offshore wind
13 November 2019 The Taiwan government has outlined new targets for offshore wind capacity.

Masdar pens deal for Uzbek solar
13 November 2019 Masdar has signed a deal to build a 100 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm...

AES signs Son My 2 MOU
13 November 2019 US energy firm AES has signed an agreement with the Vietnamese government...

'Climate goals at risk' – Capgemini report
06 November 2019 Capgemini’s latest World Energy Markets Observatory (WEMO) report has...

First use of HVDC for offshore WTG link
06 November 2019 ABB is to supply its HVDC Light converter systems to connect what will be...

Shell buys into offshore wind
06 November 2019 Oil giant Shell has signed an agreement to buy 100 % of Eolfi, a...

EDF acquires Pivot
06 November 2019 EDF Group has accelerated its development of battery storage and...

RWE buys Polish wind pipeline
05 November 2019 RWE has purchased a 1.5 GW offshore wind project pipeline in Poland.

Massachusetts opts for Mayflower
05 November 2019 The US state of Massachusetts has selected a bid from Mayflower Wind...

Kvaerner and Siemens win Hywind contracts
05 November 2019 Equinor has signed contracts worth a total NOK3.3 billion for the...

Offshore wind 'set for growth' – IEA
30 October 2019 Offshore wind is set to play a major role in the world’s energy mix...

WindFloat Atlantic sets sail
30 October 2019 The largest and most powerful wind turbine to be used in a floating...

Seagreen picks out MHI Vestas
30 October 2019 Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd has selected MHI Vestas as its preferred...

Military blocks Taggen wind farm
30 October 2019 Plans for a 300 MW wind farm off the coast of Sweden have been...

Multi-turbine floater completes tests
30 October 2019 The W2Power prototype, the first multi-turbine floating wind platform,...

South Africa to boost renewables
30 October 2019 South Africa's government has outlined its strategy to build over 22 GW...

1200 MW Park City Wind proposal
23 October 2019 Vineyard Wind has submitted proposals for a 1200 MW offshore wind project...

GE expands its SF6-free HV portfolio
23 October 2019 GE has announced plans to invest heavily in expanding by 2025 its range...

Asia set for wind energy growth
23 October 2019 Wind energy capacity in Asia could grow from 230 GW to over 2600 GW by...

Sembcorp powers up UK storage sites
23 October 2019 Sembcorp’s UK business has powered up its first 60 MW of “ultra-fast”...

PG&E cuts power to avoid possibility of wildfires
23 October 2019 California’s largest power utility cut power to hundreds of thousands of...

Irsching 4 and 5 to be decommissioned – again
23 October 2019 The owners of the Irsching 4 and 5 gas-fired power plants have notified...

EBRD reviews Quadran loans
23 October 2019 The EBRD is considering lending its support for the development,...

Engie wins Guam solar-storage deal
23 October 2019 Guam’s state electricity company has hired Engie to build two...

Goodbye to Reuter Unit C
16 October 2019 After 50 years of operation, the Reuter CHP plant Unit C in Berlin is...

Queensland OKs 180 MW wind farm
16 October 2019 Plans for a 180 MW wind farm in Australia’s Queensland state have been...

Renewables grow in Ukraine
15 October 2019 Rapid renewable energy growth will help to boost energy security in...

UK universities clinch PPA deal
15 October 2019 Twenty UK universities have joined together to agree a £50 million...

French floater selects MHI Vestas
15 October 2019 The developers behind the Groix & Belle-Ile pilot floating offshore wind...

Drax gas plans permitted
15 October 2019 The UK government has approved plans by Drax to convert two of its...

Cubico sets its sights on Colombian solar
15 October 2019 Cubico is to develop a 400 MW solar photovoltaic platform in Colombia...

More certainty needed to ensure wind industry growth
15 October 2019 WindEurope has called for more action from governments to secure...

Fortum to acquire majority stake in Uniper
09 October 2019 Fortum has entered into agreements to acquire a new stake in Uniper in...

Cottam closes down after 50 years
09 October 2019 The Cottam coal fired power station has switched off its generating plant...

Belchatow met with legal challenge
09 October 2019 Environmental group Client Earth has launched a legal challenge...

Dominion files grid application for 2.6 GW project
09 October 2019 US utility Dominion Energy has filed an application with a...

Eskom embarks on energy storage tender
09 October 2019 Eskom has started a process to procure up to 1.4 GWh of energy storage,...

Macquarie lays out 20 GW GIG investment plan
09 October 2019 The Green Investment Group has outlined plans to develop 20 GW of...

RWE promises fossil fuel phase-out
09 October 2019 Major German utility RWE has outlined plans to invest €1.5 billion per...

Aggreko 'teed off' at 2019 Solheim Cup
25 September 2019 Aggreko, the mobile modular power provider, was contracted to provide on...

Orsted to merge large offshore projects
20 September 2019 Orsted has announced that it intends to merge some of its wind farm...

Ofgem approves new Scottish island interconnector
20 September 2019 A proposed 220 MW transmission link connecting the Orkney Islands and...

KCE brings NY storage plant on-line
20 September 2019 The largest battery energy storage system in New York has been...

Ovo seals SSE retail deal
20 September 2019 Ovo Energy is set to become the second-largest energy supplier in the...

Commission approves RWE-E.On deal
20 September 2019 German utility E.On says that it will “swiftly” integrate Innogy into...

Final report on UK power blackouts
16 September 2019 The TSO's final report into the UK's power blackout on 9 August has...

German government calls wind sector crisis meeting
15 September 2019 Germany’s federal government has pledged to make reforms to boost...

Onshore wind ready for upgrade
15 September 2019 Some 65 GW of onshore wind turbine capacity in Europe will reach...

Neoen plans hybrid mega-plant in Australia
15 September 2019 Renewable energy developer Neoen is developing plans for a...

Lumcloon Energy starts work on Irish storage plant
15 September 2019 An Irish-South Korean partnership has started building the largest...

Lithuania outlines auction plans
15 September 2019 Lithuania’s government has outlined plans to hold renewable energy...

Orbital Marine wins funding
04 September 2019 The Scottish government has awarded £3.4 million to Orbital Marine Power...

Coal fired generation in the UK at a new low
04 September 2019 The proportion of power generated by coal fired plant in the UK hit a...

World’s largest offshore windfarm project opens new base
04 September 2019 Ørsted has officially opening its Hornsea Two Offshore Construction Base...

Pondera wins Korean offshore wind project
04 September 2019 Dutch based engineering consultancy Pondera and Korean engineering...

Oman outlines hybrid tender
04 September 2019 Oman’s Rural Areas Electricity Company has launched a tender to procure...

Port Dickson plant reaches COD
04 September 2019 The first of two new 1000 MW coal-fired power plants in Port...

Victoria legislates for renewables
04 September 2019 Australia’s Victoria state is set to enshrine ambitious renewable...

Carbon Trust launches new stage of ORJIP Offshore Wind
28 August 2019 The Carbon Trust has launched Stage 2 of its Offshore Renewable...

GE completes GT upgrade at Songas Ubungo PP
28 August 2019 Upgrades to the GE fleet of four gas turbines at the Songas Ubungo...

Ansaldo wins Irsching contract
28 August 2019 Ansaldo Energia has been awarded an EPC contract for the design, supply...

Legal challenge delays UK auction
27 August 2019 The UK’s latest renewable energy auction has been delayed by a...

Energy Vaults closes $110 million funding
27 August 2019 Switzerland-based Energy Vault has closed a $110 million funding round...

Castle Wind signs MOU for I GW floating wind farm
27 August 2019 US offshore wind developer Castle Wind has signed a memorandum...

Fingrid strengthens its grid ties
27 August 2019 Fingrid has announced plans to strengthen the electricity...

Ofgem launches investigation into UK power blackouts
21 August 2019 Ofgem, the UK’s electricity industry regulator, has launched an...

EIA ruling delays Vineyard wind scheme
21 August 2019 The shareholders in the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm project...

India issues 1.2 GW tender
21 August 2019 India has invited renewable energy project developers to submit bids in a...

Vattenfall adds solar and storage at Haringvliet
21 August 2019 Vattenfall is to develop its first hybrid wind-solar-storage energy park...

Oman's first large wind farm comes on-line
21 August 2019 Oman’s first utility-scale wind farm has started supplying electricity to...

Lightsource wins in Brazil auction
21 August 2019 Lightsource BP has won a concession to build 200 MW of solar power...

Larne CAES plans withdrawn
21 August 2019 The bankrupt firm behind plans for a large-scale compressed air...

Ireland’s renewables investment to boom
14 August 2019 Ireland is expected to attract huge investment as the country is set to...

Blackout "lessons to be learned"
14 August 2019 At about 17:00 BST on Friday, 9 August the UK suffered power blackouts...

Orbital Marine Power awards O2 contract
14 August 2019 Orbital Marine Power has awarded the main manufacturing contract for...

ABB delivers for China’s solar energy programme
14 August 2019 ABB has been awarded the contract to deliver an integrated...

Siemens – two new wind contracts in India
14 August 2019 Siemens Gamesa has secured its first order in India with Alfanar for...

UK market revival is “crucial for E.ON”
14 August 2019 E.ON SE has reported a steep fall in its adjusted Earnings Before...

Renewables "will comprise 50% of Chile’s power mix by 2030"
09 August 2019 Renewable energy is expected to comprise 50% of Chile’s power mix by...

MAN builds hydrogen energy storage team
09 August 2019

Mainstream installs first Taiba N’Diaye turbine
09 August 2019 Mainstream Renewable Power has completed installation of the first turbine...

Irish planners reject Shannonbridge biomass plan
09 August 2019 The developers of an ESB power plant in Offaly, Ireland, has been...

French court clears offshore wind farm
09 August 2019 French offshore wind energy developer Ailes Marines is on track to...

Argentina contracts renewables in mini-auction
08 August 2019 The Argentinian government has awarded 128 MW of wind energy capacity and...

Prysmian’s Viking link contract confirmed
08 August 2019 Following the letter of award sent two weeks ago, National Grid Viking...

Storage investments boom
05 August 2019 Energy storage installations around the world will multiply...

UK government considers investment in SMR
05 August 2019 The UK government is considering investing up to £18 million to help...

Poland paves the way for onshore wind
05 August 2019 Poland's government is set to hold auctions for up to 2.5 GW of onshore...

Ncondezi Energy signs up CMEC and GE
05 August 2019 Plans for the construction of an integrated thermal coal power plant and...

RWE closes Aberthaw coal fired PP
05 August 2019 RWE has announced plans to close the 1560 MW Aberthaw B coal fired...

Senvion accelerates business review
05 August 2019 WTG maker Senvion reports that discussions with potential bidders for...

WSP appointed on first Saudi Arabia wind farm
02 August 2019 Engineering consultancy WSP has been appointed as owner’s engineer for...

EIB to cut all funding for fossil fuel projects
30 July 2019 The European Investment Bank has undertaken to end its multibillion...

Europe adds 4.9 GW of wind in H1 2019
30 July 2019 Europe added 4.9 GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of...

DNV GL launches new LIDAR based project
30 July 2019 DNV GL is calling on wind energy stakeholders to join a new Joint...

Australia OKs CAES
30 July 2019 Plans for a 5 MW/10 MWh compressed air energy storage facility in...

NY seals offshore wind deals
30 July 2019 The US state of New York has signed landmark agreements to procure 1700 MW...

EDF and Masdar close finance on Dumat Al Jandal
30 July 2019 A consortium of EDF and Masdar has closed financing on the Dumat Al...

Australia backs solar-storage plan
30 July 2019 Australia’s Northern Territory government has given major project status to...

2.1 GW floating solar plant in the mix for Korea
30 July 2019 South Korea’s government has given its approval to plans for a 2.1...

Prysmian to develop Viking
24 July 2019 Prysmian Group has received a letter of award from TSOs National Grid...

Siemens awarded largest US offshore wind power order
24 July 2019 Siemens Gamesa has received, conditionally, a record WTG order for 1714...

SP Energy steps up net zero pressure
24 July 2019 SP Energy Networks has revealed major plans to help cities, towns and...

Asian renewables hub expands
23 July 2019

Simec launches Uskmouth tender
23 July 2019 Simec Atlantis Energy is on track to complete the conversion of its...

Hohe See generates first power
23 July 2019 EnBW's Hohe See 609 MW offshore wind farm has generated first power.

Saipem targets floating wind expansion
23 July 2019 Italian engineering firm Saipem has joined forces with Plambeck Emirates...

Vestas books 415 MW Saudi order
23 July 2019 Vestas is to supply 415 MW of wind turbines for Saudi Arabia’s...

ABB sells off its solar inverter business
15 July 2019 ABB has signed an agreement for the sale of its solar inverter division...

Siemens wins largest repowering order in North America
15 July 2019 Siemens Gamesa has been selected by MidAmerican Energy Company to repower...

North Sea Hub a feasible concept, say partners
12 July 2019 An initial study of proposals to develop an offshore wind ‘hub’ in the...

E.ON acquires Coromatic
12 July 2019 E.ON has acquired a 100 % stake in the Swedish company Coromatic, a...

Naval forges floating offshore wind project links
12 July 2019 Naval Energies has inked a co-operation agreement with Hitachi...

Masen opens Noor Midelt II tender
12 July 2019 Morocco’s Agency for Sustainable Development (MASEN) has launched the...

Equinor forms consortium for Korean offshore wind venture
12 July 2019 Equinor has announced plans to build the world’s largest floating...

More success for Vattenfall going Dutch
12 July 2019 Vattenfall is to build a second subsidy-free offshore wind farm in...

DNV GL to advise SE Asia’s largest floating solar project
05 July 2019 DNV GL has been contracted by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency,...

Court revokes Lamu coal firing permit
05 July 2019 A court in Kenya has halted plans to build the country’s first...

UK funds CCS acceleration
05 July 2019 The UK government has awarded a total of £26 million of funding to...

Vestas secures first EnVentus order
05 July 2019 Vestas has secured the first firm order for wind turbines from its...

AES breaks ground on California storage
05 July 2019 AES has started construction of a 400 MWh battery-based energy storage...

Glennmont, TRIG expand their wind portfolios
05 July 2019 Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has sold its stake in the 330 MW...

EPA finalises Affordable Clean Energy Rule
02 July 2019 The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalised three separate...

Renewables cover 44 % of Germany’s electricity consumption
28 June 2019 In the first half of 2019, solar, wind and other renewable sources...

Highview power unveils high capacity CRYOBattery
28 June 2019 ​​​​​​​Highview Power, has developed a world first – a modular...

DTEK secures loans for Primorskaya phase 2
28 June 2019 DTEK Renewables has reached financial close on €90 million to build phase...

Offshore wind has 200 GW potential globally
28 June 2019 The global offshore wind energy sector has the potential to reach 200 GW...

Kitka secures EBRD backing
28 June 2019 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is supporting...

Glennmont starts up 40 MW biomass plant
28 June 2019 Glennmont Partners has announced the commercial start-up of its 40...

Businesses call for net-zero clarity
28 June 2019 A group of UK businesses has called on the government to give more clarity...

Argentina’s power failure blacks out 44 million
21 June 2019 On  Sunday16 June a catastrophic blackout cut power to all of...

Siemens gains offshore wind preferred supplier nomination in Japan
21 June 2019 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received its first preferred...

RWE and Innogy explore hydrogen options
21 June 2019 German utilities RWE and Innogy have embarked on a study investigating...

Prysmian secures DolWin5 grid connection
21 June 2019 Dutch-German grid operator TenneT has awarded Prysmian a contract valued...

Scotland OKs new Inch Cape design
21 June 2019 Design changes to the proposed 700 MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm have...

Statkraft and Statera strike VPP deal
21 June 2019 Statkraft and Statera Energy have formed a partnership to create 1 GW...

Dominican PV project gets the nod
21 June 2019 A 100 MW solar photovoltaic park will be built in the Dominican...

Dunkirk auction result boosts offshore wind volumes in France 
17 June 2019 Bids to build a 600 MW offshore wind farm off the coast of Dunkirk came in...

Getting back to the stone age
16 June 2019 In a world first on 13 June, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy began...

Saint-Nazaire clears legal hurdle
16 June 2019 EDF Renewables says it has secured all the permits required for...

Enercon and Enerjisa win huge wind contracts in Turkey
13 June 2019 Enercon and Enerjisa are to build 1000 MW of onshore wind energy capacity...

Whitelee wind farm to get 50 MW battery boost
13 June 2019 The Scottish government has granted consent for the UK’s largest onshore...

E.On to eliminate its use of SF6
12 June 2019 E.On has announced plans to eliminate greenhouse gases from its gas...

GIG kicks off Ulsan campaign
12 June 2019 The Green Investment Group (GIG) has embarked on development of the...

Total completes second PV in Japan
07 June 2019 Total has completed construction of a 25 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant...

Massachusetts looks to double its offshore wind tally
06 June 2019 The US state of Massachusetts could double its offshore wind energy...

NKT completes Kriegers Flak milestone
06 June 2019 NKT has completed commissioning of the 170 kV HVAC cable system for the...

Minesto wins EU funding
06 June 2019 The Welsh government has announced its continued support of marine...

Wpd achieves financial close on Yunlin
06 June 2019 The 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm project, the first large...

UK is making ‘major climate progress’ – IEA review
06 June 2019 The UK has made major progress in reducing emissions, according to the...

Big Moon joins Anglesey tidal scheme
05 June 2019 Canadian technology firm Big Moon Power is to participate in a tidal...

Senvion restructures Borkum II deal
03 June 2019 Troubled turbine maker Senvion has successfully restructured a deal to...

Drax, Equinor and National Grid partner for zero carbon
03 June 2019 Drax, Equinor and National Grid have announced plans to explore...

Masdar and EDF to build 800 MW Morocco solar plant 
02 June 2019 Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has won a contract for the design,...

Revolution Wind contract approved
02 June 2019 Plans for construction of a 400 MW offshore wind farm off the coast of...

DOE announces new round of funding for hydropower
01 June 2019 Funding totalling $6.6 million is up for grabs for hydropower...

BELCO 10 MW ESS is unveiled
31 May 2019 Saft has delivered and installed a turnkey energy storage system...

Nuclear power decline “threatens energy security and climate goals” - IEA report
29 May 2019 The world risks a steep decline in the deployment of nuclear power...

Pilot plant synthesises methanol from carbon dioxide
29 May 2019 A new pilot plant built by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe is...

The world’s most advanced network control system?
23 May 2019 UK Power Networks has unveiled plans to create what it believes will be...

New offshore wind task force
23 May 2019 The UK's Offshore Wind Industry Council reports that a major programme...

Fortum to build its first Finnish large scale wind park
23 May 2019 Fortum has made the investment decision to start the construction of the...

Global efforts on SDG energy targets fall short
23 May 2019 A new report from a multi-agency group says that a greater effort must...

Acciona will test solar panels on WTG towers
23 May 2019 Acciona has embarked on a pioneering project testing the use of...

Alpiq offloads Czech coal plants
23 May 2019 Swiss energy firm Alpiq has sold two coal-fired power plants in the...

Abengoa selected for Chilean transmission project
23 May 2019 Arauco has selected Abengoa for the construction of a new 220 kV...

Drones are checking Vestas blades
23 May 2019 Vestas has selected a drone-based solution for a large-scale...

Prysmian secures offshore wind cabling contract
17 May 2019 Prysmian Group has been awarded the contract to provide a submarine...

Saft doubles duration and capacity with its new Li-ion battery
17 May 2019 Saft has extended its ESS range with the Intensium Max 20 High Energy...

ABB wins major order for offshore wind power transmission
17 May 2019 ABB has been awarded a triple digit million-euro order to supply the...

Strong outlook for global solar
17 May 2019 SolarPower Europe has forecast an “optimistic outlook” for the global...

Vineyard Wind secures grid permit
17 May 2019 Offshore wind energy developer Vineyard Wind has secured the permits...

Pangea Energy signs up CellCube for 50 MW flow battery
17 May 2019 Energy storage technology company CellCube has signed a letter of intent...

Gupta PV project approved
17 May 2019 Plans for a 280 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the industrial town...

CIP targets Asia and South America
17 May 2019 Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has established a new fund to...

Exelon to close Three Mile Island NPP
09 May 2019 Exelon is planning to shut down the last reactor at the Three Mile...

Siemens to spin off power and gas businesses
09 May 2019 Global energy giant Siemens is to undergo a fundamental transformation...

Renewables growth stalls – IEA report
09 May 2019 An unexpected flattening of growth in the renewables energy sector has...

Nordex wins new order for Syvash wind farm
09 May 2019 Nordex has received a follow-up order for the second phase of the Syvash...

Wood wins on Vineyard Wind
09 May 2019 Wood has been awarded the role of technical advisor on Vineyard Wind,...

EBRD returns to Poland’s wind sector
09 May 2019 The EBRD has signed a loan agreement for a 220 MW wind farm in Poland,...

Vattenfall signs Netherlands wind farm PPA
09 May 2019 Vattenfall has signed an agreement to purchase the energy generated by...

CCC recommends UK target of net-zero emissions by 2050
02 May 2019 The UK must vigorously pursue a stiff new climate change target to...

Global battery energy storage market to grow by 7% to 2023
02 May 2019 The global battery energy storage market is forecast to grow to...

SGRE consolidates leading position in offshore wind – GlobalData assessment
02 May 2019 Siemens Gamesa will supply turbines for two French offshore wind...

RWE cancels plans for new coal plants
02 May 2019 RWE says it will not make any further investments in coal-fired...

Orsted moves forward on Changhua projects, Taiwan
02 May 2019 Orsted says it is to move ahead with development of two offshore wind...

Sener consortium completes Empalme I CC plant
02 May 2019 Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Sener-OHL have...

€100 million loan rescues Senvion
02 May 2019 Wind turbine maker Senvion has secured €100 million in funding to help...

APS investigates battery fire
02 May 2019 Arizona Public Service has launched an investigation to determine the...

‘100% renewables cheaper than current energy system’ – new study
25 April 2019 A new study by the LUT university in Berlin indicates that a 100%...

New IEA report addresses Iraq’s current electricity shortfall
25 April 2019 Iraq can address its current electricity shortfall and growing power...

Wärtsilä launches automated hybrid energy package
25 April 2019 Wärtsilä has launched its “Engine+Hybrid Energy” solution, which pairs...

Europe invests €27 billion in new wind farms
25 April 2019 Europe invested a total of €27 billion in the construction of new wind...

E.ON signs deal for Japanese offshore wind projects
25 April 2019 E.ON has signed a co-operation agreement with Kyuden Mirai Energy to...

Massachusetts approves offshore wind deal
25 April 2019 The US state of Massachusetts has approved the long-term offtake...

JBIC backs Van Phong coal plant
25 April 2019 A consortium of banks led by the Japan Bank for International...

AES sells its Jordan and UK plants
25 April 2019 AES has signed agreements to sell its interests in six power plants in...

Solar PV reaches 500 GW installed
18 April 2019 The IEA has published its new ‘Snapshot of Global Photovoltaic Markets...

Eurowind chooses Siemens Gamesa for Denmark’s largest onshore wind project
18 April 2019 Siemens Gamesa has signed an order with Eurowind Energy for...

Wärtsilä providing seed funding to Soletair Power Oy
18 April 2019 Wärtsilä has agreed to provide Euros 500 000 in seed funding to...

Negev CSP comes online
18 April 2019 Negev Energy has completed its 121 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant...

Japanese firms form offshore wind JV
18 April 2019 Japanese firms Hitachi Zosen Corporation and Eco Power Co Ltd...

Terna announces new US investment
18 April 2019 Greek renewable energy developer Terna Energy has paid $310 million for a...

Engie, Tokyo Gas create renewables JV
18 April 2019 Engie and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd Have announced plans to create a new...

E.On boosts its Texas portfolio
18 April 2019 E.On has started the construction of a new 220 MW wind farm in Texas, USA.

ABB reinvents the LV DC circuit breaker
11 April 2019 ABB has developed what it describes as a revolutionary solid-state...

Tata to build Europe’s largest waste-to-energy plant
11 April 2019 Tata Chemicals Europe intends to operate a new energy from waste plant at...

Canadian CNSC receives first application for an SMR
11 April 2019 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has received its first...

Saft and Tianneng join forces
11 April 2019 Saft has signed an agreement with Tianneng Energy Technology (TET),...

DNV studies Tampen proposal
11 April 2019 DNV GL is to carry out a verification study of Equinor’s proposed...

EGP buys 13 GW Tradewind pipeline
11 April 2019 Enel Green Power (EGP) says it has closed a deal to purchase...

Consent for 1700 MW gas plant
11 April 2019 Plans for a large-scale combined cycle gas fired power plant in...

US Congress considers energy storage tax credits
11 April 2019 Lawmakers in the USA will consider plans to include energy...

MHI Vestas booked for Kincardine wind array
11 April 2019 MHI Vestas has confirmed it will supply five turbines for the...

Siemens launches new onshore WTGs
04 April 2019 The Siemens Gamesa onshore portfolio has been enlarged with the launch of...

Vestas returns to the top of the WTG rankings
04 April 2019 Vestas Wind Systems has re-established itself as the leading manufacturer...

EU carbon market emissions fell 4.2 % in 2018
04 April 2019 Greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations regulated under...

Rolls-Royce and ABB announce global microgrid co-operation
04 April 2019 Rolls-Royce and ABB have announced a global partnership on...

Global energy demand rising at an increased rate
04 April 2019 Energy demand worldwide grew by 2.3 % last year, its fastest pace this decade.

Climate plans insufficient, says WindEurope
04 April 2019 Draft National Energy & Climate Plans drawn up by European governments...

2018 continues growth trend in renewables
04 April 2019 The decade-long trend of strong growth in the global renewable energy...

Australian developer OEPL to investigate offshore wind prospects
04 April 2019 Offshore Energy Pty Ltd (OEPL) has been granted permission to investigate...

Enercon breaks ground on Markbygden II
04 April 2019 Construction has started on the second phase of the giant Markbygden...

MHPS to equip Sharjah CCGT
04 April 2019 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has received a turnkey contract to build...

GE targets GT26 fleet with major upgrade
28 March 2019 GE has launched a major upgrade for the GT26 gas turbine, with...

Wind sector needs to take action on PPAs
28 March 2019 Europe’s wind energy sector needs to take the initiative on...

OPRA in new partnership with AFGlobal
28 March 2019 OPRA Turbines has entered into an agreement with AFGobal for the...

Ansaldo Energia wins Bengang contract
28 March 2019 Ansaldo Energia has signed a contract to supply a AE94.2K gas turbine...

Van Oord and Siemens win Fryslân contract
28 March 2019 The developers of the Fryslân wind farm have awarded a contract to build...

EKZ brings battery on-line
28 March 2019 The country’s largest battery-based energy storage system has been...

Equinor proposes floating wind farm in the Argean
28 March 2019 Equinor has made a proposal to the Greek government for the construction of...

RES breaks ground on largest bifacial PV farm
28 March 2019 RES has started construction on the largest solar farm in the USA to...

GE to modernise Rajasthan’s transmission grid
21 March 2019 GE has been awarded a technology-driven grid modernisation project,...

PG&E to escape prosecution for 2017 wildfires
21 March 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric Co will not face criminal charges for power...

Highview Power and TSK in joint venture
21 March 2019 ​​​​​​​Highview Power and TSK, have entered into an agreement to...

Power fleet faults leads to Eskom load shedding
21 March 2019 Eskom has been forced to implement more round of load shedding this month...

GIG launches new solar vehicle
21 March 2019 Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Spanish-Japanese...

Bosnia secures EBRD finance
21 March 2019 Air quality in the Bosnian city of Zenica will improve “significantly”...

PPC receives bids in bailout sale
21 March 2019 A tender for the sale of three coal-fired power plants in Greece...

Landmark PV farm commissioned in Zambia
21 March 2019 Zambia’s first utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farm has...

Tesla to acquire Maxwell Technologies
18 March 2019 Tesla has agreed to acquire Maxwell Technologies, an ultra-capacitor...

Voith to deliver turbines and generators for Pakal Dul hydropower plant
18 March 2019 Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPPPL) and Voith Hydro have signed a...

EU sued over biomass climate impacts
18 March 2019 A group of environmental organisations are claiming that the use of...

Thailand plans world’s largest floating solar pipeline
18 March 2019 Thailand has revealed plans to build almost 3 GW of floating...

Greece prepares for 600 MW renewables round
18 March 2019 Greece’s regulator has announced details of the country’s next...

Gazprom starts on Serbian CCGT
18 March 2019 Gazprom has started the construction of a 200 MW combined cycle gas...

Senvion lands Med offshore order
18 March 2019 German wind turbine firm Senvion has been awarded a contract to supply...

Quinbrook to build 690 MW solar park in Nevada 
07 March 2019 Quinbrook has announced plans to construct the 690 MW Gemini Solar...

Fortum wins 250 MW solar power project in India
07 March 2019 Fortum has won the right from Solar Energy Corporation of India to build...

Ansaldo and Edison agreement to upgrade Marghera Levante
07 March 2019 The 300 million euros contract is expected to make the Marghera Levante...

Consortium promises leap in storage technology
07 March 2019 A global battery consortium charged with advancing lead battery...

E.On forges Dunkirk partnership
07 March 2019 E.On has signed an agreement to join Engie and EDPR in the...

ScottishPower updates investment plans
07 March 2019 ScottishPower has updated its investment strategy following the sale of...

Race Bank seals 10-year PPA
07 March 2019 Wind farm developer Orsted has sealed a 10-year deal to sell energy from...

World Bank aids Armenian power project
07 March 2019 The IFC and MIGA have arranged a $202 million debt finance and...

Fall in CO2 emissions from developed economies
01 March 2019 Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and tackle climate change...

Annual global wind capacity installations stabilise at around 50 GW
01 March 2019 Data released by the Global Wind Energy Council shows that the wind...

Wind energy in Europe is on steep upward curve
01 March 2019 Wind energy provided 14 % of electricity in the European Union (EU) in...

Shell acquires Sonnen
01 March 2019 Shell has sealed a deal to acquire Sonnen, a Germany-based manufacturer...

APS plans 850 MW battery programme
01 March 2019 Arizona Public Service says it will be able to maximise its use of...

Senvion plan to combat weak financial results
01 March 2019 Senvion says it will implement a new transformation plan to stabilise...

Ministers approve Inch Cape onshore plans
01 March 2019 The Scottish government has granted planning permission for the...

MHPS starts construction on one of the world's largest FGD systems
22 February 2019 Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has started construction work on what...

Swansea tidal lagoon may go ahead with private funding
22 February 2019 Tidal Power Ltd says it is planning to go ahead with its £1.3 billion...

Onerous permitting process hits German onshore wind
22 February 2019 Problems with Germany’s permitting process for onshore wind farms...

EBRD backs Ukraine solar
21 February 2019 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is backing one of...

Nordex books Ukraine order
21 February 2019 Nordex has won its first order in Ukraine, booking a 133 MW contract for...

Equinor eyes Korean wind opportunities
21 February 2019 Equinor and Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) have signed an MOU...

Hornsea One powers up
21 February 2019 The first turbine at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm has...

Drax sets up CO2 capture from biofuel
15 February 2019 Drax has become the first in power plant in the world to capture...

Europe adds 2.6 GW of offshore wind
15 February 2019 Europe added 2.6 GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2018, according to...

New wind energy generation record for the UK
15 February 2019 Wind energy generation in the UK hit a new high of 15.32 GW on Friday...

EDF plans to close Cottam coal fired plant
15 February 2019 EDF says it will close its 2 GW Cottam coal-fired power plant...

Lahmeyer rebranded as Tractebel
15 February 2019 German engineering and consulting company Lahmeyer International is...

Orsted strengthens Eversource partnership
15 February 2019 Orsted has sold a 50 per cent stake in some of its recently-acquired...

Sener commissions Kathu solar park
15 February 2019 The 100 MW Kathu solar park in South Africa has been commissioned.

Power sector faces extensive skill shortages – new report
05 February 2019 The third annual Global Energy Talent Index shows that power companies face...

Siemens  to supply 567 MW to ReNew Power for two wind projects in India
05 February 2019 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured a new order in India from...

11.9 GW of wind capacity installed in the Americas in 2018
05 February 2019 The latest GWEC data shows that North, Central and South America...

Thirteen groups interested in Polish offshore stakes
05 February 2019 Thirteen groups have responded to a call by Polish energy group PGE...

ABB signs microgrid partnership
05 February 2019 ABB has signed a framework agreement with SUSI to promote the deployment...

Japanese partners cancel coal plant plans
05 February 2019 Idemitsu Kosan, Kyushu Electric Power and Tokyo Gas Co have brought an end...

China switches on 650 MW multi-tech power site
05 February 2019 China has commissioned its largest battery energy storage system (BESS)...

UK launches storage competition
05 February 2019 The UK government is hoping to drive the development of long-duration...

Solar installations will reach 100 GW this year – Wood Mackenzie report
29 January 2019 Global solar installations will reach 100 GW for the first time this...

Haliade-X 12 MW prototype to be installed in Rotterdam
29 January 2019 GE Renewable Energy and Future Wind have signed an agreement to install...

EIB supports Greek network upgrade
29 January 2019 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced one of its largest...

Siemens secures large wind projects in USA and Brazil
29 January 2019 Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the 242 MW Scioto Ridge onshore wind...

WorleyParsons awarded microgrid project by the University of Toronto
29 January 2019 This project will see an entirely direct current microgrid system...

EDF-Masdar consortium wins Saudi wind tender
29 January 2019 A consortium led by EDF Renewables and Masdar has won the tender to build...

Cubico expands with solar acquisitions
29 January 2019 Cubico Sustainable Investments has agreed to acquire five solar projects...