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EDF creates new UK engineering subsidiary
26 September 2023
EDF has created EDF EPR Engineering UK, a move designed to strengthen...
The path to global warming at 1.5 °C is still open – barely
26 September 2023
The International Energy Agency has released a new edition of its Net...
ZNPP risks diminish, but not military tensions
26 September 2023
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has completed the...
Ghana launches $550 bn net-zero plan
26 September 2023
Ghana has launched a USD 550 bn Energy Transition and Investment Plan...
Construction starts of largest biomass power plant in West Africa
26 September 2023
EDF, Meridiam and SIFCA have laid the foundation stone of the largest...
Takasago Hydrogen Park enters full-scale operation
26 September 2023
Mitsubishi Power, an MHI brand, has announced that Takasago Hydrogen...
GE Vernova MoC for Ukraine hydro
26 September 2023
GE Vernova has signed a Memorandum of Collaboration between its Hydro...
Heat pump expansion in Germany stalls
26 September 2023
Germany’s heat pump industry has called for reductions in electricity...
MEPs back plans to boost renewable energy
19 September 2023
In its plenary session on 12 September the EU parliament voted to boost...
DemoSATH floating wind starts commercial ops
19 September 2023
The floating offshore wind project DemoSATH, led by the Spanish...
Global electricity production still falling
19 September 2023
The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...
Cooling system at Zaporizhzhya stabilised – but attacks in the area continue
19 September 2023
In its Update 183 on the Ukraine situation International Atomic Energy...
EU reached 90% gas storage target 2 months early
19 September 2023
The EU reached its target of filling gas storage facilities to 90%...
Statkraft now sole owner of its Brazilian subsidiary
19 September 2023
Statkraft has purchased 18.69% of the shares in its Brazilian...
Hithium launches 5 MWh container storage
19 September 2023
Hithium has launched a new 5 MWh energy storage product based on the...
Sumitomo establishes RE company in the USA
19 September 2023
Sumitomo Corporation, through Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, together...
53 MW in tidal stream projects get the go-ahead in the UK
12 September 2023
Seven tidal stream projects have secured contracts in the UK...
RWE onshore and solar projects in latest UK CfD auction
12 September 2023
RWE has been awarded Contracts for Difference for nine of its new...
GE Vernova and partners to undertake CCUS value chain study in Indonesia
12 September 2023
GE Vernova Gas Power, Korea’s CARBONCO, a company specialising...
ABB invests in clean energy start-up
12 September 2023
ABB Motion and WindESCo, have signed a strategic partnership, whereby ABB...
Record small-scale solar capacity added in 2022
12 September 2023
The Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States...
Uniper Heyden 4 to be retired permanently
12 September 2023
Uniper will permanently decommission the Heyden 4 hard coal-fired power...
FLEX reactor development ‘reaches a watershed’
12 September 2023
Nuclear energy developer MoltexFLEX has reached what it calls a watershed...
Approval for construction of large electrolyser plant in Germany
12 September 2023
A 200 MW hydrogen project in Germany has passed an important milestone –...
ERCOT takes precautionary grid stability measures
05 September 2023
ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, operates the...
FibreMax and Entrion Wind form cabling partnership
05 September 2023
FibreMax, headquartered in Joure, the Netherlands, has signed a Memorandum...
US solar panel shipments at a record high in 2022
05 September 2023
In 2022, solar photovoltaic panel shipments in the United States...
GE Vernova starts commercial operations at JERA’s Futtsu power plant
05 September 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business on 28 August announced the successful...
Mocean granted £3 m to fund next-gen wave machine
05 September 2023
Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million in EU funding to develop and...
RWE and Stanwell sign MoU for renewables projects in Queensland
05 September 2023
RWE and Stanwell Corp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...
Sempra and Japanese consortium to develop carbon-neutral LNG supply chain
05 September 2023
Sempra Infrastructure has announced an agreement with a consortium of...
Vattenfall is looking to new nuclear power
05 September 2023
Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg is currently leading a delegation of...
Germany could incur the costs of missing EU emissions targets
29 August 2023
The German coalition government’s Climate Action Programme 2023...
NY state to fund four storage demo projects
29 August 2023
New York state governor Kathy Hochul has announced awards amounting to...
Wave energy agreement targets stranded fossil reserves
29 August 2023
Wave energy specialists Mocean Energy and offshore energy enabler...
Secursun starts construction of 1.1 GW solar portfolio
29 August 2023
Joint venture Secursun has started the construction of the first solar...
GE wins major GT contracts in Greater Bay area of China
29 August 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has won orders for four GE 6F.03 gas...
UK loan for Ukrainian nuclear sector
29 August 2023
The UK has announced a £192 million loan guarantee to allow Ukraine to...
Prysmian preferred bidder for BalWin1 and 2 connections
29 August 2023
Prysmian Group has been selected by transmission system operator Amprion...
Vestas wins 288 MW order for two US projects
29 August 2023
Vestas has received a 288 MW order to power two wind farms in the...
GE to upgrade China’s Xiangjiaba hydro plant
29 August 2023
GE Vernova announced on 22 August that it has been selected by Yangtze...
Hawaiian Electric accused of mismanaging pre-wildfire issues
22 August 2023
Hawaii’s biggest power utility faces growing scrutiny over the role it...
Canadian federal support for SMR development
22 August 2023
Canada's government believes that small modular reactors can play...
AEP completes sale of unregulated renewables assets
22 August 2023
American Electric Power has completed the sale of its 1365 MW...
German government collects €417 m in windfall profits
22 August 2023
The German state gathered in approximately €417 m from a levy on...
German state set to abolish WTG ‘minimum distance’ rule
22 August 2023
The government of Germany’s most populous state, North...
US uranium production up from record low in 2021
22 August 2023
The 2022 production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) production in the USA...
Start of commercial ops at H-Class Three Rivers plant
22 August 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has announced the start of...
Vestas secures 140 MW order in Canada
22 August 2023
Vestas has received a 140 MW order to power the Halkirk II wind project...
Wärtsilä and AGL complete 250 MWh ESS in Australia
22 August 2023
With AGL Energy, a prominent Australian integrated energy company,...
DemoSATH achieves key offshore wind demo
15 August 2023
RWE’s DemoSATH project has achieved what is said to be a...
Auction success for RWE: 1.6 GW of offshore wind secured
15 August 2023
The German Federal Network Agency has announced that RWE has been...
ZNPP external power supply falters: perimeter mines remain
15 August 2023
On 10 August Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)...
Electricity production from fossil fuels is dropping rapidly – IEA
15 August 2023
The latest International Energy Agency ‘Monthly Electricity...
Topsoe to supply ammonia loop for Canada’s largest renewable H2 plant
15 August 2023
Topsoe has signed an agreement with World Energy GH2, a ‘net-zero...
Vestas has conditional agreement for 1.2 GW offshore project
15 August 2023
Vestas has entered into a conditional agreement to deliver wind turbines...
Irsching 6 gas-fired plant to go ahead
15 August 2023
On August 10, Bavarian minister president Dr Markus Söder gave the...
The IRA is creating critical minerals shortages
15 August 2023
The USA’s Inflation Reduction Act is accelerating demand for...
ZNPP perimeter has been sown with mines
08 August 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi reported...
ACWA Power installs largest WTG in Central Asia
08 August 2023
Saudi-based ACWA Power has successfully installed the first wind turbine...
More peak demand records likely in Texas
08 August 2023
Prompted by forecasts of extreme weather, on 4 August ERCOT...
Hithium provides 140 MWh energy storage
08 August 2023
BESS specialist Hithium, based in Xiamen, China, has completed...
SHINE achieves visible proof of fusion
08 August 2023
On 3 August fusion specialists SHINE Technologies announced that it...
All T-pylons now erected on Hinkley connection project
08 August 2023
National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has reached a second...
UK government welcomes report on electricity networks
08 August 2023
A report for the UK government and published on 4 August by...
Hitachi Energy selected for the UK’s longest HVDC link
01 August 2023
Hitachi Energy has been selected as the preferred technology provider by...
Nexans awarded record-breaking cable contract
01 August 2023
Nexans has been awarded the major turnkey contract, valued at €1.43...
GE Vernova wins express GT order from ESB
01 August 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has won orders for the supply, operation...
First offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico
01 August 2023
The US Department of the Interior is to hold the first-ever sale of...
EU sets state support conditions for German H2 plants
01 August 2023
The German economic ministry (BMWK) has released a statement, reports...
RWE plans H2-ready CCGT in Weisweiler
01 August 2023
RWE plans to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants at its own...
Masdar explores development of 2GW clean energy in Malaysia
01 August 2023
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC, Masdar, and Citaglobal Berhad,...
Viking and Acorn CCS cluster plans given ‘Track 2’ status
01 August 2023
The Viking and Scottish Cluster/Acorn CCS schemes have been confirmed...
Thailand invests in subsea wave power project
01 August 2023
Thailand’s state energy company, PTTEP, has joined the Renewables for...
Viking interconnector joins UK and Danish grids
25 July 2023
The British and Danish electricity grids have been physically connected...
New micro-modular reactor for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp
25 July 2023
Jacobs has been selected by Ultra-safe Nuclear Corporation UK (USNC)...
SeaVolt to launch floating solar test platform
25 July 2023
SeaVolt, a collaboration of Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul, is preparing...
European parliament supports fuel flexibility and energy storage
25 July 2023
The European Parliament, through its ITRE Committee (the European...
Vattenfall expands its solar presence in Germany
25 July 2023
Vattenfall has acquired the German solar developer Solizer. The...
UK’s first deep geothermal power plant
25 July 2023
Exergy International, a provider of new generation Organic Rankine...
UK launches nuclear revival
25 July 2023
Great British Nuclear (GBN) an ‘executive non-departmental public...
Development of 12 SMRs in Washington state
25 July 2023
Energy Northwest and X-Energy Reactor Company, a developer of advanced...
ACWA granted land for 10 GW wind project
18 July 2023
ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with the New...
Germany ‘to miss 2045 climate neutrality target’
18 July 2023
A draft report commissioned by the German government shows that the...
Bilfinger completes core meltdown stabilisation system for Hinkley Point C
18 July 2023
Bilfinger has completed and delivered the Core Melt Stabilisation System...
Global electricity production falls again
18 July 2023
The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...
Aker and Aramco to explore CCUS solutions in Saudi Arabia
18 July 2023
Aramco and Norway-based Aker Carbon Capture have signed a memorandum...
Sea Fern floating wind to be part of Hunter Wind Zone
18 July 2023
A consortium consisting of offshore wind specialists Simply Blue Group...
Digital pilot for South Fork offshore wind
18 July 2023
Sennen is working with Ørsted to pilot an innovative digital system...
ZNPP situation is improving – IAEA
11 July 2023
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in its Ukraine Update 172...
Ammonia market ‘to triple by 2050’
11 July 2023
The global market for ammonia is poised to triple in the coming decades...
Aker Horizons signs long-term PPA for Narvik green ammonia project
11 July 2023
Aker Horizons ASA has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement...
Ørsted and ESVAGT opt for second methanol-powered vessel
11 July 2023
What is believed to be the world’s first green fuels vessel for offshore...
Ontario to deploy additional GE Hitachi SMRs
11 July 2023
The Province of Ontario announced on 7 July that it is working with...
Prysmian reaches EGL1 HVDC cable milestone
11 July 2023
Prysmian Group has reached an important contractural milestone with...
IAEA approves Japan’s Fukushima plans to release treated water
11 July 2023
An International Atomic Energy Agency safety review has concluded...
Wärtsilä strengthens Brazilian connection
11 July 2023
Wärtsilä has signed a renewal of its Operation & Maintenance agreement...
Sinopec green H2 pilot commences operation
05 July 2023
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has announced that the...
Renewables at 52% of consumption in Germany
04 July 2023
Wind, solar and other renewable energy sources covered 52 % of...
World's largest hydro-solar power plant starts generating
04 July 2023
With the installation of 523.1 MW of Astronergy PV modules, the first...
Malaysia to undertake CCS installations at scale on coal plants
04 July 2023
Toshiba Energy Systems and TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary...
‘Greater transparency no substitute for real delivery’ – CCC report
04 July 2023
The UK government has published its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan (CBDP),...
Contract to develop 3 GW wind power in Irish Sea
04 July 2023
Kent has been awarded a new contract to support the development of the...
Plan to re-purpose Pleasants power plant to fire H2
04 July 2023
California-based Omnis Global Technologies is in negotiations to buy the...
Ramboll wins new multi-million energy island contract
04 July 2023
Ramboll has won the contract to develop the electrical infrastructure for...
Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline posited
27 June 2023
RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering...
USA ‘at risk of summer shortfalls’ – NERC
27 June 2023
The US Energy Information Administration has reported analysis by the...
Ørsted develops uncrewed surface measuring vessel
27 June 2023
Ørsted has invented, designed and developed the first uncrewed surface...
DNV acquires Nixu to safeguard against cyber security risks
27 June 2023
DNV is to fully acquire Helsinki-headquartered cyber security services...
DTEK Group joins Ukraine Energy Initiative
27 June 2023
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, is joining a UN-backed...
Further delay at Vogtle Unit 3
27 June 2023
Commercial operation of the new Unit 3 reactor at the Georgia Power...
RWE’s BECCUS CO₂ removal project ‘to play crucial role’
27 June 2023
RWE believes that its Beccus project will play a crucial role in achieving...
Wood and Centrica to evaluate H2 production hub
27 June 2023
Wood and Centrica Storage are working together to evaluate the feasibility...
Kakhovka reservoir – the position remains uncertain
20 June 2023
Following the explosion at the Kakhovka dam and hydro plant in...
Steep reduction in power generation from coal
20 June 2023
The latest Electricity Statistics Monthly report from the...
Consumers Energy is to close Karn coal plants
20 June 2023
Consumers Energy has marked a significant milestone in its ongoing project...
Offshore wind safety record is improving
20 June 2023
Members of G+, the health and safety organisation for the offshore...
Norway’s CCS projects face geological risks – IEEFA report
20 June 2023
Unforeseen variances encountered in the operation of two Norwegian...
RWE connects its first US utility-scale battery storage to the grid
20 June 2023
RWE has continued to expand its renewables portfolio in the USA by...
The last WTG for Hollandse Kust Zuid installed
20 June 2023
Almost two years after construction of Vattenfall’s Hollandse Kust...
Vestas secures 139 MW repowering order from Vitol
20 June 2023
Vestas has received a 139 MW order to repower a project owned by Vitol...
Envision Energy awarded 1.67 GW WTG contract
14 June 2023
Envision Energy, a large Chinese multinational headquartered in Shanghai...
Build underway on USA’s first full-scale wave energy test facility
14 June 2023
Jacobs has completed the underground infrastructure engineering that...
US summer coal demand will be significantly reduced – EIA
14 June 2023
The US Energy Information Administration forecasts that the largest...
‘First ever’ clean hydrogen strategy and roadmap
14 June 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration on 9 June released the ‘US National...
UK offshore wind power capacity ‘must increase by 265%’
14 June 2023
Technology major ABB estimates, from the results of its own analysis, that...
GE Vernova and Northern Lights sign CCS MoU
14 June 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Norwegian infrastructure...
Montana’s climate policy goes on trial
14 June 2023
In what could become a landmark trial in the USA, on 12 June in the...
Kakhovka dam situation stable – for now
14 June 2023
Following the explosion at the Kakhovka dam and hydro plant in...
UAE and Egypt to develop Africa's largest wind farm
14 June 2023
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, with Infinity Power, Africa’s largest...
Progressive Media International Titles Amongst First Tranche of Media Partners Ahead of 26th World Energy Congress
13 June 2023
Leading media outlets from across the world have partnered with the...
Largest Pennsylvania coal-fired PP to close by July
06 June 2023
The US Energy Information Administration reports that after 54 years...
Cancelling coal plants is cost-effective way ahead
06 June 2023
The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a leading energy...
ERCOT launches grid notification tool
06 June 2023
ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas) has announced the start...
Heliostat Consortium announces funding awards
06 June 2023
The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...
UK offshore transmission auction announced
06 June 2023
Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem has put out a call to prospective...
Prysmian invests in new plant strategy
06 June 2023
Prysmian Group is to invest around €120 million in its strategic plant...
SSE Generation fined after Ofgem investigation
06 June 2023
An investigation by UK energy regulator Ofgem has found that SSE...
IAEA briefs UN Security Council on ZNPP situation
30 May 2023
The International Atomic Energy Agency was on 30 May due to brief the...
Namibia launches 10 billion dollar-hydrogen project
30 May 2023
In co-operation with German investors, Namibia has commissioned...
RWE becomes 100% owner of Nordseecluster
30 May 2023
RWE has become the sole owner of the 1.6 GW cluster of offshore wind farms...
Uniper ‘does not expect any further losses from gas supply obligations’
30 May 2023
Uniper believes its precarious position has now stabilised and says that...
New record for blending H2 with natural gas
30 May 2023
Constellation, reputedly the country’s largest producer of...
Prysmian is preferred bidder for UK’s EGL2 link
30 May 2023
Prysmian Group has received notification from SSEN Transmission, and...
Site agreed for Oklo modular reactor
30 May 2023
US-based Oklo and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI)...
Ukraine latest – new wind farm starts up, amidst continuing bombardment
23 May 2023
The world’s only wind farm being built in a major conflict zone has...
World's first semi-submersible floating WTG connected to the grid
23 May 2023
CNOOC Ltd has announced that the Wenchang deep-sea floating...
Global electricity production falls again
23 May 2023
The latest IEA Monthly Electricity Statistics report including February...
NEOM completes USD $8.4 bn financial close for world’s largest green H2 plant
23 May 2023
Neom Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has announced that, following...
Badeel and ACWA Power invest SAR12.2 bn in three new solar projects
23 May 2023
The Water and Electricity Holding Company (Badeel), a wholly-owned company...
Aggreko partners farmers’ communities solar initiative
23 May 2023
Aggreko’s Energy Transition Solutions division is to become the...
ABB joins Bair Energy green H2 complex in Texas
23 May 2023
ABB is to join the Bair Energy Green Hydrogen and Technology Alliance...
Three RWE carbon capture projects in the UK
23 May 2023
RWE has announced plans to progress three new carbon capture projects in...
EPA proposes new carbon pollution controls
16 May 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency on 11 May proposed new...
California ‘going big’ on floating offshore wind
16 May 2023
Federal, state and industry leaders on Day Two of the Pacific Offshore...
Masdar and IRENA aim to triple global renewables capacity by 2030
16 May 2023
Masdar has signed an agreement with the International Renewable Energy...
Five carbon capture units for Ørsted bioenergy plants
16 May 2023
Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a large-scale carbon capture project...
Canada Electricity Advisory Council launched
16 May 2023
On 5 May, Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan...
Significant shifts in US hydropower map – EIA
16 May 2023
Record-breaking rain and snow in parts of the western United States...
Location selected for advanced SMR nuclear project
16 May 2023
Dow and X-Energy Reactor Company have announced that Dow has selected...
New study reports strong public support for nuclear
16 May 2023
A new report published on 11 May has found that there is widespread...
Sumita Tono wind project under way
16 May 2023
Pattern Energy Group LP and its affiliate in Japan, Green Power...
Olkiluoto 3 EPR finally goes commercial
09 May 2023
Fourteen years behind schedule, commercial operation of the 1600 MW...
Panic evacuation from towns near the Zaporizhzhia NPP
09 May 2023
The BBC reports that a ‘mad panic’ has ensued as Russia attempts to...
GE selected to deliver pumped storage for Chira Soria
09 May 2023
GE – in consortium with Cobra Infrastructuras Hidráulicas – has been...
Upscaling offshore WTGs ‘is creating unsustainable market risks’
09 May 2023
The offshore wind sector must take action to address a rising tide...
Agreement for 1000 MW of onshore wind build
09 May 2023
RWE has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Gamesa in pursuit of...
Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor
09 May 2023
Westinghouse Electric Company on 4 May launched its AP300 small...
300 MW Biblis grid support PS inaugurated
09 May 2023
On 9 May RWE and GE officially inaugurated the Biblis power plant,...
Contracts signed for geothermal plant in Turkey
09 May 2023
Exergy International, a specialist in Organic Rankine Cycle based plants,...
European energy ministers commit to Ostend Declaration
02 May 2023
The North Sea Summit in Ostend, Belgium, which took place during the week...
EU/Ukraine recovery conference takes place in Rome
02 May 2023
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko took part in the Bilateral Conference on...
EDF and Maple Power awarded 1 GW offshore tender
02 May 2023
Following the fourth offshore wind tender launched in January 2021,...
Uniper subsidiary Unipro placed under Russian state administration
02 May 2023
The Russian state has published a presidential decree allowing...
Vestas order for 238 MW offshore wind project in Japan
02 May 2023
Vestas has secured a 238 MW order from Hibiki Wind Energy for...
200MW Kom Ombo solar project obtains financing
02 May 2023
ACWA Power, the prominent Saudi developer, investor, and operator of...
EnergyHub first to exceed 1 m DERMS devices under management
02 May 2023
In April EnergyHub became the first distributed energy resource...
EDF to boost NMR development
02 May 2023
EDF has created a new subsidiary, NUWARD, to boost the development of...
EPA ‘to propose strongest emission limits yet’
25 April 2023
The Biden Administration is widely expected to propose stringent...
Hungary agrees deal for Russian reactors
25 April 2023
According to a report in the Budapest Business Journal (BBJ) via...
Wärtsilä is preferred contractor for huge Australian storage project
25 April 2023
Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected by Origin Energy as the...
National Grid launches ‘largest overhaul in generations’
25 April 2023
National Grid has launched what it is calling ‘the largest overhaul of...
Vattenfall plans new hydro power in Sweden
25 April 2023
For the first time in twelve years, Vattenfall plans to build new hydro...
Gravitricity to enter US energy storage market
25 April 2023
Energy storage specialist Gravitricity is to partner with US...
Germany picks up speed of hydrogen ramp-up
25 April 2023
The implementation of solid showcase projects on an industrial scale...
Fluor signs laser fusion MOU
25 April 2023
Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Germany's nuclear power era comes to an end
18 April 2023
The age of nuclear power in Germany ended on Saturday 15 April after...
Global electricity production falls, but renewables rise
18 April 2023
The latest International Energy Agency’s ‘Monthly Electricity...
Rolls-Royce sets up infrastructure for green hydrogen production
18 April 2023
Rolls-Royce plans to produce green hydrogen at its business unit...
Zaporizhzhya is ‘living on borrowed time…’– IAEA
18 April 2023
The dependence of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on...
Fortum and Vestas in €200 m contractural dispute
18 April 2023
The state-owned Finnish company, Fortum Oyj, has initiated arbitration in...
Carbon intensity falls to all-time low
18 April 2023
Ember’s fourth annual Global Electricity Review reports that the...
Ukraine is ‘winning the energy war’
18 April 2023
Speaking at a press conference on 12 April Maxim Timchenko, the...
Vogtle unit 3 connects to the grid
13 April 2023
US Georgia Power reports that unit 3 of the Vogtle NPP, the first new...
Mexico’s ‘new nationalisation’ prompts sale of Iberdrola assets
11 April 2023
Iberdrola is selling the bulk of its Mexican power-generating assets to...
US Inflation Reduction Act to pump up annual energy outlook
11 April 2023
The US Energy Information Administration projects that by 2050 total US...
Gazelle and WAM Horizon to develop pilot offshore wind project
11 April 2023
Gazelle Wind Power, which has developed a modular floating offshore...
Aeroderivative GT to support Czech energy transition
11 April 2023
GE has secured a contract from UCED Group, the energy division of...
Funding for net zero innovation projects
11 April 2023
The UK National Grid’s electricity transmission and distribution...
UK confirms commitment to large-scale Power BECCS
11 April 2023
The UK government on 30 March confirmed its commitment to supporting...
First cross-border offshore wind project in the Iberian peninsula
11 April 2023
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture operating in the Iberian market, is...
Solar Fast named the fastest growing solar company in the UK
05 April 2023
David Draper launched Solar Fast in 2021 as a trading style of Gas Fast,...
22 GW of offshore HVDC connections awarded by TenneT
04 April 2023
Dutch/German transmission system operator TenneT has awarded 11 contracts...
‘USD 35 trillion investment by 2030 needed’ for successful transition
04 April 2023
The global energy transition is off-track, aggravated by the effects...
Project to confirm potential of wind farm control technology launched
04 April 2023
DNV has launched a joint industry project alongside wind farm owners,...
Germany ‘will complete nuclear phase-out as planned’
04 April 2023
The era of nuclear power in Germany will end on 15 April as planned,...
Renewable power secured for Holmaneset green H2 and NH3 project
04 April 2023
Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has secured renewable power for...
Energy and emissions added value database from IEA
04 April 2023
The International Energy Agency has created a new ‘Energy and Emissions...
Siemens to supply world’s second-largest offshore wind array
04 April 2023
Siemens Gamesa has signed a firm order with ScottishPower Renewables...
UK’s green H2 system ‘needs overhauling’
04 April 2023
A new report published by RenewableUK calls for the UK government...
New UK annual wind power record
04 April 2023
New statistics released by the UK government show that Britain’s wind...
Vestas – 3 large wind contracts and a PS
04 April 2023
Vestas has signed contracts to supply three large wind projects in...
Possible Zaporizhzhia counter-offensive heighten fears of disaster
28 March 2023
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic...
Renewables overtake coal and nuclear in the USA
28 March 2023
In 2022, the US electric power sector produced 4090 million MWh of...
Italy's largest islands connected to the mainland
28 March 2023
To claim the maximum benefit from renewable energy in the future, the...
LG to invest in US battery production
28 March 2023
LG Energy Solution is to invest approximately KRW 7.2 trillion (USD...
EIA projects reduction in US energy-related CO2 emissions
28 March 2023
US energy-related CO2 emissions will by 2030 fall by 25% to 38% below...
Solid sorbent carbon capture for power generation
28 March 2023
GE Gas Power, part of GE Vernova, and CCS specialist Svante have entered...
Gravity energy storage ‘could form part of virtual power plants'
28 March 2023
Underground energy storage specialists Gravitricity has signed...
Largest engine ever to run on H2 blend
28 March 2023
The technology group Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully...
Commission plan to reform the EU electricity market
21 March 2023
On 4 March the European Commission published its proposals to reform the...
EC Net-Zero Industry Act proposed
21 March 2023
On 16 March the European Commission proposed its Net-Zero Industry Act...
Electricity production falling, but total has risen compared to 2021
21 March 2023
The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...
National Grid energises world’s first T-pylons
21 March 2023
National Grid has successfully energised 36 of the world’s first pylons...
ACWA signs up to new green projects in Uzbekistan
21 March 2023
ACWA Power has signed three Power Purchase Agreements and...
Significant renewable power expansion in Louisiana
21 March 2023
Entergy Louisiana has made the largest renewable power expansion request...
Trial of drone-mounted field sensors for pylon inspections
21 March 2023
The UK’s National Grid and The University of Manchester are working...
UK Space Agency backs R-R nuclear power
21 March 2023
Rolls-Royce has secured funding from UK Space Agency, which is...
Cost of capital threatens UK renewable energy projects
21 March 2023
The rising cost of capital faced by developers of renewable energy...
Where things stand in the global energy crisis one year on
16 March 2023
On 23 February Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International...
Rigged tenders?
15 March 2023
RWE Renewables UK is pursuing a damages claim of £9.24 million against...
Supercritical CO2 conditions achieved in San Antonio pilot
14 March 2023
GTI Energy and its partners, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and...
Germany to build 25 GW of new gas power plants by 2030
14 March 2023
Clean Energy Wire reports that Germany will use its auction mechanism...
Demand for ocean space will grow 5-fold by 2050 – DNV report
14 March 2023
According to DNV’s Spatial Competition Forecast, collaboration...
DTEK commissions Tyligulska wind power plant in Ukraine
14 March 2023
Despite Russia's war against Ukraine, the DTEK Group has continued...
Taiwan’s Tung Hsiao power plant adds 180 MW
14 March 2023
GE has announced that the Taiwan Power Company (TPC)’s Tung Hsiao Power...
Vogtle Unit 3 NPP reaches initial criticality
14 March 2023
On 6 March Georgia Power announced that the 1117 MW Unit 3 of its...
Recyclable blades for Sofia offshore wind project
14 March 2023
132 recyclable blades made by Siemens are to be installed on 44 of the 100...
Mitsubishi No. 1 in global gas turbine market in 2022
14 March 2023
Mitsubishi Power, a brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, achieved the...
One year on – IAEA report on nuclear safety in Ukraine
07 March 2023
One year on, the International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a...
Global CO2 emissions rising less than initially feared
07 March 2023
Global CO2 emissions are increasing less than initially feared, as...
The Ukraine war and the global energy crisis – IEA commentary
07 March 2023
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the...
US GTs operated at record highs in summer 2022
07 March 2023
The average monthly capacity factor for simple-cycle, natural gas...
NKT and Prysmian to create ‘world’s largest offshore cable systems’
07 March 2023
NKT and Prysmian are to install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections...
Fervo Energy to develop combined geothermal and DAC facility
07 March 2023
Houston based Fervo Energy is to design and engineer a fully...
Vestas selected for Wando Geumil offshore wind project
07 March 2023
Vestas has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Korea South-East...
ACWA Power inks major renewables deal with Kazakhstan government
07 March 2023
ACWA Power has announced a ground-breaking partnership agreement with...
Demonstration of ‘clean’ plasma boosts ITER fusion
28 February 2023
Scientists from EUROfusion, including researchers from the UK...
UKAEA awards £3.1m in contracts to UK’s fusion industry
28 February 2023
Eighteen organisations have secured contracts with the United Kingdom...
‘Floating offshore wind will be fully commercial by 2035’ – DNV survey
28 February 2023
DNV has published new research about the industry’s perception of the...
CSI Energy Storage secures 487 MWh battery deal
28 February 2023
Canadian Solar has announced that CSI Energy Storage, which is part of...
Blackmail of Germany ‘has failed’
28 February 2023
Russia’s attempt to blackmail Germany and the rest of Europe into giving...
Argus launches price index for low-carbon ammonia
28 February 2023
Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched a...
Masdar makes strategic investment in major geothermal player
28 February 2023
Masdar is making a strategic investment in Indonesian company...
Recharge Industries completes purchase of Britishvolt
28 February 2023
Recharge Industries, a portfolio company of Scale Facilitation, has...
Alfen and Semper to build largest BESS in The Netherlands
28 February 2023
Alfen, an energy solutions specialist and SemperPower, a prominent player...
Global electricity production down, but renewables increase – IEA
21 February 2023
The latest International Energy Agency ‘Monthly Electricity...
Germany and Belgium to increase energy links with three new projects
21 February 2023
Online agency Clean Energy Wire reports that Germany and Belgium have...
First-of-a-kind storage project in the UK
21 February 2023
Wärtsilä has contracted to supply a 200 MW/400 MWh energy storage...
IberBlue Wind announces huge offshore wind project in Portugal
21 February 2023
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture created to promote floating offshore...
CO₂ certification dilemma for Germany
21 February 2023
Germany’s economy and climate ministry (BMWK) wants to take off the...
Global offshore wind pipeline now exceeds 1100 GW
21 February 2023
New research published today by RenewableUK’s EnergyPulse data analysts...
Solar projects achieve significant milestones in Texas
21 February 2023
OCI Solar Power has now originated more than 3 GW of utility-scale...
Reduction in Ukrainian nuclear output – IAEA Update 146
14 February 2023
Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael...
Vestas unveils circularity solution for WTG blades
14 February 2023
Vestas is working on commercialisation of a new solution that would...
ACWA Power initiates key RE partnerships in Azerbaijan
14 February 2023
Major developer ACWA Power has announced that four separate agreements...
EU and Swiss-funded FLEX4H2 project launched
14 February 2023
The ‘FLEX4H2’ project – Flexibility for Hydrogen – aims at...
GE’s GTs to power Kazakhstan’s first CHP plant
14 February 2023
As part of modernisation of the Kazakhstan power infrastructure, Aksa...
RheEnergise and partners secure £1m grant from UK government
14 February 2023
In partnership with the University of Greenwich and the University of...
New England grid withstands Arctic conditions – by bringing coal and oil PPs online
14 February 2023
The US Energy Information Administration reports that from 3-5...
Deal for EU offtake from India’s first green ammonia project
14 February 2023
Uniper and Greenko ZeroC (the green molecule production arm of the...
Siemens to establish nacelle facility in New York
14 February 2023
Siemens Gamesa has announced its intention to build a major offshore...
CCSC launches 18 MW offshore WTG
07 February 2023
Communications agency Tamarindo reports that Chinese firms have...
Siemens and Doosan sign offshore wind agreement
07 February 2023
Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility (formerly Doosan Heavy Industries)...
Amokabel acquires cable maker specialising in bushfire protection
07 February 2023
Amokabel, the Swedish specialist cable producer, has acquired...
Partnership to deliver UK solar and battery storage projects
07 February 2023
Amberside Energy and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, have announced...
190 MW grid-balancing peaker plant for Texas
07 February 2023
Wärtsilä is to supply the generating equipment for a new 190 MW power...
First calculating method for total carbon footprint to be developed
07 February 2023
Eleven offshore wind developers – bp, EnBW, Fred Olsen Seawind,...
Prysmian and National Grid to upgrade UK electricity grid
07 February 2023
Prysmian Group has been awarded, through its subsidiary in the UK, a...
Duke Energy brings advanced microgrid into service
07 February 2023
Duke Energy has brought into service what is said to be one of the...
Update - Ukraine’s energy sector during war
31 January 2023
Ukraine’s energy security was the topic of an online briefing by DTEK...
Wärtsilä to supply huge gas engine PP in Latin America
31 January 2023
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the engines for a large power plant...
Natural gas has displaced (most) coal-fired generation in Pennsylvania
31 January 2023
The US Energy Information Administration reports that natural gas-fired...
Enapter AG electrolyser order from S Korea
31 January 2023
Enapter AG, together with its partner YEST, has received an order from...
GE connects all units at 1.2 GW Jinzhai pumped storage
31 January 2023
In line with the planned schedule, all units of the Jinzhai pumped...
Mitsubishi Power order of H-25 GT for Chang Chun Petrochemical
31 January 2023
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,...
Poland’s first commercial NPP may be operational by 2036
31 January 2023
Representatives of Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), ZE PAK, and South...
IMechE Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2023
24 January 2023
Following the successful return to a live, in-person format last year,...
Uzbekistan’s first green H2 and ammonia projects
24 January 2023
Prominent Saudi developer ACWA Power has signed extensive heads of...
DNV acquires AI-enabled Proxima Solutions
24 January 2023
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider has...
The Crown Estate seals landmark agreements for offshore wind
24 January 2023
In what is described as ‘a major milestone for the UK’s energy security...
TESLA 50Hz to build 40 MW of rooftop solar across Romania
24 January 2023
Tesla 50Hz, part of Tesla Group, Romania, has signed a co-operation...
First horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine installed
24 January 2023
The trial operation of the first horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine at...
IAEA upgrades its Ukraine presence
24 January 2023
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Update 143,...
Net electricity production down – IEA
17 January 2023
The latest International Energy Agency ‘Monthly Electricity...
CO2 producers “must be forced to ‘take back’ carbon”
17 January 2023
UK newspaper The Guardian reports that a group of leading scientists...
‘Vibrations’ delay start up of Vogtle 3 NPP
17 January 2023
Georgia Power has delayed the start up of Vogtle Unit 3, the only...
Deepening rift between Green Party and climate movement in Germany
17 January 2023
Online news agency Clean Energy Wire reports that the leadership of...
Fontus and Verano to build a solar pipeline in Chile
17 January 2023
Verano Energy, a prominent renewable energy developer in Latin America,...
MHI signs MoU to collaborate in ammonia co-firing studies
17 January 2023
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Major T&D order to transmit 4 GW of wind power
17 January 2023
The German transmission system operator Amprion has awarded the contract...
World coal consumption reached a new high in 2022
10 January 2023
Global coal demand increased only marginally in 2022 but enough to push it...
Vestas 15 MW prototype WTG produces first kWh
10 January 2023
Vestas has finalised installation of its V236-15.0 MW offshore WTG...
First LNG cargo arrives at Germany’s LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven
10 January 2023
On 3 January Germany’s first full cargo of liquefied natural gas for the...
South Dakota PUC issues permit for North Bend Wind Farm
10 January 2023
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has approved a siting...
Jacobs to plan dismantling of Soviet-era nuclear reactors
10 January 2023
A consortium comprising Westinghouse Electric Spain, Jacobs, and...
200 MWh BESS to support New Zealand’s energy transition
10 January 2023
Saft, a subsidiary of French company TotalEnergies, has been awarded...
Germany’s power supply will survive coal and nuclear exit
10 January 2023
Germany will not experience an electricity shortage as a result of an...
Ukraine still suffering infrastructure strikes
03 January 2023
On 29 December Russia launched what appeared to be one of its biggest...
EU Commission approves Uniper stabilisation measures
03 January 2023
Following Uniper’s extraordinary general meeting on 19 December to...
Global renewables electricity production still rising
03 January 2023
The latest International Energy Agency's ‘Monthly Electricity...
Uniper extends operation of Heyden 4 and Staudinger 5
03 January 2023
Uniper is extending the market operation of the Heyden 4 and Staudinger...
Three partners to explore offshore integrated energy hubs
03 January 2023
Neptune Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ørsted and...
Ultra Safe Nuclear and Portland to collaborate on MMR
03 January 2023
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation, a prominent US-based company in...
First industrial-scale e-fuels facility in production
03 January 2023
Production has begun at what is believed to be the world’s first...
$3.7 bn to kick-start the USA’s CO2 extraction industry
20 December 2022
The Biden-Harris administration, through the US Department of Energy...
Sunotec builds Bulgaria’s largest solar plant
20 December 2022
The construction of Bulgaria’s largest solar power plant, the 124 MW...
Renewable PPA for new solar project
20 December 2022
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA has announced that it has entered into...
Plans to build the world’s first laser fusion plant
20 December 2022
Following the recent announcement of fusion energy breakeven at the...
Green Fuels for Denmark receives Danish IPCEI funding
20 December 2022
The Danish Business Authority has awarded the Danish Power-to-X...
LNG terminal opening ‘sets pace for infrastructure modernisation’
20 December 2022
Germany’s first import terminal for liquefied natural gas opened on...
200 MW gas plant for Ireland’s reserve
20 December 2022
GE Gas Power and MYTILINEOS have secured an order from the Electricity...
Fusion ignition breakthrough achieved at NIF
13 December 2022
The US Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security...
German government proposes changes to CCS legal framework
13 December 2022
Online agency Clean Energy Wire reports that in a bid to achieve its...
Coal the largest source for generation for 15 states
13 December 2022
In 15 US states last year, coal was used to generate more electricity...
ERCOT creates voluntary curtailment programme
13 December 2022
As part of continued improvements to support grid reliability,...
Wärtsilä to supply a 100 MWh battery storage system to the UK
13 December 2022
Wärtsilä has signed a contract with EDF Renewables UK and Ireland to...
First two pumped storage units at Jinzhai commissioned
13 December 2022
GE Hydro Solutions has been contracted by Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage...
Global BESS capacity to exceed 2 TWh by 2033
13 December 2022
In the latest version of its market report, ‘Batteries for stationary...
Germany sets renewable power record in 2022
13 December 2022
Germany will produce a record 256 TWh of electricity from renewable...
Last coal plant in New Jersey demolished
13 December 2022
The last remaining coal-fired power plant in the US state of New...
Missile strikes on Ukraine’s power structure continue
06 December 2022
On 5 December the eighth wave of missile strikes in eight weeks hit...
Uniper initiates arbitration proceedings against Gazprom
06 December 2022
Uniper has initiated arbitration proceedings against Russia's Gazprom...
Ørsted and Skovgaard Energy to develop large-scale power-to-X
06 December 2022
Ørsted and Skovgaard Energy have signed a letter of intent to jointly...
MENA region’s largest solar energy plant in prospect
06 December 2022
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Holding Co (Badeel), a wholly...
AMEA Power completes US$1.1 bn solar and wind deal
06 December 2022
AMEA Power, a fast growing renewable energy company in the Middle...
New Jersey township turns landfill into a clean energy asset
06 December 2022
CEP Renewables, CS Energy, Terrasmart, Lindsay Precast and NJR Clean...
Assystem to support new nuclear in Kazakhstan
06 December 2022
Project management company Assystem has signed a Memorandum of...
Global players on board with HyNQ green ammonia
06 December 2022
A consortium of domestic and global energy players, led by Energy Estate,...
“The swift reduction of global coal emissions is the central challenge” – IEA
29 November 2022
The world must move quickly to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from...
2000 MW solar and battery storage for the UK
29 November 2022
Black & Veatch has been awarded a lead role in the development of an...
AMEA Power to create West Africa’s largest solar plant
29 November 2022
AMEA Power has announced the expansion of the Mohammed Bin Zayed Solar...
John Cockerill designs the world’s largest HRSG
29 November 2022
The Awirs power plant, in Flémalle, Liege, Belgium, will be replaced by...
Renewable Power Capital enters Europe’s storage market
29 November 2022
Renewable Power Capital, the pan-European renewable energy...
Gravity energy storage could help decarbonise India
29 November 2022
A new project aims to identify how gravity energy storage can...
Irish power grid will connect to continental Europe
29 November 2022
Siemens Energy has contracted to deliver the high-voltage direct...
Four Ukrainian NPPs reconnected to grid
29 November 2022
Ukraine’s four operational nuclear power plant sites all have access to...
A mitigation deal is struck at COP27
22 November 2022
Diplomats from nearly 200 countries concluded two weeks of climate talks...
Infrastructure strikes - Ukraine government prepares to evacuate Kherson
22 November 2022
For nearly two months the BBC and various news agencies have been...
$1.1 billion grant to keep open Diablo Canyon NPP
22 November 2022
The US Department of Energy is to conditionally provide Pacific Gas...
Proposal for 990 MW floating offshore wind farm in Andalusia
22 November 2022
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture set up to develop floating offshore wind...
Collaboration to develop green hydrogen offshore
22 November 2022
Green hydrogen specialist Lhyfe and major French harbour Nantes-St...
A continental first – power using H2 blended fuel
22 November 2022
On 16 November Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egypt’s minister of...
California will build no new gas-fired generation
22 November 2022
In an update to its Scoping Plan the California Air Resources Board has...
Zaporizhzhya survives bombardment
22 November 2022
An expert team of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday...
Germany is ‘not hydrogen ready’
15 November 2022
Germany is not sufficiently prepared for the ramp-up of the hydrogen...
Floating wind ‘will miss 2030 targets’
15 November 2022
A critical renewable energy initiative to aid the transition away from...
Geothermal to be re-launched in Germany
15 November 2022
Clean Energy Wire reports that a new exploration process launched...
Carbon emissions from fossil fuels will hit record high in 2022
15 November 2022
Carbon emissions emanating from fossil fuels will hit record levels...
Contract awarded for largest floating solar power project
15 November 2022
SolarDuck has been awarded a contract for what it believes will be...
Business generated power could replace UK imported gas
15 November 2022
A new study has revealed that the investment in sustainable on-site...
RWE to build Hollandse Kust West VII
15 November 2022
RWE has received the necessary permit from Netherlands Enterprise Agency...
Renescience for sale
09 November 2022
Ørsted says its Renescience energy-from-waste technology is currently “in...
23% of the US coal firing fleet to retire by 2029
08 November 2022
Owing to continued competition from natural gas and renewable resources,...
Release of IEA Energy RD&D budgets data
08 November 2022
The International Energy Agency has released its ‘2022 Energy Technology...
GE and Shell sign LNG development agreement
08 November 2022
GE Gas Power and Shell Global Solutions, a prominent supplier of...
MHI and Indonesia Power to investigate H2 Co-firing
08 November 2022
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and PLN Indonesia Power, a sub-holding...
First utility-scale PP with near-zero emissions to be built in Texas
08 November 2022
NET Power announced on 7 November its plan to develop and build what...
Victoria-NSW interconnector upgrade completed
08 November 2022
A greater volume of renewable energy will be able to flow between...
Waveswing trials exceed expectations
08 November 2022
Inverness, Scotland-based AWS Ocean Energy has recorded ‘highly...
Exergy unveils corporate rebrand
04 November 2022
On 3 November Exergy International announced the launch of its...
IEA sees reasons for hope in the current energy crisis
01 November 2022
The International Energy Agency’s most recent publication, World...
UN Panel on Climate Change issues stark warning
01 November 2022
A new report released on 26 October by the UN’s principal climate...
ACWA Power in sustainable infrastructure financing MOU with EBRD
01 November 2022
ACWA Power Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...
Skimming solar PV profits could ‘poison investment climate’
01 November 2022
Online agency Clean Energy Wire reports that plans by the German...
US gas fired generation down for the first time in four years
01 November 2022
According to the Energy Information Administration’s recently...
GE suffers renewables turndown, but sees growth in gas generation
01 November 2022
GE has reported a 2022 third quarter showing some disparity across...
Large-scale direct air capture moving to next step
01 November 2022
The world’s largest commercial-scale project capturing carbon...
Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure to develop 5.2 GW of offshore wind in Denmark
26 October 2022
Ørsted and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have entered into a...
ACWA Power and IDC to explore green H2 projects in South Africa
26 October 2022
ACWA Power, the prominent Saudi developer and operator of power...
Consortium to pursue green projects on the US Gulf Coast
26 October 2022
Air Liquide, Chevron Corporation, LyondellBasell, and Uniper SE...
Siemens contracts for 105 MW of wind power to Finland
26 October 2022
Siemens Gamesa has been chosen by project developer Energiequelle for...
Scholven C coal PP returns to the market
26 October 2022
Uniper will operate its Scholven C hard-coal-fired power plant for...
Ukraine’s energy sector – an update from the war zone
25 October 2022
DTEK Group, the largest owner of Ukrainian generation capacity, provided...
50 metres of Nord Stream pipeline destroyed
25 October 2022
At least 50 metres of the underwater Nord Stream gas pipeline in the...
New space-efficient battery storage from Saft
25 October 2022
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has developed a new high-energy...
Gas markets to remain tight into 2023
18 October 2022
European demand for LNG has set off global competition for supplies, even...
OECD electricity production up 2.6%
18 October 2022
The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics...
Cameco and Brookfield to acquire Westinghouse
18 October 2022
A consortium of Cameco and Brookfield Renewable, together with...
‘Nuclear milestone’ at Vogtle 3 NPP
18 October 2022
On 14 October Georgia Power announced that fuel loading into the...
Zaporizhzhya 750 kV connection broken again
18 October 2022
Zaporizhzhya NPP in Ukraine again lost its connection via its last...
German government confirms short life extension of three nukes
18 October 2022
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that his government would...
GE receives H-Class GT order from Eneva
18 October 2022
GE has secured an H-Class gas turbine order from Eneva, the largest...
Zaporizhzhya reconnected, but situation ‘still fragile’ – IAEA
12 October 2022
In the IAEA’s latest Ukraine Update on 9 October director general...
Germany will continue to push for 1.5°C
12 October 2022
Clean Energy Wire reports that Germany aims to keep the Paris...
IAEA DG in meeting with Putin
12 October 2022
On 11 October IAEA director general Rafael Grossi met with Russian...
GE awarded $6.6 m to develop 100% H2 combustion in F-Class GTs
11 October 2022
GE has announced the successful completion of the award negotiation phase...
Mitsubishi completes 2650 MW GTCC PP in Thailand
11 October 2022
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of MHI, on 1 October...
Vestas selected for 1.5 GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project
11 October 2022
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a 50:50 partnership of Shell New Energies...
Foresight Energy invests in combine PSH/wind power project
11 October 2022
Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners, Foresight Group’s flagship...
Site for UK’s first fusion energy plant named
04 October 2022
The UK’s Business and Energy secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has announced that...
RWE to acquire Con Edison Clean Energy
04 October 2022
RWE has signed a purchase agreement with Con Edison Inc. to acquire...
56% of world’s energy “will be generated in APAC region by 2030” – GlobalData report
04 October 2022
With the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region expected to generate over half of...
Nord Stream pipelines ‘have stopped leaking’
04 October 2022
Leaks from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has finally stopped after...
EDF revises its UK nuclear plant strategy
04 October 2022
In response to fast rising wholesale gas and power prices feeding through...
RWE to restart three lignite units
04 October 2022
RWE announced on 29 September that it is to restart three lignite...
Proposed launch of Great British Energy
04 October 2022
The UK’s largest opposition party, the Labour party, announced at its...
Germany triggers gas emergency plan
30 June 2022
Online news agency Clean Energy Wire reports that – citing a...
Global energy investment is rising, but too slowly - IEA
28 June 2022
Global energy investment is set to increase by 8% in 2022 to reach...
ACWA Power-led consortium signs project agreement for 1.1 GW wind project in Egypt
28 June 2022
ACWA Power has signed an agreement to develop a 1.1GW wind project in...
Hybrid wind plus solar project for Turkey
28 June 2022
GE and its regional solution partner Inogen have been selected by Sertavul...
Announcement of 1.2GW Southern Winds offshore wind project
28 June 2022
Co-developed by Energy Estate and BlueFloat Energy, Southern Winds is a...
Siemens and Air Liquide form JV to produce H2 electrolysers
28 June 2022
Siemens Energy and Air Liquide have jointly entered into a project to...
RWE expands its offshore wind ambitions
28 June 2022
RWE is increasing its activity in the offshore wind business. RWE...
Fund to stimulate German offshore wind
21 June 2022
RWE, in conjunction with Commerzbank, plans to create a ‘Green...
Renewables share increases globally
21 June 2022
The International Energy Agency’s latest Monthly Electricity...
Zaporizhzhia data link restored
21 June 2022
The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Ukrainian operator of...
First offshore wind farm in a Spanish port
21 June 2022
Spanish companies Capital Energy and BlueFloat Energy have join forces...
Wärtsilä agreement to guarantee African gold mine operations
21 June 2022
Wärtsilä has signed a 5-year performance-based agreement for a 20 MW...
Global offshore wind project pipeline doubles in 12 months
21 June 2022
RenewableUK’s latest EnergyPulse market intelligence data report shows...
Mercury Renewables’ ‘first-of-a-kind’ green hydrogen plant
21 June 2022
A first-of-a-kind green hydrogen generation project located on the border...
RWE halts personnel early retirements as coal firing is ramped up
21 June 2022
RWE, Germany’s largest energy company, has halted early retirement...
Fugro to develop digital twin of Denmark’s transmission network
14 June 2022
Energinet, the Danish national transmission system operator, has...
Vestas and EnBW sign agreement for the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore array
14 June 2022
Vestas has secured a conditional order agreement to supply 64xV235-15.0...
Sweden’s Nysäter wind farm connects to the grid
14 June 2022
The Nysäter wind farm, located 400 km north of Stockholm, is now an...
Europe importing record amounts of LNG in 2022
14 June 2022
The Energy Information Administration reports that Europe’s (the EU and...
EIA expects high energy prices through 2023
14 June 2022
The US Energy Information Administration forecasts that US energy prices...
GE to triple its manufacturing capacity for energy storage electronics
14 June 2022
GE is responding to strongly increased demand by tripling the...
German government increased coal reserves
14 June 2022
To counteract future gas supply shortages, the German cabinet has decided...
European geothermal sector ‘emerges stronger’ from pandemic
14 June 2022
The European Geothermal Energy Council reports in the 11th edition of...
Potential reliability concern for central USA
07 June 2022
The US Energy Information Administration reports that higher...
RWE acquires 1.4 GW power plant from Vattenfall
07 June 2022
RWE is to acquire from Vattenfall the 1.4 GW gas-fired power plant...
Ørsted + ATP and GlobalConnect to work on North Sea Energy Island digital hub
07 June 2022
Ørsted + ATP has signed an agreement with prominent digital...
Exergy and GDI in geothermal development
07 June 2022
Exergy International and Geothermal Development & Investment Inc. (GDI),...
Magnesium to be researched as a sustainable lithium alternative
07 June 2022
The potential for magnesium to offer a sustainable and affordable...
Westinghouse and Bloom Energy to accelerate zero-carbon H2 production in the nuclear industry
07 June 2022
Westinghouse Electric and Bloom Energy Corp have entered into a Letter...
Illinois coal plants awarded funding for development as storage
07 June 2022
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)...
UK task force to promote floating offshore wind technology
07 June 2022
RenewableUK has initiated the launch of a new body, the Floating...
EU leaders reach compromise deal on Russian oil ban
31 May 2022
EU leaders came to an agreement on 30 May to ban most imports of Russian...
G7 to play crucial role in reducing emissions from heavy industry
31 May 2022
After a two-day meeting in Berlin under Germany’s 2022 presidency of the...
BlueFloat to enter round 3 market auction in Taiwan
31 May 2022
Spanish developer BlueFloat Energy has entered the Taiwan wind energy...
Jacobs builds robot to clean up Fukushima
31 May 2022
US firm Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to obtain...
Siemens to build huge shore-side power connection
31 May 2022
Seehafen Kiel GmbH, the port of Kiel, Germany, has commissioned Siemens AG...
UK trial of ‘renewables only’ network restart
31 May 2022
SP Energy Networks has led a successful trial to re-energise its...
Cyber attacks worrying German wind industry
31 May 2022
A string of apparently targeted cyber attacks on German wind farms has led...
Wärtsilä to test hydrogen blended fuel in the USA
31 May 2022
Wärtsilä, in collaboration with WEC Energy Group, the Electric Power...
Future WTGs ‘will achieve 27% greater LCOE’
31 May 2022
Researchers Philipp Beiter and Eric Lantz from the US National...
EU €300 bn plan for recovery and resilience
24 May 2022
On 8 March the European Commission proposed the outline of a plan to...
Floating wind farm proposed for Sardinia
24 May 2022
A 975 MW floating offshore wind farm off the northeastern coast of...
Wärtsilä in green H2 blending trials
24 May 2022
Wärtsilä is to collaborate with the Portuguese independent power...
EIA forecasts increasing share of renewables in the USA during 2022
24 May 2022
In its ‘Summer Electricity Outlook’, a supplement to its May 2022...
RWE issues €2 billion green bond
24 May 2022
RWE has successfully issued a further green bond with a total volume of...
Hinkley Point C delayed and will overrun by £3bn
24 May 2022
Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant developer EDF has announced that...
Carbon sequestration project for Louisiana
24 May 2022
Mitsubishi Corporation has signed a participation agreement with...
Drax to trial pioneering new carbon capture technology
17 May 2022
Drax is collaborating with the University of Nottingham and...
RWE’s grand scheme for Hollandse Kust West
17 May 2022
RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for Hollandse...
Vestas introduces its V163-4.5 MW WTG
17 May 2022
Vestas intends to take part in the expected expansion of renewable energy...
Russian oil supply could fall by 3 million barrels a day
17 May 2022
Russia’s isolation following its invasion of Ukraine is deepening as...
GE secures first 9HA CCPP order in Vietnam
17 May 2022
GE has secured an order from Samsung C&T Corporation, which is leading...
Energy storage for Côte d'Ivoire’s first solar plant
17 May 2022
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract from...
Chornobyl safeguards resumed – IAEA Update
12 May 2022
On 9 May the International Atomic Energy Agency issued the...
Hydrogen retrofit for Rotterdam Capelle
12 May 2022
Thomassen Energy is to retrofit one of Uniper’s Rotterdam Capelle...
EU stumbles over plans to ban Russian oil
11 May 2022
Discussions among the EU-27 states starting on 4 May had by 9 May...
Hydrogen fuel network trial gets underway
11 May 2022
Building a UK-wide delivery network for hydrogen has taken a step...
El Algodon Alto wind farm has started operations
11 May 2022
RWE Renewables’ El Algodon Alto, a 200 MW onshore wind farm located in...
Advanced storage project receives $500 m commitment from US DoE
10 May 2022
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office has issued...
German government charters four FSRUs via Uniper and RWE
10 May 2022
In the effort to free Germany from its dependency on Russian gas,...
Planning permission secured for Hams Hall storage project
10 May 2022
Penso Power and Luminous Energy, partners in the Welbar Energy Storage...
Strabag and Exergy in geothermal alliance
10 May 2022
Exergy International and Strabag’s plant engineering and...
US renewables generation has overtaken nuclear
03 May 2022
The US Energy Information Administration reports that power sector...
Gazprom refuses payments in Euros from German firm
03 May 2022
Russia’s Gazprom bank has for the first time refused to accept a payment...
Renewables funding via power bills cancelled in Germany
03 May 2022
As of 1 July, German consumers will no longer have to pay the...
Largest green hydrogen hub selects EPC provider
03 May 2022
Black & Veatch has been selected by Mitsubishi Power Americas and...
Russia halts gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria
03 May 2022
Russia has responded to the West’s escalating arms shipments and...
Gas Technology Institute re-named GTI Energy
03 May 2022
The Gas Technology Institute, located in Des Plaines, Illinois, has...
First demo of advanced H2 firing PP using GE HA turbine
27 April 2022
GE and Long Ridge Energy Terminal, a subsidiary of Fortress...
First WTG installed at Hollandse Kust Zuid
27 April 2022
The first turbine of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm, located...
‘Power consumption to triple by 2050’ – McKinsey report
27 April 2022
McKinsey & Co has launched its 2022 ‘Global Energy Perspective’ report,...
Government ‘sharpens toolbox’ for energy supply security
27 April 2022
Germany’s federal government has sharpened the tools available to combat...
First Ampelmann W2W for US offshore industry
27 April 2022
Ampelmann has signed its first contract in the US offshore wind market....
Siemens Gamesa to sell south European renewables assets to SSE
26 April 2022
Siemens Gamesa has entered into an agreement with SSE to sell...
Twenty20 Energy to build gas fired PP in Papua New Guinea’s highland region
26 April 2022
Twenty20 Energy Systems has announced plans to design, build and maintain...
US DoE seeks bids for $6 bn nuclear credit programme
26 April 2022
The US Department of Energy has announced plans to seek applications...
Rising wind in the USA
19 April 2022
On 29 March, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2017 GWh...
World’s largest flywheel starts its journey to Ireland
19 April 2022
A real heavyweight in the energy transition is on its way to Ireland. On...
RWE aims at €1.5 billion in Ireland investments
19 April 2022
RWE has committed to investing €50 billion gross through to 2030 to...
OECD electricity production rises 6.6%
19 April 2022
The latest International Energy Agency ‘Monthly Electricity...
Largest-ever IEA emergency oil stock release
19 April 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its global repercussions have put...
European renewables prices rise 27.5%
19 April 2022
European renewable Power Purchase Agreement prices have surged 8.1%...
GE first WTG in French waters
19 April 2022
On 13 April GE completed the installation of the first offshore wind...
Vestas launches its V172-7.2 MW variant for low to medium wind
19 April 2022
Vestas is introducing a 7.2 MW variant in its EnVentus onshore platform,...
Four Canadian provinces publish strategic plan for SMR
12 April 2022
The governments of four Canadian provinces – Ontario, New...
Shell and Uniper to work on blue H2 production in the UK
12 April 2022
Uniper has signed an agreement with Shell to progress plans to produce...
Four weeks to apply for UK update funding
12 April 2022
Manufacturing and industrial businesses in the UK that own or...
First phase of Tampa coal-to-gas upgrade completed
12 April 2022
Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has completed the first phase of...
Third M701JAC unit started up at 5.3 GW GTCC in Thailand
12 April 2022
Mitsubishi Power, a power industry brand of MHI, has commenced operations...
RWE signs Thor connection agreement with Energinet
12 April 2022
Danish grid operator Energinet has signed an agreement with RWE...
IAEA statement on the Ukraine situation
12 April 2022
In its Update published on 7 April the International Atomic Energy...
Major acceleration of home-grown power in the UK
12 April 2022
The UK government on 5 April announced plans under the heading...
Malaysia's largest CC plant starts up
06 April 2022
GE and Edra Energy Sdn Bhd, Malaysia’s second-largest independent...
Aggreko commits to greener fuels switch
06 April 2022
Power rentals major Aggreko has confirmed its commitment to reaching net...
Siemens Gamesa steps up WTG manufacturing
06 April 2022
Siemens Gamesa has started manufacture of its patented offshore direct...
‘We can halve emissions by 2030’ – guarded optimism from the IPCC
05 April 2022
We can halve emissions, but the time for action is now, says...
Russian gas supply cuts would cause severe damage
05 April 2022
Leading industrialists in Germany have warned against the severe damage...
‘World first’ plasma electrolyser project
05 April 2022
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are embarking on a £250 000...
Drought reduces hydro generation in the USA
05 April 2022
The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2021, a...
UK government to take 20% stake in Sizewell C NPP
30 March 2022
The UK government plans to take a 20% stake in a the projected £20...
Siemens Energy to power China’s Greater Bay Area
30 March 2022
Siemens Energy has recently entered into separate agreements with...
Plan to develop GW scale ‘green H2’ floating wind sites in the Celtic Sea
30 March 2022
Source Energie has been working for some time to identify medium and...
Joint statement of the EC and the USA on energy security
30 March 2022
On 25 March the USA and the European Commission issued a joint...
USA exported record amounts of LNG in 2021
30 March 2022
US exports of liquefied natural gas set a record high in 2021, averaging...
Ørsted sells 50% stake in Hornsea 2 wind farm
30 March 2022
Ørsted has signed an agreement to divest a 50 % ownership stake in its 1.3...
Assessment of H2 plant readiness at Grain
30 March 2022
GE has announced that is has commenced its hydrogen plant...
'Renewables will supply 44% of US electricity by 2050’ – EIA
22 March 2022
In its Annual Energy Outlook 2022 Reference case, which reflects current...
European grid synchronised with Ukraine and Moldova
22 March 2022
On 18 March the EU commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson issued the...
Completion of the largest wind project in North America
22 March 2022
On 21 March Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy announced commercial...
UK’s Greenlink construction under way
22 March 2022
Greenlink Interconnector Ltd has announced financial close on construction...
Germany agrees LNG supply deal with Qatar
22 March 2022
Germany’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck has initiated an...
Thermal power plants to become energy storage facilities
22 March 2022
E2S Power and India Power Corp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Hysata’s electrolyser breaks efficiency records
22 March 2022
Australian company Hysata’s hydrogen electrolyser technology has...
Kärnfull and GE Hitachi SMR collaboration
22 March 2022
Sweden's energy consumption continues to grow and there is a demand...
CO2 emissions at ‘highest level in history’ - IEA
15 March 2022
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 by over...
US natural gas production to rise, fuelled by export demand
15 March 2022
In its ‘Annual Energy Outlook 2022’ Reference case, the US Energy...
Nexans wins US offshore wind export cables contract
15 March 2022
Nexans has won a contract with Ørsted and Eversource to install and...
ScottishPower and Shell confirm offshore wind funding
15 March 2022
ScotWind partners ScottishPower and Shell are set to invest a total of...
Joint European action via REPowerEU
14 March 2022
The European Commission on 9 March proposed the outline of a plan,...
Russia attacks nuclear facilities in Ukraine
14 March 2022
As of 9 March, the Chornobyl nuclear plant site, location of the...
Ukraine war adds impetus to Asia’s energy transition
14 March 2022
The invasion of Ukraine is leading to further turmoil for global...
Gas prices rise to astronomic levels
14 March 2022
The IEEFA (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis)...
US energy consumption ‘will grow for next 30 years’ – EIA
08 March 2022
Energy consumption will increase in the United States over the next 30...
Voith completes the acquisition of Voith Hydro
08 March 2022
On 1 March, following receipt of all the necessary official approvals,...
GE awarded 2 GW order for Guangdong
08 March 2022
GE Gas Power and Harbin Electric have received an order from...
IAEA statement on the situation in Ukraine
08 March 2022
Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – on...
Germany to spend $220 bn on industrial transformation by 2026
08 March 2022
Germany has earmarked 200 billion euros ($220 billion) to fund an...
Strategy rethink in fossil–dependent Germany
08 March 2022
The war in Ukraine is forcing Germany to radically rethink its energy...
Rolls-Royce SMR entering regulatory assessment process
08 March 2022
Rolls-Royce SMR’s nuclear power plant design is entering the Generic...
Ukraine update – Chornobyl radiation ‘not a danger to the public’
02 March 2022
Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that...
Anyang CHP starts commercial operation
02 March 2022
On 28 February GE today announced the start of commercial operations at...
Mocean lands £730k wave energy funding
02 March 2022
Wave power specialists Mocean Energy has secured major new investment...
Floating wave power units installed off Jaffa
02 March 2022
Eco Wave Power has finished production of ten of its of floating wave...
“Time is fast running out for climate change solutions” – new IPCC report
01 March 2022
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could...
US$1.59 billion Red Sea Project achieves financial close
01 March 2022
A consortium led by ACWA Power, and composed of SPIC Huanghe...
Siemens 14 MW WTG selected for Poland’s first offshore wind array
01 March 2022
Siemens Gamesa has signed two Preferred Supplier Agreements for the...
USA ‘fiddles while Rome burns’
01 March 2022
The USA’s legislators are still embroiled in legal conflicts about who,...
Vestas and Ørsted named as world’s most sustainable companies
25 January 2022
Prominent Danish energy companies Vestas and Ørsted have been named as...
The Texas grid is ‘ready for winter weather’
25 January 2022
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has filed its final...
Independent certification for Celtic Sea floating wind project
25 January 2022
Bureau Veritas (BV), the testing, inspection and certification...
Industrial–scale electrolysis goes into series production
25 January 2022
The first series production of electrolysis systems from...
K2 to monitor Dogger Bank third phase
25 January 2022
Dogger Bank C, located off the coast of the UK, and the final phase in...
UK government auctions £285m in funding for renewables
25 January 2022
Analyst Cornwall Insight reports that applications for the UK...
Italy’s increasing focus on system balance
25 January 2022
A2A Gencogas, Italy, has contracted with Wärtsilä for the supply of a...
Azerbaijan’s largest renewables project gets under way
19 January 2022
On 14 January in Baku the Azerbaijani Ministry of Energy and Saudi...
Energy Island cable route survey contract awarded
19 January 2022
Fugro has secured a contract with Energinet to undertake cable route...
First supply contract in Spain for Siemens’ 5.X WTG
19 January 2022
Siemens Gamesa is to supply its 5.X platform turbines to Iberdrola’s 94...
Power cuts as USA and Canada are hit by winter storms
18 January 2022
A major winter storm has brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the USA...
Huge New Mexico wind project comes online
18 January 2022
The Pattern Energy Group said this week that its Western Spirit Wind...
Contracts awarded for proposed Aldbrough hydrogen storage
18 January 2022
Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on...
Renewable power plants are reducing US gas demand
18 January 2022
In its January ‘Short-term Energy Outlook’ the US Energy...
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...
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...
