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caroline peachey
Mocean lands £730k wave energy funding
Wave power specialists Mocean Energy has secured major new investment to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its innovative wave energy technology.
Floating wave power units installed off Jaffa
Eco Wave Power has finished production of ten of its of floating wave power units and has started installing them at the Port of Jaffa, Israel.
Global electricity production continues to rise – IEA
The latest International Energy Agency Monthly Electricity Statistics report, which includes November 2021 data, shows that the total production of all member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is still rising.
INNIO and Concord Group to develop four biogas plants in Malaysia
INNIO has signed a memorandum of understanding with Concord Group to jointly build four power plants across Malaysia fuelled by palm oil wastes.
World’s first centre for H2 system validation
Mitsubishi Power, an MHI subsidiary, is planning to establish the world’s first centre for validation of hydrogen-related technologies, from hydrogen production to power generation.
German chancellor suspends Nord Stream 2
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country’s economy ministry to initiate steps that will effectively put the certification process for the contentious Nord Stream 2 pipeline on hold after Russia’s president Vladimir Putin on 22 February officially recognised the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, and ordered the deployment of Russian troops there to carry out ‘peacekeeping functions’.
RWE and Tata Power collaborate to explore offshore potential in India
RWE and Tata Power have agreed on a partnership to explore the potential for a joint development of offshore wind projects in India.
Nordex to investigate WTG collapse in Wales
An investigation has been launched following the collapse on 14 February of a 337ft (115m) 2.5 MW wind turbine in Wales during strong winds, a precursor of two 80 mph wind storms that hit the west of the UK on 16 and 17 February.
US DoE awards $5.7 m for GE-led CCUS project
GE Gas Power has announced that the company’s front-end engineering design (FEED) study ‘Retrofittable Advanced Combined Cycle Integration for Flexible Decarbonised Generation’ is to receive $5.77 million in federal funding from the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management following successful completion of the award negotiation phase.
Government awards £100m to proposed Sizewell C NPP
Plans to build the Sizewell C 3.2 GW nuclear power plant have been backed by £100 million of government funding in order to try and attract further financing from private investors.