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Drax and MHI to create world’s largest negative emissions project
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., part of the MHI Group, have agreed a long-term contract for Drax to use its carbon capture technology, the Advanced KM...

G7 agrees to end new government support for coal power
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by The G7 group of the richest nations, at its summit in the UK on 13 June undertook to focus on various other technologies, including carbon capture, to help speed up the transition...

Launch of the EU's DSO entity
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by ENTSO-E comments that it is looking forward to co-operating with the EU DSO Entity in the fulfilment of their respective legal mandates in the interest of European consumers and...

ABB and Axpo partner on green hydrogen project
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by ABB has joined forces with Swiss utility Axpo to develop modular green hydrogen production plants in Italy aimed at creating an optimum operating model to produce affordable, green hydrogen.

Tight conditions expected in Texas grid
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) asked consumers to reduce electricity use as much as possible in the period 14 June to 18 June. A significant number of forced...

TerraPower and PacifiCorp to advance nuclear technology in Wyoming
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 by PacifiCorp and TerraPower, backed by Wyoming governor Mark Gordon have announced efforts to push forward a Natrium reactor demonstration project at a retiring coal plant in Wyoming....

Vattenfall to become minority shareholder in Estonian nuke start-up
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by Vattenfall has signed an agreement with the Estonian nuclear energy start-up company Fermi Energia in order to become a minority shareholder of the company with a seed investment of €...

Siemens and Mitsubishi sign SF6-free MoU for HV
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by On June 5 Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Electric signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a feasibility study on the joint development of high voltage switching solutions with...

Fortum to increase its wind capacity in Russia
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by The Fortum-Rusnano wind investment fund has made an investment decision on the construction of wind power parks with a total capacity of 236.6 MW in the Samara region in Russia....

Kriegers Flak WTG installation completed
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by On 5 June, the last of a total of 72 turbines was installed at Kriegers Flak, which will be Denmark's largest offshore wind farm. Next steps will be to finalise testing and...

Warning of public health threat from heat pumps
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by Following a public health warning by the German government, the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) has called on the UK government to halt the planned rollout of heat pumps, and...

Fifth Chinese company joins Global Wind Organisation
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by Fast growing Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co. has joined Global Wind Organisation, becoming part of a global network of stakeholders with a primary purpose...

bp boosts its renewables business in the USA
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 by bp reached an agreement on 1 June to purchase 9 GW of solar development projects in the US from independent US solar developer 7X Energy. The acquisition represents a significant...

Ørsted and HOFOR agreement on hydrogen power
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by On 31 May Ørsted and HOFOR (a Greater Copenhagen utility) entered into an agreement that will secure green power for part of the potential 1.3 GW Green Fuels for Denmark project...

Hamburg H2 project in government shortlist
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by The partners of the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub, namely Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Vattenfall and the municipal company Wärme Hamburg, believe the odds of receiving EU funding...

Uniper’s Heyden 4 coal plant ‘still needed’
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by ‪‪‪‪‪Uniper's Heyden 4 coal fired power plant in Petershagen, near Minden, which ceased commercial electricity generation at the end of 2020, is no longer slated for decommissioning....

E.ON to support 28 ‘innovative’ island projects
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by E.ON and its partners have selected 28 innovative projects on European islands that they will support through the NESOI facility. NESOI (New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands) is...

UK path to integrating more renewable energy
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by What is being called a ground-breaking project – the Constellation project – by UK Power Networks, with ABB as its partner, is intended to increase the amount of renewable...

ESB and dCarbonX to partner on green H2 storage
Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by ESB and dCarbonX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint assessment and development of offshore green hydrogen subsurface storage in Ireland. This partnership is seen...