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RWE to acquire Con Edison Clean Energy
RWE has signed a purchase agreement with Con Edison Inc. to acquire all shares in Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc. Headquartered in New York, Con Edison CEB is a...
56% of world’s energy “will be generated in APAC region by 2030” – GlobalData report
With the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region expected to generate over half of the world’s electrical energy by 2030, prominent data and analytics company GlobalData notes that energy...
Nord Stream pipelines ‘have stopped leaking’
Leaks from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has finally stopped after three separate ruptures were discovered in the natural gas lines last week, the Danish Energy Agency said on 2 October.
EDF revises its UK nuclear plant strategy
In response to fast rising wholesale gas and power prices feeding through to extremely high consumer bills, (winter 22/23 wholesale electricity prices are currently forecast to be in...
RWE to restart three lignite units
RWE announced on 29 September that it is to restart three lignite firing units that were previously on standby under the country’s policy to cut down on the use of...
Proposed launch of Great British Energy
The UK’s largest opposition party, the Labour party, announced at its annual conference that a Labour government would set up a publicly owned energy company to invest in clean UK power.
Norway has ambitions as a battery powerhouse
Siva – the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation of Norway – has partnered with Morrow Batteries to establish a joint property company that will build a gigafactory for...
Federal government acquires 99% stake in Uniper
The German Federal government, Uniper and Fortum agreed on 21 September an amendment to the package of measures announced on 22 July this year that is intended to ensure the...
China increased generation annually from 2000 to 2020
China has steadily increased its electricity generation over the past 20 years, reaching 7600 TWh in 2020 from 1280 TWh in 2000, according to US Energy Information...
IberBlue Wind launches in Spain and Portugal
IberBlue Wind, a joint venture focused on the development of floating offshore wind farm projects, is commencing operations in Spain and Portugal with the aim of becoming one of...
‘2030 coal exit unachievable’ in Germany
The energy crisis is forcing Germany to rapidly rearrange its energy policy plans and will make a faster coal phase-out by 2030 impossible, says Stephan Weil, state premier of...
€194 m grant for Nextchem to develop waste-to-H2 plant
Maire Tecnimont subsidiary NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the EU’s ‘IPCEI Hy2Use’ project. The project is...
Tripartite subsea energy MoU signed
Baker Hughes, Mocean Energy and Verlume have signed a triparty memorandum of understanding to identify and discuss potential opportunities for collaboration on integrated wave energy...
Clean energy ‘now employs more people than fossil fuels’ – IEA
Clean energy industries now employ more people globally than fossil fuel sectors, according to the first edition of the International Energy Agency’s ‘World Energy Employment Report’....
ACWA Power announces investment in Silk Road Fund
ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya combined cycle gas turbine facility in Uzbekistan.
Carbon intensity of US power generation continues to fall
From 2016 to 2020, the carbon intensity of USA power generation fell 18%, driven by a shift in the electricity generation mix away from coal and towards natural gas and renewables....
Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear plant to produce hydrogen
Bloom Energy is to install a 240 kW electrolyser at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear plant in Welch, Minnesota, to produce emissions-free hydrogen, the two companies have announced.
RWE and Latvenergo team up on offshore wind in the Baltic
RWE and Latvenergo have joined forces to develop, construct and operate offshore wind projects off the Latvian coast. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the two...
Siemens and Shell sign low-carbon energy solutions MoU
Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Shell Global Solutions International BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing low-carbon and highly efficient...
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