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€18m EBRD loan to Kosovo’s first wind farm

Kosovo, which relies for its energy on coal, will benefit from cleaner, more reliable energy from the first…

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany February 13, 2019 Last autumn, the German…

Invenergy Completes Construction Financing for Its Largest Solar Project to Date

Invenergy announced that it completed construction financing on Dec. 19, 2018 for its largest solar project to…

Duke Energy’s Hamilton Solar Power Plant opens in Florida, providing more…

Duke Energy announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-megawatt (MW) Hamilton Solar Power Plant in…

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€18m EBRD loan to Kosovo’s first wind farm

Kosovo, which relies for its energy on coal, will benefit from cleaner, more reliable energy from the first…

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany February 13, 2019 Last autumn, the German…

Invenergy Completes Construction Financing for Its Largest Solar Project to Date

Invenergy announced that it completed construction financing on Dec. 19, 2018 for its largest solar project to…

Duke Energy’s Hamilton Solar Power Plant opens in Florida, providing more…

Duke Energy announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-megawatt (MW) Hamilton Solar Power Plant in…

ElectriFI Supports REDAVIA’s Expansion in Ghana’s C&I Sector

Solar technology company REDAVIA and ElectriFI have signed a USD2m financing agreement to support REDAVIA's…

ACCIONA completes the assembly of a 405 MWp photovoltaic plant in Mexico, installing over…

ACCIONA Energía completed the assembly of the ‘Puerto Libertad’ photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Sonora desert…

Canadian Solar Announces JPY6.3 Billion Closing of Solar Equity Securitization in Japan

Canadian Solar announced that it has completed the closing of its first equity securitization in Japan. This…

Capital Power continues to deliver successful contracted renewable projects

Capital Power Corporation (Capital Power or the Company) announced its New Frontier Wind project, located in North…

The First Large-scale Ground-mounted PV Plant in Saudi Arabia with Huawei 1500V Smart PV…

ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, will use…

ANDRITZ to supply a highly efficient fluidized bed boiler for biomass power plant in Japan

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO), Japan,…

Kährs Group builds pellet plant in Nybro, Sweden

Kährs Group, a Swedish Europe-leading manufacturer of wood flooring and PVC-free resilient flooring, is…

Valmet to supply a flue gas cleaning and heat recovery plant to Kotkan Energia’s…

Valmet will supply a flue gas cleaning and heat recovery plant to Kotkan Energia's waste-to-energy plant in…

Valmet to supply advanced automation solution to Oulun Energia’s new biopower plant

Valmet will supply an extensive automation solution to Oulun Energia's new biopower plant, currently being built in…

ACCIONA to build Australia’s first large-scale thermal Waste to Energy plant

A first of its kind in Australia, the approximately $700 million project will be located in the Kwinana Industrial…

Valmet to supply a biomass boiler to Greenalia’s new power plant in Teixeiro, Spain

Valmet will supply a biomass boiler to Greenalia's new Curtis-Teixeiro biomass power plant in Teixeiro, Spain. With…

BayWa r.e. sells biomethane plant to Evergaz

The plant in Mehrum in Lower Saxony, Germany is already the third biomethane plant that BayWa r.e. is selling to…

ACCIONA Industrial and IMASA to build and maintain Greenalia biomass plant in Teixeiro, La…

The ACCIONA Industrial and IMASA Ingeniería y Proyectos consortium was awarded the contract to construct, operate…

ENGIE invests in HomeBiogas, an innovative small scale biogas system provider

ENGIE, through its Corporate Venture Capital fund “ENGIE New Ventures,” takes a 13% minority stake in HomeBiogas, a…

ABB lands multi-million-dollar clean energy project in the Philippines

ABB has won a multi-million-dollar order from Energy Development Corporation (EDC), one of the world’s largest…

Fuji Electric Awarded Geothermal Power Station Contract in Kenya

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. announced that it has been awarded a contract for a complete geothermal power facility for…

Climeon bags first order for geothermal power plant in Germany

Climeon has clinched first major order for a geothermal power plant in Germany, and its first order that will…

U.S Geothermal merges with Ormat Technologies striking a $110m deal

Foraying into a definitive agreement to acquire U.S Geothermal, Ormat Technologies strikes a $110 million deal. U.S…

NEB : Canada’s Non-Hydro Renewable Power Capacity Surges By 8% In 2016

National Energy Board’s 2017 update of the Canada’s Power Landscape 2017 report states that Canada’s non- hydro…

Enel wins 242 MW of new Solar, Wind and Geothermal Capacity in Chile’s Tender

Enel S.p.A. acting through its subsidiary Enel Generación Chile, has been awarded the supply of 1.180 TWh per year…

The EDF Group enters the Egyptian renewable energy market

The EDF Group, via its subsidiary EDF Energies Nouvelles, and the Elsewedy Electric group, have come together to…

EIB confirms EUR 800 million support for Indian Renewable Energy

The European Investment Bank (EIB) today agreed a new partnership with the International Solar Alliance to mobilise…

Amarenco acquires French renewable energy developer Groupe Carré

Amarenco, an independent power producer based in Ireland, has announced its acquisition of Groupe Carré, one of the…

SeaTwirls is awarded grant of €433 952 and joins alliance

SeaTwirl has joined the Ocean Energy Scale-Up Alliance (OESA) that has been granted funding from the Interreg North…

OPG finalizes acquisition of Eagle Creek

Ontario Power Generation has finalized the acquisition of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy LLC, an operator of small…

Statkraft acquires the Tidong hydropower project in India

Statkraft has acquired the 100 MW Tidong hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, India. Approximately 60 per cent…

Hull Street Energy Acquires Nine Hydroelectric Plants In New Hampshire From Eversource

Hull Street Energy has closed on the previously-announced acquisition of nine hydroelectric power facilities in New…

Iberdrola starts the assembly of the first turbine for the hydroelectric power plant at…

Assembly of the first hydroelectric turbine in Gouvães has begun, a key milestone in the construction of our Tâmega…

ANDRITZ to modernize the largest hydropower plant in Central Asia

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Barqi Tojik, Tajikistan, for rehabilitation and…

SN Power Completes Investment in Bujagali Hydropower Project

SN Power AS and SG Bujagali Holdings announced the completion of the acquisition of SGBH’s partial interest by SN…

Iberdrola secures €650m loan from EIB to build three hydropower plants in Portugal

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is financing one of the most important energy sector initiatives in Portuguese…

Atlantic Power Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Partner Interests in Koma…

Atlantic Power Corporation announced that on June 29, 2018, it executed an agreement to acquire Covanta's 50.00%…

SeaTwirls is awarded grant of €433 952 and joins alliance

SeaTwirl has joined the Ocean Energy Scale-Up Alliance (OESA) that has been granted funding from the Interreg North…

Minesto signs agreement with electric utility SEV for Faroe Islands’ installations

Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has signed a collaboration agreement with the main power generator and…

Share Cruz Atch- cropped-1 K2 Management acquires marine engineering consultancy, Cruz…

K2 Management, the specialist renewables engineering consultancy, has agreed to acquire independent energy…

Minesto breaks new ground in the energy sector as it proves its subsea kite technology

Marine energy developer Minesto has verified the functionality of its unique Deep Green technology at utility…

Minesto completes initial commissioning trials of its DG500 marine energy kite

Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the initial commissioning sea trials of its unique subsea kite…

Minesto initiates DG500 commissioning program

Marine energy developer Minesto has initiated the commissioning program of its first tidal energy project in…

Atlantis Resources and Xodus Group to Target Japanese Tidal Opportunities

Atlantis has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Xodus Group to pursue the development of a tidal…

SSEN shares seabed data with EMEC to support renewables in Orkney

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has shared new seabed data with the European Marine Energy Centre…

Innovative wave energy project secured £2.5m

An Innovative project in Scotland to develop a system that transforms wave energy movement into electricity that…

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany

Free webinar: Market opportunities for solar parks in Germany February 13, 2019 Last autumn, the German…

Invenergy Completes Construction Financing for Its Largest Solar Project to Date

Invenergy announced that it completed construction financing on Dec. 19, 2018 for its largest solar project to…

Duke Energy’s Hamilton Solar Power Plant opens in Florida, providing more…

Duke Energy announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-megawatt (MW) Hamilton Solar Power Plant in…

ElectriFI Supports REDAVIA’s Expansion in Ghana’s C&I Sector

Solar technology company REDAVIA and ElectriFI have signed a USD2m financing agreement to support REDAVIA's…

ACCIONA completes the assembly of a 405 MWp photovoltaic plant in Mexico, installing over…

ACCIONA Energía completed the assembly of the ‘Puerto Libertad’ photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Sonora desert…

Canadian Solar Announces JPY6.3 Billion Closing of Solar Equity Securitization in Japan

Canadian Solar announced that it has completed the closing of its first equity securitization in Japan. This…

The First Large-scale Ground-mounted PV Plant in Saudi Arabia with Huawei 1500V Smart PV…

ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, will use…

Sungrow and Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente Sign Landmark Agreement of 400 MW PV Project…

Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables announced it supplied their 1500V inverters…

Altus Power Acquires Multistate Portfolio of Solar Assets

Altus Power America has completed the acquisition of a multistate portfolio of operating rooftop and carport solar…

€18m EBRD loan to Kosovo’s first wind farm

Kosovo, which relies for its energy on coal, will benefit from cleaner, more reliable energy from the first…

Capital Power continues to deliver successful contracted renewable projects

Capital Power Corporation (Capital Power or the Company) announced its New Frontier Wind project, located in North…

ACCIONA begins work on its ninth U.S. wind farm in Texas, with an investment of 176…

ACCIONA Energía has started construction work on its second wind farm in Texas —the company’s ninth in the U.S. —…

Enel Green Power Starts Operation of HillTopper, its First Wind Farm in the U.S. State of…

Enel, through its US renewable company Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (“EGPNA”), has begun operation of the…

Stedin and GE Power Mobilize New Technology to Manage Increasing Renewable Generation in…

GE and Stedin, one of the leading distribution network operators (DNOs) in the Netherlands, went live with the…

Siemens Gamesa signs second order with Enel in Russia for over 200 MW

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a second order in Russia from Enel Russia, one of the country's…

Enel Green Power begins construction of new 244 MW wind farm in Mexico

The Enel Group, through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power Mexico ("EGPM"), has begun the construction of…

Eneco to purchase all green power generated by new Belgian offshore windfarms

Eneco will purchase all the power generated by the Belgian offshore windfarms Seastar and Mermaid (together…

Siemens Gamesa signs first contract to supply its new wind turbine of the Siemens Gamesa…

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy made a big step forward in strengthening its product portfolio by signing the first…

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Clean Energy

IRENA Signs Partnership with Southeast Asian Countries as Region Looks…

Oct 31, 2018

ABB lands multi-million-dollar clean energy project in the Philippines

Sep 19, 2018

EBRD and UniCredit boost energy efficiency in Serbia

Sep 10, 2018

Wells Fargo Joins Origis Energy USA to Expand Clean Energy Supply for…

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Wells Fargo, Sempra Renewables Boost Clean Energy in Northern…

Aug 10, 2018

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Aug 7, 2018

Coal

Coal may not be King, but still Royalty in Developing World

A recent warning story by ratings service Morningstar detailed the four “demand killers” for coal in the U.S.…

Full-scale Construction of Coal Gasification Furnace Begins at 540 MW IGCC Plant…

On March 13, a joint ceremony was held by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) and Nakoso IGCC Power GK to…

Consumers Energy imparts Clean Energy goals to zero down coal emissions by 2040

Consumers Energy and CMS Energy asserted Consumer Energy's plans to meet Michigan's energy needs to reduce carbon…

Zambia selected Authentix as its Technology and service partner to curb illicit…

Leading global authentication and information services company, Authentix asserted that the Energy Regulation Board…

Nuclear

IAEA Concludes Long-Term Operational Safety Review at Armenia’s Nuclear Power…

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). The SALTO (Safety Aspects of Long…

EDF and Nawah Energy Company sign operations and maintenance…

Nov 23, 2018

NuScale and Ontario Power Generation Sign MOU to Support SMR…

Nov 8, 2018

Assystem Awarded Major Framework Contract by the United…

Nov 7, 2018

The Elios drone tested to 800 R/H of radiation to increase…

Sep 26, 2018

Oil & Gas

GE’s fuel-efficient 6F.03 gas turbines to power Korea Zinc’s Power Plant in Onsan, Korea

GE Power announced that the company’s reliable and flexible 6F.03 gas turbines will power Korea Zinc’s LNG Combined…

Siemens awarded long-term service agreement for new power project in Panama

On the heels of its first-time order for SGT-800 gas turbines in Panama earlier this year, Siemens has been awarded…

GEL Utility Ltd Signs Multiyear Services Agreement with GE to Power Nigeria’s Largest Oil…

GE’s Power Services announced that it has signed a multiyear service agreement (MYA) with GEL Utility Limited…

GE’s Cross-Fleet Gas Turbine Solutions Help GPG’s Tuxpan Plant Compete in Mexico’s Power…

Continuing its commitment to invest in and deliver total gas plant solutions for its customers, GE’s Power Services…

Siemens builds turnkey combined cycle power plant in Herne

Siemens and STEAG GuD Herne GmbH signed an agreement today on the turnkey construction of a combined cycle power…

Total acquires two gas power plants in France and strengthens in electricity generation

Total announces that it has signed an agreement with KKR-Energas to acquire its two gas-fired combined cycle power…

Technology

ABB commissions first digital substations in Italy

ABB has commissioned two digital substations located in Tolve and Vaglio, part of the Basilicata region in southern…

Siemens supplies SF6-free high-voltage products for E.ON in Sweden

Siemens will equip a 145-kilovolt (kV) substation owned by E.ON Sweden with SF6-free high-voltage products by the…

ABB to deliver predictive maintenance solution as part of US grid upgrade

ABB has won an order to supply its ABB Ability Ellipse Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to support…

Operations & Maintenance

Canadian Solar initiates new business unit to deliver O&M at Solar Asset…

Canadian Solar declared the worldwide launch of business unit focused on delivering solar operations and…

MHPS secured selection of M501 JAC Gas Turbine in Brazil

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) secured its allegedly first technical selection of M501 JAC Gas Turbine for…

ABB endorses e-infrastructure for public and private transportation post TOSA Bus

In this year's annual World Economic Forum, the city of Davos and ABB forged a deal to advocate e-infrastructure…

Younicos signs agreement with TerraForm Power to install 10MW batteries at Kaheawa…

In a bid to install and commission 10 MW battery-based energy storage system upgrade at the site of the Kaheawa…