The Australian government should revise its renewable energy policy to unlock future investments of up to $40 billion within the power generation sector, according to a new study released by research firm Wood Mackenzie. Two thirds of the investments are expected to flow into new-build renewables by 2030, with equal amounts going into wind and solar. The remaining $14 billion will be invested in fossil fuel ...

Global energy demand slipped last year to the lowest level since World War II.As fossil fuels declined, renewables have surged forward.Coal-dependent Viet Nam has pulled off a 25-fold increase in its solar capacity in just one year.Incentives for homes and businesses to install rooftop solar panels led to the boom. One of the few bright spots in COVID-19 pandemic has been a leap in the amount of electricity ...

A three-year hydrogen fuelling global standardisation project for the International Standardisation Organisation’s Technical Committee 197 (ISO/TC 197) will be led by Nikola’s Director of Fuel Cell Vehicle Code and Standards, Antonio Ruiz. Focused on the standardisation of systems and devices for the production, storage, transport, measurement and use of hydrogen, the TC 197 committee consists of hydrogen a ...

Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will work together on clean energy projects identified by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), they have said.  The two sides will work on renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency, and other technologies for low carbon energy transition, they said. The work will focus on the imple ...

TasNetworks has awarded Fugro a new contract to deliver a 3D virtual network model and associated analytics for their power distribution network in Tasmania, Australia. Fugro started the project to acquire data in December 2020 and delivered the first datasets to TasNetworks last month. Fugro will create a ‘digital twin’ of the distribution network by capturing aerial lidar and imagery data and processing i ...

Cable faults are the most common faults in the High Voltage networks.  The industrial and society demands today are extremely impatient when faced with lack of electricity.      The cable fault location is not a straightforward measurement process. It is very intuitive work of fault pre-location/conversion and pinpointing using many instruments and tools. Even the most sophisticated equi ...

Important milestone for the development of small hydropower in FranceVoith wins order for the supply and installation of a vertical Kaplan turbine with 8.6 MW as well as the entire electrical and hydromechanical equipmentAs a full-range supplier for small hydropower, Voith offers a comprehensive service package for CNR LYON, FRANCE. Voith’s cooperation with the French energy company Compagnie Nationale ...

Schneider ranked number 1 out of more than 8,000 corporations assessed for 2021 Global 100 Jump from 29th place in 2020 reflects Schneider’s consistent progress towards and commitment to sustainability excellenceRecognition coincides with Schneider announcement of accelerated sustainability program Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has bee ...

Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Pacific Green," (OTCQB:PGTK)) is pleased to announce that a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Green Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Limited has signed a Framework Agreement (the "Agreement") with SINOPEC Star Co., Ltd. ("SINOPEC Star"), a subsidiary of SINOPEC, the world's largest oil refining, gas and petrochemical conglomerate headquartered in Beijing to pr ...

 25 January 2021  The Sri Lankan government has awarded a contract to a Chinese based joint venture, to install a hybrid renewable energy system in three islands of the coast of Jaffna, at a cost of USD $12 million. The contract forms a part of the Supporting Electricity Supply Reliability Improvement Project, which is being implemented by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) but is directly funded ...