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Why the Upsurge in Microgrid Development?

November 29, 2018 - in Energy, Featured, News

For more than a century, advanced economies abided by the ‘bigger is better’ philosophy for electric power supply. The world built massive grids that connected power plants to homes and businesses via wires that traversed thousands of miles. As a result,…

To Address Climate Change, New ITIF Report Calls for Robust Energy Innovation Agenda

November 29, 2018 - in Energy, News

WASHINGTON — Addressing climate change requires dramatically reducing carbon pollution. Toward this end, a new report released today by the Information…

Hungary Marks Eastern Europe’s Move Away From Traditional Energy Sources By Aiming To End Coal Power By 2030

November 28, 2018 - in Energy, News

Following yet another hike in the European Union’s emissions trading system (ETS) in its fight against climate change, Hungary has announced that it…

Growth of Renewable Energy in Australia will Depend on Decommissioning of Coal-fired Power Plants, says GlobalData

November 26, 2018 - in Energy, Renewables

Australia has not been able to decommission its coal-fired power plants at the pace originally envisaged, which has turned out to be its biggest stumbling block in fast tracking renewable energy development, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics…

Renewables to Grow Fastest in India Amidst Continued Dominance by Thermal Power, says GlobalData

November 26, 2018 - in Energy, News, Renewables

The renewable power sector will be the fastest growing sector in India, driven by solar and wind energy, though thermal power will continue to dominate, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, ‘India Power…

Proman Increases Trinidad and Tobago’s Natural Gas Supply to Petrochemical Plants

November 26, 2018 - in Energy, Oil & Gas

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - DeNovo Energy Limited ("DeNovo"), a subsidiary of the Proman Group ("Proman"), has today announced the first commercial supply of gas from the Iguana Field in Block 1(a), which will deliver 80 million cubic feet of gas…

Storage Funding Boost for Renewable Energy State

November 21, 2018 - in Energy

The South Australian Government has this week launched a A$50 million Grid Scale Storage Fund to support construction of new energy storage projects in South Australia. It has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Government agency the…

Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

November 19, 2018 - in Energy

Bechtel, a global leader in project management, engineering, procurement, and construction, today joined its customer Cheniere Energy to announce production of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas. This…

Japan Will Continue to Rely on Nuclear Power; Growth of Renewables Will Depend on Regulatory Reforms and Grid-integration, Says GlobalData

November 16, 2018 - in Energy

Japan’s power sector is facing multiple challenges ranging from the reliability of nuclear power and boosting the share of non-hydro renewables. Against this backdrop, the success of the country’s power sector will depend on regulatory reforms and the…

The Introduction of Photovoltaics Would Reduce Heating Bills For 120 Million EU Citizens In Winter Months

November 16, 2018 - in Energy, Renewables

November 16, 2018: With heating season in full swing, as many as 120 million citizens living in the European Union - or 20% of the bloc’s entire population -  are still living in what energy experts refer to as ‘energy poverty’ - the most common…