Reuters/13-11-2019 SHANGHAI: In an aggressive drive towards sustainable power production, China is planning to put an ultimate ban on the construction of small hydropower plants in regions that previously have an electricity surplus and encourage construction of new dams in poor and remote locations with little grid access. China’s National Energy Administration said the draft […]

Guardian/08-11-2019 BRUSSELS: In a joint session the EU finance ministers urged that the European Union should phase out its funding of oil, gas and coal projects in a move that could mark a major shift in the bloc’s efforts to combat climate change. It is the first time EU finance ministers have backed a declaration […]

CNBC/01-11-2019 A new report from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) claimed that the US embodied an accumulated amount of 100 Gigawatt Wind Energy capacity. According to the AWEA’s “U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2019 Market Report”, 1,927 megawatts – a little less than 2 GW – of wind power capacity was commissioned in the […]

The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced an intention to build a 2100 MW floating solar power plant close to Saemangeum, an estuarine tidal flat on the coast of the Yellow Sea. The project is currently under the review stage and will start during the second half of 2020. The project will […]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank, and state-owned Mozambican power utility Electricidade de Mozambique have issued a have issued a Request for Expression of Interest for consultants to support the development of small solar parks. Interested parties can submit their proposals until August 1, 2019. These solar parks will be installed […]

Firms all over the globe are investing in solar + storage platforms and hope to provide them to customers very soon. Lightyear and Sono Motors are just two of these players. Sono Motors of Munich is offering test drive on its Sono Sion which promises customers charging of batteries on the go. Light year one […]