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Siemens Gamesa seals its first wind farm in Ethiopia

The wind farm is set to be commissioned by Spring 2023, and will save more than 260,000tons of CO2 emissions per year. Siemens Gamesa has signed its first wind power project in Ethiopia with state-owned electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power...

Naturgy to deploy 5G drones for powerline monitoring

Spanish energy multinational Naturgy is partnering with Vodafone and startup FuVeX for beyond line of sight powerline monitoring with 5G drones. The initiative to get under way early in 2021 is claimed to have the first indefinite authorisation for drone...

US and Israeli energy departments fund eight innovation projects

Eight more energy innovation projects from Israel and the US are set to benefit from funding released through the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy programme. The BIRD initiative will leverage $7.15 million in funding issued by the US...

Thermal storage a key part of the energy transition package – IRENA

Thermal energy storage comprised of heating or cooling as a storage medium is tested and deployed in a wide variety of applications. But key barriers remain limiting its uptake across energy systems, the organisation says. Approximately 234GWh of thermal energy...

South Korea: Coal plants to make way for LNG-based energy

South Korea plans to increase the capacity of its LNG-based power plants by 43% over the next 13 years, moving to 59.1 GW in 2034 from 41.3 GW of capacity in 2020. The country's long-term energy transition blueprint will...

Rising demand in energy across SEA leads to an energy crunch

With rapidly growing populations and GDP, Southeast Asia has been in an "energy crunch" for 20 years, according to Clifford Chance partner in Singapore Melissa Ng. However, the countries in the region are taking steps in addressing the shortages,...

Increasing Worker Safety in the Renewable Energy Industry

Every industry comes with its fair share of risks, and the renewable energy sector is no exception. Thankfully, fatal incidents are few and far between. However, injuries are relatively common. Confined spaces, electrical currents, heavy machinery and tall equipment...

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