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China doubles new renewable capacity in 2020, but continues to builds thermal plants

China more than doubled its construction of new wind and solar power plants in 2020 from a year earlier, government data showed, reflecting Beijing's pledge to cut fossil fuel dependence and bring carbon emissions to a peak within a...

GM & Cruise Partner With Microsoft to Commercialise Self-Driving EVs

GM and Cruise have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of self-driving EVs. General Motors (GM) and Cruise, have announced that they have entered a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialization of...

Siemens tech boosts energy efficiency in Alpine hut with advanced battery solution

The “Bergkristall” (Mountain Crystal), a mountain hut situated at an altitude of 2,883 meters in the Monte Rosa Massif of the Valais Alps, has been largely energy self-sufficient since 2010. Along with thermal solar collectors, a photovoltaic system integrated...

Wartsila wins Australian energy storage project

Australian utility AGL Energy has chosen Wärtsilä as one of many two suppliers to ship its grid-scale vitality storage initiatives. The two firms have signed a non-exclusive five-year Large Scale Storage System Frame Agreement to collectively provide storage initiatives. The...

Construction of center dedicated to smart electricity grids in Morocco

The government has launched the construction of a research center dedicated to smart electricity grids in Morocco, in a bid to control the integration of the North African country’s fast-growing renewable energies into its network and manage it optimally. The...

Green economy: Mott MacDonald is technical lead on Europes biggest hydrogen scheme

UK-headquartered engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has been appointed to help an ambitious scheme to use offshore North Sea wind power to mass-produce hydrogen for distribution as an emissions-free fuel in northern Europe. The NortH2 scheme envisions huge new wind farms...

Enel, Qatar Investment Authority boost renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa

Enel Green Power S.p.A., signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority for a joint venture partnership aimed at financing, building and operating renewable projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The parties also signed an agreement whereby QIA will acquire...

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