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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...
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Renewables in APAC to be Cheaper Than Coal by 2030, Led by India
Asia Pacific (APAC) region can expect to see a cheaper levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for renewables compared to coal by 2030. With India and Australia expected to lead the charge.
The latest report by Wood Mackenzie tails that across...
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DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected four projects for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts. When...
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Russia to finance and build 1.4GW power station in southern Iran
Russia has signed a new agreement with Iran, worth €1.4bn, to build a 1.4GW thermal power plant near the Strait of Hormuz, restarting a project that was first agreed in 2016.
Behnam Khaefinejad, Iran’s commissioner of steam power plant projects,...
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India’s largest thermal power firm is moving away from coal
The state-owned utility NTPC’s recent announcement that it will stop pursuing new coal-fired power projects is part of an ongoing strategic shift into renewable energy by India’s largest thermal power generation company.
NTPC’s long-term target of about 32 GW of...
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CSE proposes new strategy to encourage coal-fired thermal power plants to meet environmental norms by 2022
With 65 per cent of India’s coal-fired thermal power plants not moving to meet environmental norms by the deadline year of 2022, it has become imperative to review and restrategise to push the sector towards implementation. And to do...
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New Zealand and Caribbean to collaborate on geothermal
The Government of New Zealand and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission recently strengthened their collaboration on environmental sustainability to include the area of geothermal energy development.
New Zealand and the OECS Commission will partner to deliver...
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