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India and Saudi Arabia sign agreement to connect their power grids through subsea cables
- Sep, 11, 2023
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- India
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India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on Monday, September 11, to connect their power grids via subsea cables. Furthermore, the agreement was signed by India’s Union minister for new and renewab...
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MIT engineers create energy-storing cement mixture
- Jul, 31, 2023
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- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
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A paper was published on the last day of July, by a team of MIT researchers, regarding the creation of a cement and carbon black based material which acts as a supercapacitor while being structurally...
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Construction of a 160 MW hydroelectric power plant has started in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Jun, 24, 2023
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held in late June for the Dabar hydroelectric power plant in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dabar hydroelectric power plant is the largest of the Go...
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UK’s most suitable geothermal areas strongly overlap with areas in need of investment, study finds
- Jun, 07, 2023
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- United Kingdom
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A study conducted by Durham University and commissioned by Kieran Mullan, Member of Parliament (MP), identified the 45 most suitable sites for deep geothermal development. Furthermore, the same study...
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CSSC Haizhuang’s H260-18MW: The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine
- Jun, 15, 2023
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- China
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CSSC Haizhuang’s H260-18MW offshore wind turbine, which was unveiled earlier this year, is the largest and most powerful of its kind with a potential of powering up to 40,000 homes. As the name sugg...
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Memorandums of Understanding signed for underwater renewable energy interconnection between Greece and Egypt
- May, 17, 2023
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- Greece
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Two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed during the previous month, regarding the development of an underwater renewable energy cable interconnector between Greece and Egypt. The project it...
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Japan votes to allow nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years
- May, 31, 2023
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- Japan
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Japan passed a law on Wednesday allowing nuclear plants to operate beyond 60 years if safety conditions are met. This new law is part of the series of measures in Japan, aimed at boosting the countr...
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UK’s National Grid completed a record-breaking cement-free concrete pour
- May, 10, 2023
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- United Kingdom, London
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The United Kingdom’s National Grid, along with its contractor, recently completed the world’s largest continuous Earth Friendly Concrete pour. The project aimed at filling the base of a 55-meter-d...
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Australia’s largest committed renewables project Snowy 2.0 to be delayed by up to two years
- May, 03, 2023
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- Australia
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Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric, Australia’s largest committed renewables project, was announced to be delayed by one to two years last week. Snowy 2.0 is a vast hydroelectric project, which is expected to...
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Renewable energy generation surpassed fossil energy for the first time during winter in the EU
- Apr, 27, 2023
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- Europe
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A study by the Ember energy think tank revealed that renewable energy generation accounted for more than fossils in Europe this past winter, for the first time ever. Furthermore, the study investig...
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