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Transitional assistance for waste coal mine gas under the renewable energy target
Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, announced an amendment that will see the Renewable Energy Target (RET) 'topped up' to allow existing waste coal mine gas projects to generate Renewable Energy Certificates. The Government is conscious that cessation of the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme and the transition to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme may ...
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ARENA Backs Eight Grid Scale Batteries Worth $2.7 Billion
On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $176 million in conditional funding to eight grid scale battery projects across Australia. Funded under ARENA’s Large Scale Battery Storage Funding Round, each battery will be equipped with grid-forming inverter technology, allowing them to provide essential system stability services traditionally ...
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Green Light for Australia’s Largest Grid-Forming Battery
Australia’s largest battery with grid-forming inverter capabilities is set to go ahead, with AGL this week reaching a Final Investment Decision (FID) on a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh grid-forming battery in Liddell, New South Wales. Announced last year on behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) conditionally approved up to $35 million in funding to the project, ...
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Green Light for Australia’s Largest Grid-Forming Battery
Australia’s largest battery with grid-forming inverter capabilities is set to go ahead, with AGL this week reaching a Final Investment Decision (FID) on a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh grid-forming battery in Liddell, New South Wales. Announced last year on behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) conditionally approved up to $35 million in funding to the project, ...
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Extreme Weather, Cyber and Physical Security Continue to Create Reliability Challenges
NERC's 2023 State of Reliability (SOR) finds that overall, the North American bulk power system (BPS) remains highly reliable and resilient. However, extreme weather events continue to pose the greatest risk to its reliability and stability. Transmission system reliability has improved significantly for the fifth consecutive year, and the rate of protection system misoperations also continues to ...
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CSP Today launches its Chile Guide
The CSP Today Guide: Chile can be downloaded free of charge from the website and it contains key information for solar developers about the Chilean Market There has been much talk and interest over the past months about the Chilean CSP market. CSP Today is currently organizing for the first time an event in Latin America that will take place in July in Antofagasta, Chile. As part of the research ...
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Energy efficiency: a key tool for boosting economic and social development
The benefits of energy efficiency go well beyond the simple scaling back of energy demand, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency published today. In a study that reframes the discussion about the so-called “hidden fuel”, the IEA shows how energy efficiency has the potential to support economic growth, enhance social development, advance environmental ...
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Commission clears proposed acquisition of British Energy by EdF, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of British Energy (BE) by Electricité de France (EdF). The Commission's decision is conditional upon EdF´s commitment to divest the power generation plant at Sutton Bridge in the UK (owned by EdF) and at Eggborough (owned by BE), to sell certain minimum volumes of electricity in the British wholesale ...
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124 coal and gas-fired power plants slated for startup in 2006
Untitled Document There are 124 coal and gas-fired power generation projects, 25 MW or larger, scheduled for 2006 startup in the McIlvaine Company database, World Power Generation Projects. Gas-fired projects outnumber coal-fired projects. 2006 Plant Startups (number of generator units) Region Fuel Coal Gas LNG Total ...
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Global Electricity Demand to Rebound Modestly in 2021 After Historic Shock From Pandemic
After experiencing its biggest decline in decades, global electricity demand is expected to rebound modestly next year, led by growth in China, India and other emerging economies, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. The historic shock of the Covid-19 crisis is set to result in a 2% decline in global electricity demand in 2020, according to the IEA's first ever ...
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Clarke Energy Welcomes Investment by ECI
Clarke Energy today announces that ECI Partners LLP, the UK growth focused mid-market private equity firm, has invested a minority shareholding in the company, in order to help it realise its global plans for growth. Clarke Energy, based in Knowsley near Liverpool, employs 700 people worldwide, with a turnover of circa £201m to year-end 31 October 2011. It is the world’s largest ...
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$14 Trillion to be spent on Power Plant Equipment and Repairs in the Next 25 Years
Nuclear capacity is slated to increase from 392 GW in 2013 to more than 620 GW in 2040. But its share of global power generation will rise just one percentage point to 12 percent, because almost 200 reactors of the 434 operational at the end of 2013 will be retired, they will need to be offset by new power plants. Total investment will exceed $2 trillion over the next 25 years. The gas turbine ...
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IEA Issues Electricity Market Report 2023
Renewables are set to dominate the growth of the world’s electricity supply over the next three years as together with nuclear power they meet the vast majority of the increase in global demand through to 2025, making significant rises in the power sector’s carbon emissions unlikely, according to a new IEA report. After slowing slightly last year to 2% amid the turmoil of the global energy crisis ...
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World of clean energy ‘feasible’ by mid-century
A global low-carbon energy economy is not only feasible, it could double electricity supply by 2050 while actually reducing air and water pollution, according to new research. Even though photovoltaic power requires up to 40 times more copper than conventional power plants, and wind power uses up to 14 times more iron, the world wins on a switch to low-carbon energy. These positive findings are ...
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Future Proofing with Unique, Cleaner Energy Power Generation Solutions
Clarke Energy’s Australian operation recently completed the commissioning of two additional 3MW gas generators for energy giant Santos at their Wilga Park Power station expansion project near Narrabri, in northwest New South Wales. This effectively future proofs the power station with a configuration of up to 12 INNIO Jenbacher 3MW gas engines installed across multiple stages. The two ...
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Brits Most Guilty of Energy Wasting Habits
Untitled Document LONDON, UK , October 23, 2006 (ENS) - Brits are the most wasteful people in Europe, according to a survey of the energy habits of 5,000 Europeans. A report today by the UK's Energy Saving Trust found Germans are the most efficient in their energy use, followed by the Spanish, but Brits top the European Energy Wasters' league. 'The Energy Saving Trust ...
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Clarke Energy & GE Driving Coal Seam Gas to LNG Expansion in Australia
GE Power & Water’s Distributed Power business (NYSE: GE) today announced Clarke Energy, GE’s Jenbacher gas engine authorised distributor for Australia, has been selected to supply Australia Pacific LNG with 19 new Jenbacher J620 gas engines for two on-site power projects in rural Queensland. The 3-megawatt (MW) gas engines will be used to generate a total of 57 MW of reliable ...
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Pyrolysis plant cost for South America, Africa and Asia is lower now!
In order to develop the market for recycling and utilization of scrap tires, mechanical rubber goods, waste oils, oil sludge, plastics and wood waste in South America, Africa and Asia, the Technokomplex company introduces new terms of cooperation, involving special prices for the pyrolysis plants in these regions. March 26th, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Technokomplex sets up a special price policy ...
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Advisory: Press Teleconference: Launch of Online Almanac of U.S. Midwest Energy
National and regional energy experts will team up to launch the Power Almanac of the American Midwest, a dynamic online platform to support decision-makers and analysts in the region. Drawing on more than 50 sources, the Power Almanac will be the most comprehensive online resource for energy data in the Midwest. On the call, experts will discuss the energy challenges in the region and explain ...
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Duke Energy Carolinas Issues Request for Proposals for Capacity and Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas today is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase up to 1,500 megawatts of intermediate and/or peaking electricity generation (capacity and energy) in the 2015 to 2017 timeframe. The company has a diverse and long-term sustainable strategy to ensure it can deliver on its commitment to customers to provide affordable, reliable and clean electricity today and for ...
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