HYUNDAI MOTORS JOINS LS ELECTRIC TO WREST INDUSTRY LEAD IN DEVELOPING FUEL CELL POWER GENERATORS

• Hyundai Motor Group has entered into a partnership with LS ELECTRIC to jointly develop a hydrogen fuel cell power generation system and wrest the initiative in the industry, the companies said Wednesday.
• The two companies signed a MoU on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Hyundai Mo...

UK PROVIDES £27 M TO STERILISE DRINKING WATER IN GHANA

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• Aqua Africa is getting loan worth £ 27 million from UKEF.
• Aqua Africa will use these grants for financing clean energy project.
• The clean energy is meant to be solar powered technology that would to deliver five liters of w...

SHINSUNG E&G COMES FROM BEHIND TO STORM INTO SOLAR POWER BIZ FILLED WITH ENCUMBRANCES

• Exactly one year after Shinsung E&G launched a solar power business; the onset of 2008 global financial crisis was overpowering, forcing the government to shut down subsidy programs for the industry.
• This was followed by an excess of cheap Chinese products flooded the marke...

JAPAN BANKS TO LOAN QATAR $330 MILLION TO BUILD THE 1ST MEGA SOLAR POWER PLANT

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• Japan banks to loan Qatar $330 million to build the 1st mega solar power plant.
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Mizuho Bank has signed the deal with Qatar.
• The facility will be the world’s largest sola...

UK MAY STRUGGLE TO BE ZERO CARBON WITHOUT GOVERNMENT STEER

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• Ofgem has asked network operators to accelerate their decarbonisation efforts.
• Ofgem has planned separate budget of billions of pounds for infrastructure upgrades to aid decarbonization.
• Experts fear that nothing significant can h...

PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES 750 MW SOLAR PROJECT IN REWA

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• This solar project is the biggest in Asia and has been set up on a 500-hectare plot

• PM Modi said this project will not only benefit the nearby industries but also the Delhi Metro

• PM Narendra Modi stated that India has always believed i...

PM MODI SET TO LAUNCH ASIA’S BIGGEST 750 MW ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PLANT ON JULY 10

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• PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate this solar power plant in Rewa via videoconferencing

• The Union Minister for Power and Renewable Energy, RK Singh will also attend this inauguration event

• PM Modi has previously set the national target o...

BRITAIN’S RENEWABLE ENERGY SOARS AS FOSSIL FUEL USE LOWERS

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• Britain to achieve a significant landmark in terms of the use of renewable energy resources.
• The country does not need to use fossil fuel to generate electricity anymore.
• The UK has the biggest offshore wind industry in t...

COAL USE TO INCREASE IN JAPANESE POWER SECTOR

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• Due to coronavirus, the demand for electricity has reduced in Japan. Power prices are falling.
• Due to increase in solar power generation, wholesale electricity price are taking huge fall.
• This year Japan has imported more call, c...

NEW SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY BOOSTS AFFORDABILITY, PERFORMANCE OF AVERAGE SOLAR PANELS

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• Researchers from the CU Boulder invented an economical, energy-efficient solar cell by layering cells and using a unique combination of elements.
• The new-age, multi-layered solar cell has one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to...

SOUTH KOREA BUYS JAPANESE SOLAR POWER PLANT FROM CANADIAN MANUFACTURER

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• Canadian Solar has sold the plant at $205 million at Yamaguchi Prefecture
• The Yamaguchi Shin Mine solar plant has Canadian Solar components and was functional from May 2018

The Canadian owned solar power plant at Yamaguch...

CANADA SELLS ITS EXTENSIVE SOLAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN TO SOUTH KOREA

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• As part of the agreement, Canadian Solar will continue to provide asset as well as operational management after the final stages of the deal, besides maintenance services for the massive solar power plant located in Japan.
• Generated by the...

Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar plant

On Friday, Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar power plant online, which it said would mean renewable energy, powered by hydroelectricity, now accounted for more than 90% of its power mix.

The government is growing the generation of electricity and continuing to invest in Kenya&#...

Fukushima Reborn As the Wind And Solar Base in Japan

The proposed introduction of renewables, comprising of 11 new solar plants and 10 new wind turbines on radiation-contaminated land, would push the prefecture towards its electricity goals and add 600 megawatts of combined generating capacity by 2024. New grid technology to link power to existing ...