News Danish government mulls using platforms for its “energy island” The government of Denmark last week suspended plans to build an “energy island” in the North Sea and is investigating the possibility of replacing it with platforms. The idea had…
News Northvolt completes work on Europe’s largest energy storage factory Swedish battery maker Northvolt has completed work on Europe’s largest factory for energy storage solutions. The 50,000 sq m Northvolt Dwa plant, located in the port of Gdansk in Poland,…
News World Bank donates $200m to help fix Ukraine’s energy infrastructure The World Bank will give $200m in grant financing to help Ukraine repair the energy infrastructure Russia has destroyed in its invasion. The money will pay for critical equipment needed…
Projects Arcadis designs solar microgrid for remote northern Queensland Arcadis and Volt Advisory are designing a renewable microgrid for the Daintree region of Far North Queensland as an alternative to burning 4 million litres of diesel in generators a…
News China Energy to build $5.1bn green hydrogen plant in Egypt Egyptian prime minister Mostafa Madbouly announced yesterday that China Energy Engineering Corporation will break ground in May on one of the country’s first green hydrogen projects.
News SNC-Lavalin wins $65m nuclear contract in Romania SNC-Lavalin’s Candu Energy has won a two-year project worth C$65m to prepare for the life-extending refurbishment of a nuclear reactor in Romania.
News EDF team to bid for wind element of Belgium’s first ‘energy island’ EDF Renewables has formed a partnership with Belgian utility Luminus and marine and wind specialist Jan De Nul to bid for the wind power element of Belgium’s first offshore ‘energy island’.
News German builders expect recession amid high energy costs More than half of German construction companies expect a decline in output this year and only 15% think their businesses will expand, according to a survey by the German Economic…
News China breaks ground on 16GW Mongolian energy complex China has begun work on an $11.5bn renewables project in Inner Mongolia that will eventually generate 16GW of energy, the Xinhua news agency reports. The project, located in the Kubuqi…