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China starts to build world's first space-based solar power plant
With scientists revealing plans to build the first solar power station in space, China is taking its renewable energy push to new heights, said the Sydney Morning Herald.According to China's Science and Technology Daily, construction of the first experimental space power plant began in Chongqing, southwest China, weeks ago. Li Ming, senior vice president of the China Academy of Space Technology, said China is expected to become the first country to build such a plant with practical value.
read more... 18/02/2019
China's fuel oil consumption to grow 9% to 30 million mt in 2019: analyst
China's apparent consumption of fuel oil, excluding consumption for bonded bunker fuel, is expected to grow to 30 million mt in 2019, up 9% from 27.5 million mt expected in 2018, Shandong Longzhong Information Technology's fuel oil product analyst Tian Qiujin said this week.
read more... 21/12/2018
Siemens: Major milestone achieved in development of subsea power distribution system
Siemens has successfully concluded the first phase of its Subsea Power Grid shallow water test in Trondheim, Norway. Siemens, in collaboration with industry partners Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Eni Norge, is in the final stages of a program to develop a barrier-breaking system that will become the world’s first Subsea Power Grid designed for distribution of medium voltage power using pressure compensated technology.
read more... 05/11/2018
EDF Energy to plug 1,500 vehicle-to-grid chargers in UK
EDF Energy has joined forces with a green technology company to install up to 1,500 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers in the UK.
read more... 31/10/2018
Solar power ‘will help Europe avoid blackouts’
Solar power will prove an important technology in stopping power outages across Europe in coming years.
read more... 12/10/2018