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Solar PV and wind power driving Türkiye’s growth in renewables
Power Technology
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July 2, 2025
Türkiye has one of the world’s most rapidly expanding energy markets, driven by its robust economic growth. However, the country relies heavily on fossil and electricity imports to meet its domestic power demand. To reduce this dependency, the...
Solar power generation doubled in Latvia in 2024
LSM
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July 2, 2025
While overall gross energy consumption remained stable, electricity consumption in road transport showed an increase. To view this resource, we need your consent to the use of cookies. Accept "Third-party" cookiesManage cookies Hydropower, wind...
Solar Energy Corporation Signs PSAs For 60…
Knowledge & News Network
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New Delhi, Jul 2 (KNN) The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), a key player under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has achieved a major milestone by signing Power Sale Agreements (PSAs) for over 60 gigawatts (GW) of...
Solar on the Landfill
Fairfax Connection - Virginia
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With trash trucks rumbling in the background, Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan Storck called the Lorton/I-95 landfill “the backyard that I love,” when officials figuratively raised a glass to a new 12,000-panel solar project on a closed, 37-acre...
Power bills to drop next year, says minister Piukala
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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July 2, 2025
Electricity prices will fall from 1 January 2026, the Minister for Public Enterprises has announced. Speaking at a press conference last week, Minister Paula Piukala confirmed the electricity rate for households using under 150 kilowatt-hours per...
V.C. Summer nuclear station license extended to 2062
Columbia Business Report - South Carolina
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July 2, 2025
NRC approves 20-year license extension for V.C. Summer Facility will now operate through 2062 in Fairfield County Generates carbon-free power for over 240,000 homes Dominion Energy continues investments in safety and upgrades V.C. Summer Nuclear...
An Error Cost Burlington Electric $1 Million
Seven Days - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
A reporting error discovered earlier this year at the Queen City's wood-fired power plant has cost the Burlington Electric Department nearly $1 million. Managers at the McNeil Generating Station are supposed to track how much renewable energy the...
Nigeria: Public-private partnerships to roll out solar mini-grids
ESI Africa
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July 2, 2025
Thousands of households and businesses across rural and underserved communities in Nigeria are to be connected to electricity via solar mini-grids under a set of public-private partnerships. The government’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA)...
DJI Power 2000 Review: Not Distinct Enough to Fly Above the Pack
How-To Geek
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July 2, 2025
The DJI Power 2000 is the largest portable power station yet from this popular drone manufacturer. It's a competent product, but there's not quite enough here to recommend over the more experienced competition. Brand DJI AC Output ports 4 AC Input...
US launches world’s first nuclear microreactor test bed
Innovation News Network
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July 2, 2025
Starting as early as spring 2026 at Idaho National Laboratory, these tests will mark the world’s first fuelled microreactor experiments and could dramatically accelerate the commercial rollout of nuclear microreactor technologies. The DOE’s...
Green advocates: 'Megabill' will raise electricity costs, cut tax credits for solar, wind power
WESA - Pennsylvania
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July 2, 2025
While proposed cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs have drawn more attention, the “megabill” passed by the U.S. Senate Tuesday has left green power advocates feeling, well, drained. The bill, which is now bound for the House of...
Offshore wind supply chain waits to see what is left 'under the bonnet' after UK spending review
Recharge
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The UK's offshore wind supply chain is about to find out if a long-awaited industrial strategy will still live up to its billing after the government announced massive spending increases for defence, nuclear power, house-building, energy...
India Renewable Power Output Jumps, Coal Use Falls in First Half
Asia Financial
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July 2, 2025
India saw a surprise surge in its renewable power output, accompanied by a decline in coal consumption for electricity generation in the first half of the year, according to a Reuters analysis of government data. Renewable power output in the...
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners solar park reaches commercial operations
Energy Global
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July 2, 2025
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist global investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed for the energy transition, has completed construction and started commercial operations of the solar asset at the landmark...
EnergySage partners with climate advocacy group Third Act to push rooftop solar
Solar Power World
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July 2, 2025
In a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of residential solar energy, EnergySage, announced its partnership with Third Act, a grassroots climate and democracy organization mobilizing older Americans as volunteers and activists,...
Idaho Power 20-Year Plan Aims to Add 2.15 GW of RE Capacity
Rigzone
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July 2, 2025
Idaho Power Co. has filed a new 20-year plan that favors cleaner electricity to meet surging demand in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. The 2026-45 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) would add about 2.15 gigawatts of renewables-sourced generation:...
Heart of the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor to be assembled by US firm
Interesting Engineering - New York
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July 2, 2025
Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a $180 million contract with the ITER Organization, responsible for the world’s largest nuclear fusion facility, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The contract makes Westinghouse...
CREC to invest P9.6B in 80-MW Pangasinan wind facility
Inquirer
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July 2, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) plans to spend P9.6 billion to build an 80-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Pangasinan. In a filing to the local bourse on Monday, the company said that its unit Citicore Wind Energy Corp....
Merchant Power Firms Add Risk Amid Cooling Prices, Early Monsoons: ...
Saur Energy
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Merchant power producers in India may face increasing financial pressure as erratic cooling demand, driven by weather volatility, disrupts traditional consumption patterns, according to a new report by SBI Capital Markets (SBI CAPS). The report,...
US Space Force To Test New Tough-As-Nails Solar Array
CleanTechnica
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July 2, 2025
Regardless of the sudden shift in US energy policy, the global space race will continue, and the US Space Force aims to run with the frontrunners. Space Force is putting up $2 million to test a new, lightweight, redeployable LightWing orbiting...