NGK Insulators responded to a request for more info from Energy-Storage.news and confirmed that the NAS battery storage system will be sited at the 5MW Uliastai solar PV project which is included in the ADB’s Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector project for Mongolia. According to an October 2020 Procurement Plan published by the development bank, the […]
In Australia, Japanese start producing hydrogen from brown coal
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is running the pilot project with government financial support from both Japan and Australia in the state of Victoria, home to a quarter of the world’s known brown coal reserves MELBOURNE: A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million ($387 million) test project that aims […]
China’s coal consumption share falls to 56.8% at end-2020
The rapid rollout of renewable-energy capacity and the growing use of natural gas has helped reduce the share of coal consumption from around 68% over the last decade and 57.7% a year earlier, but overall coal use has not peaked. BEIJING: China cut its coal use to 56.8% of energy consumption at the end of […]
India’s Catch-22: Coal use set to boom as renewable wave can’t keep up with electrification growth
Indian power generation from coal fell to a five-year low of “just” 1,064 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020 due to the Covid-19-induced slowdown. This was only a dip, however, as coal still makes up a gigantic 70% of the country’s total electricity production and is set to come back with a vengeance, growing by 43% to […]
OPINION Coal India striving to find its place in a greener world
The state-controlled extractor accounts for 80% of the dirty commodity dug up in the second-largest coal-consuming country. M MUMBAI: Coal India is striving to find its place in a greener world. The top pure-play miner of the black stuff is establishing new units to focus on solar and renewables. It’s a hedge against coal’s decline for an $11 […]
Frozen Wind Farms Are Just a Small Piece of Texas’s Power Woes
Don’t point too many fingers at Texas wind turbines, because they’re not the main reason broad swaths of the state have been plunged into darkness. While ice has forced some turbines to shut down just as a brutal cold wave drives record electricity demand, wind only comprises 25% of the state’s energy mix this time […]
Peaking Coal?
India’s coal power may have already peaked, if it seizes the opportunity Author: Aditya Lolla India’s coal-fired generation fell by 5% in 2020, declining further since its historical peak in 2018; there is now an opportunity to ensure it doesn’t bounce back as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of India’s nationwide COVID-19 […]
Fitch: Taiwan to install 20.4GW of solar and wind by 2030, offsetting coal shutdowns
More than 20GW of non-hydro capacity is expected to come online in Taiwan by 2030, according to a new report, driven by solar installations and offshore wind. Although it received a sharp shock at the start of last year, the speed of Taiwan’s transition to solar and wind power could still go a long way […]
Clean Solar Panels From Polluting Coal Plants
Listening to the statements at the annual assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), held in Abu Dhabi last week, one would think, at first glance, that the world has fully entered the era of clean energy and that the problem of carbon emissions has become a concern of the past. Ministers from the […]
RE-battery storage systems cost-competitive with new coal capacity in Tamil Nadu
According to the report, lithium-ion battery storage systems could also help reduce curtailment of renewable energy New Delhi : Renewable energy along with battery storage in Tamil Nadu is cost competitive with new coal power plants, according to a recent report. It added that the cost of energy for a hybrid renewable energy battery storage […]
