Focus on Electricity
First monopile successfully manufactured in expanded production facilities: Sif completes first foundation for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project
Roermond, 29 November 2024. Sif Holding announces that it successfully manufactured the first of 54 monopiles for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 wind project...
US sets tariffs for solar panels from Southeast Asian nations
U.S. Commerce Dept. proposes new tariffs on solar imports from SE Asia, targeting dumping by Chinese firms. Final ruling: 2025.
Minnesota tribe’s solar-powered resilience hub would provide cost savings, backup power to local community
A pair of developers are working to build a microgrid on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota.
Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits
Trump has pledged to “drill, drill, drill" and sell more oil and other energy sources to allies in Europe and around the globe.
Cost of using rapid EV chargers ‘stubbornly high’ in UK – report
A fall in wholesale energy prices has not been reflected in the cost EV charging.
Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens
Cuba mandates businesses generate 50 per cent renewable power in three years, limits air conditioning, amid its worst energy crisis.
Possible tariffs worry Canada uranium miners as they boost output to meet US demand
Canada's uranium miners boost output to meet U.S. demand after Russian curbs but fear Trump tariffs may inflate costs.
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
Ontario's Ignace chosen for Canada's nuclear waste repository, a $26B project requiring decades of regulatory and construction work.
In Bosnia, the path to renewables runs through its coal mines
Bosnia still has around 2.6 billion tonnes of exploitable coal still underground — but is targeting net-zero by 2050.
Adani allegations shine spotlight on India’s clean energy conundrum
India is still more than 10% short of its much-publicised pledge to add 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power by 2022.
