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Electrical hydrocarbon prospecting using induced polarization (IP) has a history in the offshore industry, but Norwegian company ORG Geophysical wants to push the technology on to the world stage.

Atlantic are part of SSE the largest generator of renewable energy in the UK.

M&S Energy provides hydro power at no extra cost with built-in rewards. We are commited to reducing your energy use, cutting the cost of your gas and electricity bills and helping the environment.

Rampur power plant is a 412MW hydroelectric power plant under construction on the Satluj River in the Himachal Pradesh state of India.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the US has approved a $590m (€482.1m) electric transmission project that will assist in enhancing the Houston region's import capacity from other parts of the state.

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Researchers in the US are using pioneering technology to create long-lasting, more efficient nuclear batteries. We talk to Patrick J Pinhero, Alan K Wertsching and Jae Wan Kwon of the University of Missouri about pushing the boundaries of betavoltaic electricity generation. The University of Missouri (MU) is pushing boundaries in betavoltaic electricity generation.

China has signalled plans to invest $16bn into its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, a move that could stimulate massive growth in EV sales and help the country cut carbon emissions. We take a look at the project and find out what impact an EV revolution could have on the power grid.

With the UK going coal-free for a record-breaking 90 hours over the weekend, energy sources such as solar and onshore wind now play a key role in generating electricity. However, with the urgent need for new energy sources to replace the 60% of the electricity produced worldwide by fossil fuel combustion, it has become necessary to look further afield to alternative energy sources.

Scientists from Stanford University have developed a microbial battery using 'wired microbes' to create power from sewage and wastewater. The technology, though small in scale, shows early promise as both an electricity source and an exciting new treatment for wastewater.

The upcoming Birmingham Bio Power Plant at Tyseley, Birmingham, will be UK's first power plant using innovative gasification technology to generate electricity from recovered wood waste.

India to build world's largest solar power project spread across 23,000 acres, expected to generate around 6,000 million units of electricity annually.

20 February 2014 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will approve approximately $6.5bn in loan guarantees for the construction of two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle electric generating station, also known as Plant Vogtle, in Georgia.

The majority of power technology innovations and breakthroughs in 2013 occurred in the renewables sector. Power-technology.com lists some of 2013's major innovations and breakthroughs in energy technology. Ultra-efficient photovoltaic designs A four-junction solar cell, developed by Germany's Freiburg-based Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Soitec and two other research organisations, achieved a record breaking 44.7% efficiency converting sunlight to electricity in September 2013.

The 1,600MW Eemshaven Power Station is being constructed near Eemshaven Port in Groningen, Netherlands. The coal-fired power station will have an option to be partially fired by biomass, generating an electrical efficiency of 46.2%.

The University of Toronto Edward S Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering researchers in Canada have developed and demonstrated a new class of solar-sensitive nanoparticle.