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Micro Reactor

SMR Design Review Enters Final Phases

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the fourth phase of its review of the design certification application for NuScale's small modular reac…

Coal Mine

US Coal in Downward Spiral, Says EIA

The US Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Coal Report for 2018, revealing that the nation’s coal mining employment numbers have dropped …

African Union to Roll Out Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…

Promising Plastic Waste Research could Benefit Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

Scientists have developed a new way to convert plastic waste into a useful chemical.

Power Electronics for Geothermal Drilling – An ARPA-e Funded Research Project

With funding under the ARPA-E awards, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is conducting research on Revolutionary, High-Drilling Rate, High-T Geothe…

Japan Companies Show Off Carbon-Free Tech as Tokyo Clings to Coal

While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Australian Virtual Power Plant Propped Up Grid During Coal Outage

The 50,000-home virtual power plant (VPP) Tesla is developing in South Australia helped maintain grid stability when a coal-fired unit in Queensland tripped off…

CCGT

1050-MW Fairview Energy Center Was Commercially Operational in Pennsylvania

The internationally funded $1 billion, 1,050-MW Fairview project was developed and is managed by Maryland-based CPV. Fairview utilizes GE equipment while Kiewit…

CCS

CCS And CCU Technologies Gain Political Momentum in European Green Deal

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) have been acknowledged as breakthrough technologies which should be fostered in a revi…

Smart Automation Can Contribute to Company Bottomline Through Energy Efficiency

Companies seeking to improve their bottomline in the current economy where they see flat or declining revenues, need to start taking a closer look at their oper…

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC+ Oil Supply Cuts Won’t Prevent Surplus in 2020

Global oil markets still face a surplus next year even if OPEC and its partners deliver newly-announced production cuts in full, the International Energy Agency…

HyFlyer Zero Emission Aviation Project Lines Up Mobile Hydrogen Fuelling Support

World-leading test flights of a hydrogen fuel cell plane are set to make use of a mobile refuelling vehicle developed by Fuel Cell Systems (FCS), after the comp…

Electricity Transmission

DBSA Provides $81.30m for Mozambique’s Power Network Upgrades

Mozambique’s national energy utility, Electricidade De Mocambique (EDM) has received a senior debt loan facility of $81.30 million from the Development Bank of…

Solar Power Plant

ABB Powers Pioneering Floating Solar Plant in Switzerland

ABB has partnered with Romande Energie to supply its inverter solutions for one of the world’s highest floating PV installations, which increases efficiency of…

Microgrid

Australia’s largest hybrid microgrid project completes Stage 1

juwi Renewable Energy, the Australian subsidiary of international project developer juwi, has completed the first stage of the 23 MW hybrid power station, which…