Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…

Energy Technology

A Way to Produce Hydrogen Directly From Untreated Sea Water

Schematic diagram of three-electrode configuration for seawater electrolysis. Note that the pH meter was placed 1.0 cm from the electrode surface to measure the…

Nuclear Reactor

MoU Sees X-Energy, Alberta Grow Their Smr Relationship

X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop economic opportunities supporting the potential …

Nuclear Reactor

Korea Proposes Building Four Reactors for Turkey

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has submitted a preliminary proposal to Turkey for the construction of four APR-1400 reactors at an undisclosed site in…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belgian Reactor Enters Retirement

Unit 2 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium has been permanently shut down after 40 years of operation. The 1008 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor is…

Solar Cell

New Type of Solar Cell Is Being Tested in Space

Nanowires in three materials imaged by a scanning electron microscope. A thread is a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair. The red and blue colour shows…

Energy Technology

UIUC Research Confirms Viability of Geothermal Energy Storage Using Old Gas Well

Conceptual schematic diagram of the Advanced Geothermal Energy Storage system proposed by the UIUC study (source: University of Illinois)Researchers from the Un…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kengen Secures First-Refusal Rights on Gdc Geothermal Wells

Geothermal well at Menengai, Kenya (source: flickr/ ScientificDrilling)KenGen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Geothermal Development Com…

Geothermal Power Plant

Pertamina Geothermal Energy Announces IPO Dates and Prices

Sudirman CBD in Jakarta, Indonesia (source: AndrewPrawiro / flickr, Creative Commons)Indonesia’s state-owned geothermal developer Pertamina Geothermal Ind…

Thermal Plant

Duke Energy’s N.C. Coal Plants More Expensive to Run Than Building New Solar Farms, Report Finds

The Allen coal plant just west of Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: Murr Rhame / Creative CommonsBy Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News NetworkDuke Energy spends twic…

Market Analysis

Electric Vehicle Batteries: A Market Report

The electric vehicle battery market is growing rapidly as the demand for electric vehicles increases. According to some estimates, the global market for electri…

LNG

LNG Floating Terminal Will Supply New 840-Mw Gas-Fired Plant in Greece

A joint venture featuring three energy companies is developing an 840-MW natural gas-fired power plant at the Aegean port of Alexandroupolis, Greece. The plant …

Wind Power Project

Record Demand in New York’s Latest Offshore Wind Solicitation

Ocean Wind 1, the 1.1 GW joint venture between Ørsted and PSEG, has awarded three major construction contracts for the project. (Courtesy: Ocean Wind)Six…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome in Partnership to Develop Fourth Generation Nuclear Fuel

USNC Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility. Courtesy USNCFramatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) intend to form a joint venture to manufacture commercia…