Wave Energy

DOE Announces Notice of Intent for $112.5 Million Funding Opportunity in Wave Energy Development

The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office issued a notice of intent to provide up to $112.5 million in funding to advance wave energy …

Nuclear waste

Lithuania Narrows Search for Repository Site

Lithuania has identified 77 potential locations for its planned geological repository for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A final decision o…

Nuclear Reactor

Contract for Bn-1200 Design Work

JSC Atomenergoproekt and Rosenergoatom - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom's engineering and power plant operating divisions, respectively - have si…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Milestones for Rajasthan Reactors Old and New

Days after unit 3 at the Rajasthan nuclear power plant returned to service after the completion of major refurbishment, fuel loading has begun at the first of t…

Offshore Wind Power

Polish Company to Prepare Conceptual Design for PGE’s Third Baltica Offshore Wind Project

PGE Group has contracted Polish company Energoprojekt-Katowice to prepare a conceptual design for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm.PGE BalticaThe 900 MW Baltica…

Service Operation Vessel

Norwind Offshore, Vard to Build First ‘Energy Construction Vessel’

Vard has signed a contract for an energy construction vessel (ECV) with Wind Energy Construction, a Norwegian company partly owned by the founders and owners of…

Offshore Wind Power

EBRD Lends €100 Million for Enefit Green Wind Energy Project in Estonia

Enefit Green has signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to borrow 100 million euros for the construction of a wind…

Solar Power Plant

California Is Planning to Streamline Solar, Wind Approvals

Leeward Renewable Energy's 174 MW Chaparral Springs solar project in Kern County, California. (Courtesy: Leeward Renewable Energy)California legislators are…

United Kingdom

UK Likely to Mirror EU Batteries Regulation: Freeths

The UK is likely to copy EU regulation on end of life BESS projects, experts say. Image: RESA partner at a major UK law firm has said the UK is ‘likely&rs…

Electricity Transmission

New Grid Connection Rules in Romania

Romania’s National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has approved a competitive, auction-based mechanism for grid connections of new plants of at least 5…

Energy Storage Project

450 MW of BESS Planned for Scottish Highlands in Three Projects

An artist's impression of the proposed Opdenergy BESS in Scotland.Image: OpdenergyThe Highland Council, a local government body in northern Scotland that in…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Acciona Energía Wins 12-Year CfD for 189 MW in Croatia

Spanish energy developer Acciona Energía has been awarded a 12-year contract for difference (CfD) to develop the 189 MW Promina solar project, currently …

Offshore Wind Power

EIB Loans Haizea Wind Group €35M for Advanced Wind Manufacturing

Image credit: Haizea Wind GroupThe European Investment Bank (EIB) and Haizea Wind Group, a Spanish company specialising in the manufacture of components for the…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Dubai’s Amea Power Breaks Ground on Solar PV Project in Uganda

The groundbreaking ceremony, which took place on Friday 2 August, was attended by Hon. Dr Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, minister of Energy and Mineral Development o…

Australia

Australia’s Woodside Energy to Buy Texas Ammonia Project for $2.35 Bln

A plant decorates the booth of Australian petroleum exploration and production company Woodside Energy during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, Briti…