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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alaska Simplifies Microreactor Regulations

The US state of Alaska has adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for the siting of microreactors. The new regulations, which waive some requi…

Hydrogen Production

RWE Creates Preconditions for Constructing a Hydrogen-Ready Gas-Fired Power Plant in Weisweiler

RWE plans to build hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants at its own former power plant sites in Germany by 2030 to help achieve the goal of phasing out coal 203…

Photovoltaic （PV）

RCT Solutions to Open 10 GW Solar Module Factory in Canada

RCT Solutions says it plans to invest CAD 3 billion ($2.26 billion) in a 10 GW solar module factory in Manitoba, Canada. The Manitoba provincial government said…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Aging Takahama Nuclear Reactor in Japan Restarted After 12-Yr Halt

This photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 27, 2023, shows the No. 1, right, and No. 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear p…

Renewable Energy

Uncertain Outlook for Energy Bills as New Cap Announcement Looms

Cornwall Insight has unveiled its latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) covering the period October 2023 (Q423) to September 2024 (Q324). The …

Electric Vehicles

Basildon Council and NRG Riverside Roll Out the First Fully Electric Food Waste Collection Fleet in the UK

Skelmersdale/July 27, 2023: NRG Riverside, the contract hire and fleet solutions provider, has delivered seven fully electric food waste trucks to Basildon Boro…

Microgrid

Virtual Power Plants Can Cost-Effectively Support the Grid— If We Let Them

(A rooftop solar system.)Contributed by Mathew Sachs, CPowerStrained by the double burden of increased demand and more frequent extreme weather events, our grid…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Solar Batteries: A New Material Makes It Possible to Simultaneously Absorb Light and Store Energy

A collaborative effort between the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) is making progress on the design of a s…

Solar Panel

Portuguese Solar Developer Gets $275 Million From EIG to Boost Capacity

Portugal' solar project developer Prosolia Energy said on Thursday it had received 250 million euros ($274.70 million) in financing from U.S.-based fund EIG…

Renewable Energy

Italy Eyes 19 Billion Euros in Energy Investments as It Reviews Post-covid Plan

Italy said on Thursday it planned to use EU money to fund an investment programme worth around 19 billion euros ($21 billion) to strengthen power and gas grids …

Natural Gas

TC Energy to Spin off Oil Pipeline Business, Focus on Natural Gas

TC Energy's logo is pictured on a smartphone in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationNorth American pipeline company TC…

LNG

Samsung Heavy Industries Remains in Black With $46M Profit

Samsung Heavy Industries stayed in the black for a second consecutive quarter, reporting an operating profit of 58.9 billion won ($46.1 million) driven by its f…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Stadler Wins Contracts for up to 120 Battery-Powered Trains, 25 Hydrogen Trains

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has awarded Stadler a framework agreement for up to 120 battery-powered trains. The FLIRT Akku vehicles are designed to rep…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Seven Major Automakers Partner to Build Fast-Charging Network Across N America; CCS and Tesla NACS

Seven major global automakers—BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group, and Stellantis NV—will create a joint venture to build a ne…

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen Group Investing $700M in Xpeng for 5% Stake, VW EV Development; Audi Jointly Developing EVs With SAIC

The Volkswagen Group is strengthening its position on the Chinese automotive market with cooperations between the VW brand and XPENG and between Audi and SAIC.T…