Energy

Smart Meter

Trilliant Announces Libra Smart Electricity Meter, Empowering Utilities and the New Energy Economy

The meter is purpose-built to support the modern utility throughout its digital transformation journey.

Energy-Eficient Building

B.C. is Canada’s Leader in Energy Efficiency.

Perched on top of a hill near the Wedzin Kwa river in Smithers, B.C., is the town’s first multi-unit passive house building.

Electric Car

International Electric Vehicle Rally Kicks off on Hainan

The 2020 International Electric Marathon kicked off Wednesday on Hainan. The five-day rally started from the Wuyuanhe Sports Stadium.

EV Market

Japan Phasing Out Gas-Only Autos

All new vehicles sold in Japan by the mid-2030s will be hybrid or electric as the government begins to unveil concrete steps for reaching its goal of becoming c…

Natural Gas

Argentina Draws 16 Bids for Subsidized Gas Supply

Argentina received bids from 16 companies in a path-breaking auction to supply more than 70mn m3/d of natural gas at subsidized wellhead prices for power genera…

Battery Recycling

Li-Cycle Commercial Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Plant Now Operational in Rochester, NY

Li-Cycle Corp., North America’s largest capacity lithium-ion battery recycling company, announced that its Spoke 2 facility at Eastman Business Park in Rochest…

Hydropower Plant

Sarawak Energy Marks Major Milestone for 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project

Sarawak Energy’s largest hydropower project to date, the 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia, has reached a major project milestone with the succe…

Tidal Energy

Milestone for Minesto as it Delivers First Tidal Energy to the Faroese Grid

Marine energy developer Minesto has delivered electricity to the grid in the Faroe Islands, marking a major milestone for a project involving its DG100 tidal ki…

Nuclear Power Plant

EnergySolutions Takes Over TMI-2 Licence

The TMI-2 reactor, located about 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, operated for around six months before suffering reactor core damage on 28 March…

Energy Storage Battery

New York Power Authority Kicks off Pilot to Trial Safe Lithium-ion ‘Supercell’

The New York Power Authority has started up a demonstration project aimed at addressing safety concerns tied to the deployment of lithium-ion battery storage in…

Solar Technology

Novel Solar Thermal Energy Storage Development gets Going in Europe

Novel zero emission hybrid solar energy storage systems based on renewable materials are to be developed in the MOST project.

Energy Storage Project

Video: AMADEUS Energy Storage

​Starting in January 2017, AMADEUS is the first project funded by the European Commission to research on a new generation of materials and solid state devices …

Energy-Eficient Building

Slowdown in Energy Efficiency Progress Jeopardising Climate Goals, IEA Warns

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused energy efficiency investments to tumble while increasing the energy intensity of the global economy.

Energy Storage Project

China’s Energy Storage Deployments for First Nine Months of 2020 up 157% Year-on-Year

China deployed 533.3MW of new electrochemical energy storage projects in the first three quarters of 2020, an increase of 157% on the same period in 2019.

United States

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Achieves US Licensing Milestone

The LTR, which was submitted to the NRC in December 2019, forms the basis for the dramatic simplification of the BWRX-300.