Energy

Energy Subsidies

EU Must Answer U.S. Clean Energy Subsidies, Commissioner Says on Washington Visit

European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton speaks at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoWASHING…

Energy Storage System

Milestone for Major Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Wyoming

A Utah-based company is developing a pumped hydro energy storage project in the heart of coal country, one of several renewable energy deployments being sited i…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal ‘Battery’ Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Researchers Report

A conceptual schematic of the type of advanced geothermal energy storage system demonstrated in this study. Credit: Tugce Baser and Renewable EnergyResearchers …

Hydrogen Production

Germany and Australia to Strengthen Energy Cooperation

Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and the Australian Minister for Energy and Climat…

Energy Technology

Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Reaches Next Milestone

In the control perovskite layer (left), the microcrystals are not perfectly ordered and voids can form. In the new variant (right), the dipolar polymer cushions…

Wind Turbine

Norway Just Greenlit This Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine

Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway.Vertical-axis floating …

Wind Farm

Capital Energy Will Install a Wind Farm and a Photovoltaic Plant in Almería

The agreements are subject to the development of the Peregiles wind farm and the La Rambla photovoltaic plant, which will be located in the aforementioned munic…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukrainian Cabinet Approves Start of Work on New Khmelnitsky Reactors

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for work to begin to develop project documentation for the construction of two Westinghouse AP100…

Microgrid

Husk Power Systems Proves Rural Minigrids Can Be Profitable

There is a common belief that profit-building minigrids are impossible in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Husk Power released financial data today that illus…

Geothermal Power Plant

Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France to Be Supplied With Geothermal Heating by 2025

Mignot Hospital, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, Yvelines, France (source: Département des Yvelines / flilckr, Creative Commons)A geothermal heating project in …

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Signs Contract for the First North American Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor.GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the …

Nuclear Reactor

Kazakhstan Continues Discussions With EDF

Kazakhstan is continuing discussions with French company EDF including proposals for an EPR-1200 reactor, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy has confirmed. EDF is on…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogenone Invests in First Green Hydrogen Project

HydrogenOne, the first London-listed fund investing in clean hydrogen for a positive environmental impact, has announced its first investment commitment in a gr…

Wave Energy

EVOLVE Project Uncovers Viable Ocean Energy in GB, Ireland, and Portugal

Official results from the pan-European EVOLVE project, involving world-leading academics, research institutions, and technology developers, have been released, …

Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy Begins Operations of Idaho’s Largest Solar Plant

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a non-regulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has announced it has placed into commercial operation the 120 MW Jackpot Sol…