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Terrestrial Energy's IMSR Was Selected for the First Joint Technical Review Project

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have selected Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt…

Nuclear Technology

EDF, Veolia Team up to Decommission Graphite Reactors

A joint venture for the decommissioning of reactors that use graphite technology has been established by France's EDF and Veolia. Graphitech will seek contracts…

Scientists Found An Organism Using Rocks As An Energy Source

The microbe Metallosphaera sedula is known to have a penchant for eating minerals. We're not talking about garden-variety granite or chalk, though. This particu…

Ballard and HDF Energy Sign Agreement For the Development of Hydrogen

Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France (HDF Energy) for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt s…

Seismic Upgrades Move Forward at B.F. Sisk Dam

A billion-dollar seimic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir in California is to move forward, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Ca…

Intersolar North America

Intersolar North America is the premier solar event that connects innovators and decision makers in the solar + energy storage industry. With a dynamic exhibiti…

New Initiative Positions Texas as Geothermal Energy Leader

With a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Cockrell School of Engineering is launching a unique initiative that aims to make The University…

Energy storage technology

Mix Mountains and Gravity for Long-Term Energy Storage

A team of European scientists proposes using mountains to build a new type of battery for long-term energy storage.

Solar Power Panel

Carlson Electric will Install 100-kW Solar System at Wisconsin Horseradish Farm

Huntsinger Farms, the world’s largest grower and processor of horseradish and the parent company of Silver Spring Foods, has won a $28,902.60 Focus on Energy g…

Reclamation, DWR Move Forward with Seismic Upgrades at B.F. Sisk Dam

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are moving forward on an estimated billion-dollar seis…

Smart Grid

Nokia Smartens Up Finnish Grid

Nokia is installing communications infrastructure to establish the smart grid in Finland, capable of integrating increased levels of renewable power.

Converting Low Grade Heat into Electricity

Researchers at Hong Kong University have recently invented a device that is capable of converting low grade heat into electricity. Low grade heat, or waste heat…

When Solids and Liquids Meet: In Nanoscale Detail

Infrared light is focused onto the sharp metallic tip of an atomic force microscope, enabling the acquisition of vibrational spectra from a graphene-liquid inte…

Material Developed for Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement

The Institute for Basic Science announced on Dec. 2 that its Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, led by director Lee Young-hee, has developed a two-dim…

Cincinnati Signs on for Largest Municipal Solar Array in the Country

The City of Cincinnati, Ohio, will construct the largest municipal solar array in the country to provide clean, renewable energy to all city facilities and serv…