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Dam

Stantec Completes Priest Rapids Dam Improvement Project Ahead of Schedule

Stantec has announced the early completion of the Priest Rapids Right Embankment Improvement Project in Washington. The project, a partnership with Grant County…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Leningrad 5 Begins Maintenance Outage

Unit 5 of Ruissia’s Leningrad NPP (also known as unit 1 of Leningrad-II NPP) has been closed for a planned repair and maintenance outage that will last un…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Eswatini Launches Nuclear Programme Framework

The landlocked African country's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has marked the launch of an initiative to achieve sustainable development by harne…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grafenrheinfeld Cooling Towers Demolished

The two 143-metre-high cooling towers at Germany’s former Grafenrheinfeld NPP in the southern state of Bavaria have been blown up as part of the decommiss…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Holtec Upgrades Palisades Cooling System

A new heat exchanger set designed to meet projected increases in the temperature of Lake Michigan will be installed within the next 12 months to support the rep…

Offshore Wind Power

BOEM Grants US’s First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease to Maine

Maine is working towards its Offshore Wind Roadmap. Credit: bleakstar via Shutterstock.The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has reached an agreement …

Germany

Grafenrheinfeld Cooling Towers Taken Down

The two 143-metre-tall cooling towers of the shut down single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in Germany have been demolished in a controlled explosion…

Photovoltaic （PV）

1.1 GW of Photovoltaics With Hybridization of Wind Energy Are Authorized in Spain

The Official State Gazette of the last week includes announcements corresponding to projects for 1 GW, including 184 MW from TotalEnergies.Resolution of the Gen…

Geothermal Heating Project

EU-Funded Geoflexheat Project to Harness Waste Geothermal Heat for Industrial Use

Brunel University London (source: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme is funding the €3 mill…

Electricity Trade

Shanghai Electric Upgrades Ninh Binh Power Plant in Vietnam

Shanghai Electric offers equipment upgrades to Vietnam’s Ninh Binh power plant. Credit: Shanghai Electric /PRNewswire.Shanghai Electric has completed the …

Nuclear Fusion

DOE Awards $4.6m for Fusion Research

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced 17 awards totalling $4.6m for projects at private fusion companies in cooperation with US national laboratories …

Offshore Wind Power

New Jersey Grants ørsted’s Motions to Vacate Orders for Cancelled Ocean Wind Projects

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has granted a motion submitted by Ørsted on 1 July, requesting the BPU vacate the orders issued for the tw…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Gulf of Thailand Development Starts Producing Oil

Canada-based oil and gas company Valeura Energy has achieved the first oil production from a development located off the coast of Thailand, said to be a result …

Oil&Gas Drilling

DNO Norge Cleared to Drill Wildcat Well in North Sea off Norway

DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO, has been granted a drilling permit for a wellbore in the North Sea by the Norwegian Offshore Dire…

Hydrogen Production

Funding Granted for Offshore Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production Project in Wales

Dolphyn Hydrogen, Celtic Sea Power, ORE Catapult and Wales and West Utilities have secured £887,000 ($1.14 million) in funding from Innovate UK’s La…