Power

Nuclear Power Plant

Grossi Predicts a Dozen New Nuclear Countries by 2030

A "solid group" of 10-12 countries building nuclear power plants for the first time will emerge in the next decade, International Atomic Energy Agency Director …

SMR

US Government Backs NuScale Projects at Home and Abroad

The US Department of Energy has approved a cost-share award of more than USD1 billion for the construction of the first NuScale small modular reactor power plan…

Japan

Japan Set to Release Radioactive Fukushima Water Into The Sea

Japan will release a million tons of water used in the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, citing Japanese media.

Hydropower Plant

HEP Invests EUR 450mn in Mega Hydropower Projects Kosinj, Senj

Croatia’s power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda has started works on hydroelectric system Kosinj and hydropower plant Senj 2, with a total capacity of 412 MW.…

Solar Power Plant

EDF Swoops on 4.5GW US PV Portfolio

Deal closed to acquire Geenex Solar's pipeline of development projects.

Pumped Storage

SSE Wins Govt Nod for 1.5-GW Pumped Storage Scottish Project

The Scottish government has given the thumbs up to a 1.5-GW hydro pumped storage project proposed by the renewables arm of UK utility SSE Plc.

Wind Farm

ENAP Switches on 10.4-MW Wind Farm in Chile

Chilean state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) has brought online its 10.35-MW Vientos Patagonicos wind farm located in the Cabo Negro ind…

Energy Storage Project

Canadian Solar to Install 75 MW/300 MWh of Energy Storage in California

Canadian Solar Inc today said it has secured an order to integrate a lithium-ion battery storage system with a capacity of 75 MW/300 MWh into a solar farm owned…

China

Global Solar Company’s Ultra-High Power Modules Reach 1GW

Trina Solar has announced that total sales of its ultra-high power modules, the Vertex Series, have reached 1GW worldwide, including nearly 200MW in Europe as w…

Power Construction

Eskom to Resume Construction of Ariadne-Venus 400kV line

Eskom is set to resume its work to complete construction of the final leg of the approximately 123 km of transmission power line, which will run through uMgungu…

Distributed energy

RWE and Kohler-SDMO Sign Grid Stability Pact for Emergency Generators

German utility RWE has partnered with French emergency power generator company Kohler-SDMO to establish new energy generation solutions.

ITER

Hotter Than the Sun: ITER and the Pursuit of Nuclear Fusion

There’s a running joke that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away.

Electricity Transmission

American Transmission Co. updates 10-Year Transmission System Assessment

"Our long-term planning efforts require flexibility to support an evolving, sustainable energy future," said Andy Dolan, vice president of system planning.

Clean emission

CSE to Introduce "First Run" to Encourage Cleaner Power Stations

As part of its initiatives to build an ecosystem of incentives and deterrence measures, the Centre for Science and Environment has developed a new concept calle…

Power Construction

Bengal Achieves 99.9 per cent Rural Household Electrification: Official

West Bengal has achieved 99.9 per cent rural household electrification with Darjeeling district getting completely electrified, a senior official of the state P…