Power

Microgrid

New York Public Utility Funds Virtual Reality Initiative to Train Microgrid and Energy Storage System Electricians

The New York Power Authority (NPYA) Board of Trustees approved $400,000 in funding for the Energy Storage and Microgrid Training and Certification (ESAMTAC) pro…

SMR

GE Hitachi Signs SMR Nuclear Deals With UK Engineering Firms

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a nuclear power plant memorandum of understanding with Boccard and Cavendish Nuclear, both engineering firms in the U…

Dam

Enhancing Flood Resilience: Adapting Dams and Levees to a Changing Climate

Sanford Dam in Michigan, US, several months after failing in 2020. Research has indicated an increased risk of similar events due to more intense rainfall under…

Geothermal Drilling

SANJES Launches New Geothermal Exploration in Manisa, Türkiye

Salihli GES-1 power plant by Sanko Energy in Manisa, TurkiyeThe Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has been initiated for a planned geothermal explor…

Tidal Energy

Welsh Government Takes Stake in Morlais Tidal Project

Morlais tidal stream energy project will connect to the national grid and a substation on the shore near Ynys LawdThe Welsh Government has taken an £8 mil…

Hydropower Plant

Contractor Selection Opens for 500MW Kikot-Mbébé Hydropower Project, Cameroon

Employees of Kikot-Mbebe Hydro Power Company (KHPC) took part in the celebration of the company’s first anniversary on September 25.A major hydropower ini…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Dismantling of Water Tanks to Start at Fukushima Daiichi

Water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant siteTokyo Electric Power Company has announced plans to start dismantling treated water tanks at the Fukushim…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal Plants Get Reprieve as Market and Policies Change

The 1,577-MW Hunter power plant in Utah is among those U.S. coal-fired stations that has had its scheduled retirement date pushed back.Several U.S. utilities in…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vietnam Looks to Accelerate Construction of Nuclear Power Plants

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaking at the steering committee meetingVietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed two state-owned groups, Ele…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Working On Safety Case for Belene Components at Khmelnitsky 3 and 4

Ukraine's President and the IAEA team discussed the issue during talksThe International Atomic Energy Agency has begun analytical work as part of its safety…

Wind Farm

New Qld Wind Farm Approved

DP Energy has been granted EPBC approval for its proposed Callide Wind Farm, which will consist of up to 70 wind turbines and have a capacity of 430MW.Construct…

Biofuel

Renova: 75 MW Omaezakikou Biomass Plant Begins Operations

Omaezakikou Biomass Power PlantJapan-based Renova Inc. on Feb. 5 announced that the 75-megawatt (MW) that the Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant began operations o…

Hydropower Plant

Iberdrola Sells Brazilian Hydro Asset

Iberdrola has sold the 350MW Baixo Iguacu hydroelectric plant in Brazil to French electricity company EDF.Through its Brazilian subsidiary, Neoenergia, Iberdrol…

Wind Turbine

Low Carbon Trims Turbine Numbers at High Brenfield

UK renewable energy company Low Carbon has reduced the number of turbines at its High Brenfield wind farm project in western Scotland following consultation.In …

Green Hydrogen

Plug Power Launches Spot Pricing Program for Liquid Green Hydrogen

U.S. hydrogen solutions company Plug Power has introduced what it claims is the industry’s ‘first-ever’ spot pricing program for liquid green …