Power

Virtual power plants

The Great Untapped Potential of Virtual Power Plants

We need every tool in the toolkit to improve grid reliability, and we need them now, RMI’s managing director, Mark Dyson, told the pv magazine USA Week au…

Solar project

US Solar Project Transforms Contaminated Brownfield Site

Thirty years in the making, but the site of a former circuit board recycling facility is now generating 7 MW of solar energy and providing power to 960 subscrib…

Solar Power Plant

Azerbaijan Breaks Ground on 240 MW Solar Plant

Work is underway on a 240 MW solar project in southwestern Azerbaijan following the signing of an investment agreement and land lease agreement. It is being dev…

Wave Energy

Thames Water Gets Key Creditor Support for Rescue Plan

Thames Water won crucial support from creditors to move forward with its plan to raise £3 billion ($3.8 billion) in emergency funding.Holders of more than…

Thermal Plant

Trump Taps Former Rep. Lee Zeldin To Lead EPA

The Trump administration will likely roll back EPA regulations affecting fossil-fuel power plants, including a carbon emissions rule, according to Michelle Bloo…

Thermal Plant

Payra Power Plant's Unit 2 To Remain Offline For Maintenance For 2 Months

One unit of the Payra 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant in Patuakhali will remain out of service for the next two months for essential maintenance, according to plant…

Thermal Plant

Ministry Of Coal Receives Strong Industry Participation In Financial Incentive Scheme For Coal Gasification Projects

The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has received an enthusiastic response to the Financial Incentive Scheme aimed at promoting coal gasification projects, marking a sign…

Thermal Plant

Now Payra To Cut Down Power Production By Half

Amid the backdrop of all other coal-based power plants in the country, including India's Adani, the production of a unit of Payra Thermal Power Plant went i…

Nuclear Fusion

China's Fusion Reactor Debuts Digital Twin

China’s Huanliu-3 (LJ-3) tokamak has launched a new series of physical experiments, incorporating for the first time a digital twin system developed by China N…

Nuclear Reactor

Concreting Completed For The Containment Dome Of Akkuyu Unit 1

Concreting of the outer containment dome of the first unit at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant took 104 days, with3511 cubic metres of high-strength self…

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Launches FAST Fusion Project

FAST, to be sited in Japan, aims to generate and sustain a plasma of deuterium-tritium (D-T) reactions, demonstrating an integrated fusion energy system that co…

Wind Turbine

Managing Wind Turbine Waste: Decommissioning Challenges

Wind energy may be used as a renewable energy source with less of an adverse effect on the environment than conventional fossil fuels if it is planned well. Whe…

Nuclear Reactor

Texas A&M Offers Test-bed Sites For SMRS

Texas A&M University is beginning the licensing process for potential sites at Texas A&M-RELLIS in Bryan, Texas, for multiple companies to test and construct th…

Nuclear Technology

UK SMR Negotiations Begin With Ge Hitachi, Holtec, Rolls-royce Smr And Westinghouse

The four shortlisted companies in the small modular reactor (SMR) selection process are GE Hitachi, Holtec,Rolls-Royce SMR and Westinghouse. Negotiations began …

Power Construction

Duke Energy Misses Expectations As Storms Hit Earnings

Power and gas utility Duke Energy Corp. has reported $1.24 billion in adjusted net income for the third quarter, down from $1.49 billion for the same three-mont…