Power

United States

Biden Administration Announces 3.1GW Floating Wind Auction Offshore Oregon

Credit: John Moore via Getty Images.The Biden Administration has announced that it will auction two areas covering 194,995 acres (789km²) off the coast of Oreg…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Proposes 5.5 Bln Pound Subsidy for Sizewell C Nuclear Plant

A general view of the turbine hall of the Sizewell B nuclear power facility in Sizewell, Britain June 19, 2024. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase L…

Electricity Trade

Volue Announces Contract Wins With Switzerland’s Repower

Volue, a leader in technologies and services that enable its customers to succeed in the energy transition, has today announced multiple contract wins with Repo…

Hydrogen Project

Hydrogen Network Construction Kicks off in Hamburg

HH-WIN and the HGHH is now underway.Construction has begun on the hydrogen network HH-WIN and the Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub (HGHH). Both the hydrogen industry …

Russian Federation

Pilot Fuel Elements for Mbir Research Reactor Pass Acceptance Tests

The MBIR will be used for the development of materials for Generation IV fast neutron reactors. Courtesy Rosatom.Pilot fuel elements for the Generation IV MBIR …

Solar Power Plant

The US Government Opens up More Federal Lands for Solar – To 31 Million Acres

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM CaliforniaThe Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western st…

Pumped Storage

Sarawak Delegation Explores Pumped Storage Hydropower in Australia

Adelegation from Sarawak’s Ministry of Utility and Telecommunication (MUT) and Sarawak Energy visited the Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 facility in New South Wales,…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Generation Expected to Rise in the US Despite Climate Uncertainty

Researchers found that hydropower generation may generally increase with climate change, although some regions face drier conditions. (Photograph by Andrea Star…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome Approved to Transport Higher-Enriched Fuel

Framatome announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licence amendment allowing transport of fresh nuclear fuel assemblies in the …

Nuclear Reactor

Deep Fission Unveils Underground Reactor Concept

California-based nuclear startup company Deep Fission, which is proposing to place microreactors deep underground, announced its emergence from stealth mode and…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

GEN Energija Favours Large Units Over Smrs for Slovenia’s JEK2

Reports on flood safety, nuclear fuel supplies, radioactive waste disposal and also an overview of small modular reactors as an option have been published by GE…

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall and German Steel Manufacturer Sign PPA for Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall has signed a long-term electricity supply contract with the steel producer Salzgitter for 75 MW of electricity to come from the Nordlicht 1 offshore …

China

26 MW Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Delivered in China

The self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel, Gang Hang Ping 5, capable of installing 26 MW wind turbines, has been delivered to the port city of Qingdao…

Offshore Wind Power

Mingyang’s 20 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Stands Complete

Mingyang Smart Energy has installed what the company claims to be the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine, the MySE 18.X-20 MW, in Haina…

Wind Turbine

Goldwind Lands in Brazil’s Wind Energy and Opens the First Wind Turbine Factory Outside China

Goldwind opens its first factory outside China, in Bahia, promising 500 jobs and boosting the Brazilian wind sector.As the demand for clean energy grows exponen…