Power

Hydropower Plant

Maine Hydropower Corridor Will Resume Construction Despite Big Jump in Cost, CEO Says

Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-bil…

Hydropower Plant

Resumption of Planning for Pradapunt Hydropower Plant, Switzerland

The ‘Wasserkraft Plessur’ project consortium has decided to reinitiate its ambitious plans for the construction of the Pradapunt hydropower plant in…

Electric Vehicles

Regenerative Fuel Cell Technology to Power Toyota Lunar Rover

The company hopes to use the moon’s ice water in the future as an energy source.Toyota Motor executives recently revealed that the automotive company inte…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Secures Eur 500 Million Loan for East Anglia Three

Spain-headquartered Iberdrola has secured a EUR 500 million loan from Citi, partly guaranteed by the Norwegian Export Credit Agency (Eksfin), to support the dev…

Offshore Wind Power

Final Monopiles Delivered for 450 MW French Offshore Wind Project

EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH has transported the last of 64 monopiles, built for the 450 MW Calvados offshore wind farm, from Germany to the Netherlands.…

Offshore Wind Power

US Pinpoints up to 8 GW of Offshore Wind Areas in Central Atlantic

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three final wind energy areas (WEAs) offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which, if fully de…

Floating Offshore Wind

Technip Energies, Sarens, and Young-Chang Heavy Industry Form Floating Wind Partnership in Korea

Technip Energies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the yard infrastructure provider, Young Chang, and heavy lifting solutions provider, Sarens…

Wind Farm

Desjardins Acquires a Portion of Edf Renewables Canada Inc.'s Stake in Cypress 1 & 2 Wind Projects

Desjardins Group Pension Plan and DGAM Global Private Infrastructure Fund II L.P. (together Desjardins) have closed on the acquisition of 37.5% of EDF Renewable…

Wind Farm

China's Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy Hits 1.32 Bln KW

China’s installed capacity of renewable energy hit 1.32 billion kilowatts by the end of June, exceeding the coal-fired power generating capacity, accordin…

Wind Turbine

Six Giant Wind Turbines Installed in Swiss Town to Boost Renewable Energy

Six massive wind turbines were recently erected in the town of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland, near the French border. The turbines, assembled by Germany’s Ene…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Plan for Leningrad 1 and 2 Gets Backing

Public consultation and a round-table discussion involving a variety of organisations has concluded that the proposed decommissioning plans for Leningrad 1 and …

Nuclear Fuel

US Senate Votes to 'Onshore' Nuclear Fuel Production

The US Senate has voted by 96-3 to approve legislation that would strengthen domestic nuclear fuel production and ensure that disruptions in uranium supply will…

Uranium Project

INB and Amazul Sign Contract for Next Resende Phase

Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a contract with Amazônia Azul Technologias de Defesa SA (Amazul) to provide engineering services fo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vogtle 3 Begins Commercial Operation

The USA's first newly constructed nuclear power plant in more than 30 years is now serving customers - it reached first criticality in March, was connected …

Nuclear Fuel

Nuclear Fuel for RNPP Arrives in September: Rosatom DG

Nuclear fuel for the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) will arrive in the country in September, ROSATOM Director General (DG) Alexey Likhachev today said as he…