Power

Nuclear Reactor

Dome Hoisted Into Place on Xudapu 3

The dome has been hoisted into place on the reactor building of Xudapu unit 3 in a single stage process, six months ahead of schedule, with China National Nucle…

Nuclear Reactor

BWXT to Begin Work on Cislunar Nuclear Rocket Engine and Fuel

The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has finalised an agreement with Lockheed Martin to begin work on the fabrication and design of a…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

B&W Wins Contract to Study Beccs Conversion for Coal Power Plant

Babcock & Wilcox announced today that it has been awarded a contract by NorthStar Clean Energy to conduct a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) en…

Electricity Transmission

A Proposal to Build a Sub-Saharan Africa Electrical Grid Across 12 Countries

A team of economists and engineers from China, Turkey and Nigeria has published a proposal based on simulations to build a sub-Saharan Africa electrical grid ac…

Offshore Wind Power

Masdar, Iberdrola to Jointly Develop Baltic Eagle Wind Farm Offshore Germany

Abu Dhabi-based Masdar has signed a strategic partnership with Iberdrola to co-invest in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.Ibe…

Offshore Wind Power

DEME Installs Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Substation, First in US

DEME’s specialised floating installation vessel Orion has installed the offshore substation for the 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1 wind farm, a first in the US, s…

Wind Farm

Masdar Joins Iberdrola to Co-invest in the Baltic Eagle Wind Farm in Germany

The Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, which has a capacity of 476 MW, is valued at €1.6 billion according to the terms of the dealIberdrola reaffirms its co…

Wind Farm

Acciona Energía Builds a New 280MW Wind Power Project in Canada

Forty Mile will be completed in the first quarter of 2025, and it will be the company’s largest wind farm in North America.ACCIONA Energía has anno…

Solar project

The EIB Grants a Loan of 575 Million Euros to Repsol for Wind and Solar Energy in Spain

The financing signed today amounts to 400 million euros and is the first tranche of the total approved loan, which will be used to finance wind farms and photov…

Solar Power Plant

Japan's Net Zero Goal Requires 689GW of Solar and Wind Power by 2050

According to a study conducted by BloombergNEF (BNEF), Japan will need to have a total installed capacity of 689GW for solar and wind power generation by 2050 i…

Solar Power Plant

Johnson Controls Enters Ppa for 29 MW of New Solar Power

Johnson Controls has announced an agreement with Constellation to support the development of two new solar plants and match the power needs of four major Johnso…

Hydropower Plant

Drax Given Greenlight for £500 Million Underground Pumped Storage Hydro Facility

This project could bring the overall capacity of the site to over 1GW. Image: Drax.Renewable energy company Drax Group has secured development consent for a 600…

PowerGrid Technology

China Adds Flexibility to Power Grids, Builds Storage Capacity to Avoid Outages

Electrical pylons and power lines are seen in Yanqing district of Beijing, China December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File PhotoBEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - …

Offshore Wind Power

Maine Lawmakers Pass Bill to Jolt State's Offshore Wind Industry

Lawmakers in Maine on Wednesday passed legislation that would set a 3-gigawatt target for offshore wind deployment off the state's scenic coastline by 2040,…

Hydropower Plant

New Study Identifies 1,800 Sites for Pumped Hydro Storage in Alaska

Alaska is warming faster than any other US state, according to the US Department of Agriculture. The state has unique energy needs due to its size, diverse land…