Power

Wind Farm

UK Wind Farm Forced to Cut Output as Coal Plant Supports Grid

The Seagreen offshore wind farm off the east coast of Scotland was ordered to reduce its output, while the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station was paid t…

Power Construction

Vermont Municipal Leading Way for Public Power Utilities Seeking Microgrid Connections

A small municipal utility in Vermont is exploring best practices for integrating microgrids into rural power systems.The Stowe Electric Department received a De…

Distributed Grid

Duke Energy Finds Buyer for Its Commercial-Scale Renewables Business

After agreeing to sell its utility-scale renewables business to Brookfield, Duke has now found a buyer for its distributed generation business. ArcLight Capital…

Solar Cell

Hybrid Inverters Enabling Solar Customers to Gain Grid Independence, Says Livoltek's Simon Baggaley

Many people investing in solar-plus-storage want a degree of grid independence, Simon Baggaley, country manager UK and Ireland at Livoltek told a Solar Media we…

Power Construction

Country's Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says

PJM could benefit numerous states with thousands of jobs and billions in investment by implementing recent reforms, including priority for proposals ready to pr…

Hydropower Plant

Reclamation Preparing to Complete Annual Silt Run For Guernsey Reservoir

(photo courtesy Bureau of Reclamation)The Wyoming Area Office of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation is lowering the water level in Gu…

Wave Energy

Corpower Ocean Resumes C4 Deployment Program

CorPower Ocean has announced the resumption of its deployment program for the C4 Wave Energy Converter. After experiencing cable damage at the Aguçadoura…

Pumped Storage

Nant de Drance Celebrates First Year of Operation

On July 1, 2023, the Nant de Drance pumped storage power plant marked its one-year anniversary of successful operation. With a capacity of 900MW, the plant has …

Electricity Transmission

America's Power Disconnection Crisis: In 31 States, Utilities Can Shut off Electricity for Nonpayment in a Heat Wave

Millions of Americans have already been sweltering through heat waves this summer, and forecasters warn of hot months ahead. July 3 and 4, 2023, were two of the…

Nuclear Equipment

Contract for Italian Waste Cementation Plant

Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has awarded a contract worth EUR43 million (USD47 million) for the construction of the Finished Produ…

Uranium Project

Seaborg Switches Fuel Plans Because of Haleu Timeline Risks

The Danish developer of floating Compact Molten Salt Reactors, Seaborg, has decided to change the fuel type for the initial power barges to low-enriched uranium…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Seeks Wider Access for Zaporizhzhia Inspections

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that the agency's experts at the site have not observed any indication…

Nuclear Equipment

Installation of Haiyang 4 Containment Starts

The containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) for unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been installed 40 days ahead of sch…

SMR

South Korea Forms SMR Alliance

A public-private partnership comprised of 42 state-run and private entities has been created to advance Korea's small modular reactor (SMR) sector. The alli…

Offshore Substation

COSCO Lays Keel for Cadeler's First X-Class Mega Jack-up

A keel laying ceremony was held for Cadeler’s first X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Qidong,…