Power

Geothermal Power Plant

Croatia Announces New Geothermal Blocks for Tender

Five new blocks have been added to the list of geothermal exploration blocks for tender in Croatia.

Coal Price

S. Africa’s Exxaro Resources Says Coal Prices Cooling Off

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources on Thursday posted a 28% jump in 2022 profit after seeing average coal prices surge more than 150%, but warned prices were…

India

NTPC Mulls 5.4 Million Tonnes Coal Import in First Half of 2023-24: PTI

State-run power giant NTPC is planning to import around 5.4 million tonnes of coal to meet the supply shortage during the first half 2023-24 fiscal, Parliament …

Energy Storage Battery

Gotion Enters Japanese Large-Scale Battery Storage Market With Edison Power Agreement

Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has continued recent moves into new markets across Asia, signing a deal with Japan’s Edison Power.The two co…

Wind Turbine

Where Should Wind Turbines Be Constructed in Switzerland?

A study by researchers at ETH Zurich shows for the first time how a relaxation of Swiss spatial planning policy would affect the locations of wind turbines. If …

Ukraine

Energoatom and Cameco Sign Uranium Agreements

Energoatom and Cameco have signed agreements covering the supply of Ukrainian uranium and the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants in Ukraine.Tim…

Nuclear waste

Hanford Restarts Liquid Waste Treatment After Maintenance Outage

Workers change out spent 27,000-pound TSCR filter columns and place them on a nearby storage pad during a planned outage. (Photo: DOE)Following a second planned…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Samskip Orders Two Zero-Emission Hydrogen-Powered Feeders at Cochin

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), India’s top shipbuilder, has won a contract from Dutch logistics company Samskip for the design and construction of two zer…

Hydropower Plant

Miyuukaa Corp. To Transmit Hydroelectric Power to Windfall Gold Project

Osisko Mining Inc. has concluded the previously announced binding term sheet agreement and signed a definitive agreement with Miyuukaa Corp. for construction of…

Hydropower Plant

Prime Minister of Bhutan Visits Eib to Discuss Support for Hydropower, Solar Generation

The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dr. Lotay Tshering, is visiting the Luxembourg headquarters of the European Investment Bank to discuss possible financial and tech…

SMR

Urenco Exits U-Battery Micro-Reactor Project

Urenco has announced that it is withdrawing its support for the U-Battery advanced modular reactor (AMR) project "having exhausted its attempts to secure the co…

Nuclear Power Plant

USA, Indonesia Announce Partnership on SMRs

The USA and Indonesia have announced a strategic partnership to help Indonesia develop its nuclear energy programme, supporting Indonesia's interest in depl…

Solar Power Plant

ACWA Power Secures PPAs for 1.4 GW of Solar, 1.5 Gwh of Storage in Uzbekistan

ACWA Power says it will develop three PV projects in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It will also install storage capacity in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkan…

Energy Technology

A Fresh Start for Concentrated Solar Power?

SolarReserves Crescent Dunes CSP Project, near Tonopah, Nevada, has an electricity generating capacity of 110 MW. Photo from SolarReserveEpisode 40 of the Facto…

Hydrogen Production

Green Hydrogen: How Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting May Become Competitive

Hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water, ideally with solar cells or wind power providing the electrical energy required. This "green" hydrogen is exp…