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Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal ‘Battery’ Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Researchers Report

A conceptual schematic of the type of advanced geothermal energy storage system demonstrated in this study. Credit: Tugce Baser and Renewable EnergyResearchers …

Wind Turbine

Norway Just Greenlit This Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine

Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway.Vertical-axis floating …

Wind Farm

Capital Energy Will Install a Wind Farm and a Photovoltaic Plant in Almería

The agreements are subject to the development of the Peregiles wind farm and the La Rambla photovoltaic plant, which will be located in the aforementioned munic…

Nuclear Fuel

Advanced Reactors / Oklo Submits Plans For Licensing Of Nuclear Fuel Recycling Plant

Oklo is evaluating 15 different sites for its Aurora nuclear power plant. Courtesy Oklo.US-based advanced nuclear technology company Oklo has submitted a licens…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukrainian Cabinet Approves Start of Work on New Khmelnitsky Reactors

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for work to begin to develop project documentation for the construction of two Westinghouse AP100…

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear to Form a Joint Venture to Manufacture TRISO and FCM Fuel

Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) intend to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) part…

Nuclear Power Plant

CEZ Recruits for Its New Build Plans

New build in the Czech Republic will lead the utility ČEZ to almost double its nuclear workforce. The company said its nuclear teams will grow by 2600 over the…

Nuclear Fuel

Companies Pool Resources to Manufacture TRISO Fuel

A joint venture between Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) plans to manufacture commercial quantities of TRISO fuel particles and fuel for adva…

Microgrid

Husk Power Systems Proves Rural Minigrids Can Be Profitable

There is a common belief that profit-building minigrids are impossible in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Husk Power released financial data today that illus…

Geothermal Power Plant

Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France to Be Supplied With Geothermal Heating by 2025

Mignot Hospital, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, Yvelines, France (source: Département des Yvelines / flilckr, Creative Commons)A geothermal heating project in …

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Signs Contract for the First North American Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor.GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the …

Nuclear Reactor

Kazakhstan Continues Discussions With EDF

Kazakhstan is continuing discussions with French company EDF including proposals for an EPR-1200 reactor, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy has confirmed. EDF is on…

Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy Begins Operations of Idaho’s Largest Solar Plant

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a non-regulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has announced it has placed into commercial operation the 120 MW Jackpot Sol…

Wind Power Project

GE Proposes Building Two New Offshore Wind Facilities in New York

GE has submitted a plan to construct two new manufacturing facilities in New York if it wins a sufficient volume of orders from customers in the State’s o…

Solar Technology

The EU Commission Sues Bulgaria, Slovakia Over the Renewable Energy Directive

The European Commission has decided to sue Bulgaria and Slovakia over their failure to transpose the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive into their national l…