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Nuclear Technology

A New Way to Assess Radiation Damage in Reactors

A new method could greatly reduce the time and expense needed for certain important safety checks in nuclear power reactors. The approach could save money and i…

Nuclear Technology

UK Fusion Firm Tokamak Signs Superconducting Tape Agreement With Furukawa

Tokamak Energy has signed an agreement with Japan's Furukawa Electric to supply "several hundred kilometres" of specialist high temperature superconducting …

Nuclear Power Plant

Holtec Claims SMR-160 Can Repurpose Any Coal-Fired Plant

Holtec International has applied for a patent for multi-stage compressors that would enable any coal-fired plant to be repurposed by replacing its coal-fired bo…

China news

CGN’s First Hualong One Reactor Starts Supplying Electricity

Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has been connected to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclea…

Energy Subsidies

Scotland on Mission to Become ‘Renewables Powerhouse’ Contemplates No New Oil & Gas Policy

In pursuit of accelerating the transition to clean energy, the Scottish government has released a draft energy strategy, which aims to shape the country’s…

Uranium Project

Saudi Arabia Plans to Use Domestic Uranium for Entire Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Says Minister

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says the kingdom has rich uranium deposits. AFPSaudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Ab…

Electricity Transmission

GFH’s Infrastructure Platform Co-invests in European Electricity Distribution Company

Aurora is one of the largest industrial electricity distribution networks in the Nordic region.GFH Financial Group's sustainable infrastructure platform, In…

Nuclear Reactor

Pipe Issue Delays Startup of New Vogtle Nuclear Unit

Startup of the first of two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia is being pushed back to at least April, one month after officials with Georgia P…

Rooftop PV System

Rooftop solar plant powers Toyota industrial facility in Paris

The Toyota Material Handling onsite solar site.A rooftop solar plant is now supplying electricity to a Toyota industrial facility in Paris.The plant is develope…

Smart Grid

Smart meters have potential to play critical role in energy security

　　An independent research paper from Cornwall Insight, commissioned by Smart Energy GB, has set out the part smart meters could play in getting a grip on the …

Geothermal Power Plant

Drilling Commences for Geothermal Project at Potsdam, Germany

Drilling rig at Potsdam, Germany (source: YouTube screenshot / SWPPotsdam)Two weeks before the end of 2022, the local utility of Potsdam in Germany, Energie und…

Geothermal Power Plant

Greenfire Energy and CPC to Collaborate on Closed-Loop Geothermal in Taiwan

MOU signing between GreenFire Energy and CPC Taiwan (source: GreenFire Energy)GreenFire Energy Inc. and CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC) have signed a Memorandum o…

Solar Power Plant

Dakota’s Largest Solar Project Is Now Under Construction

First Solar's Series 6 thin film panels. (Courtesy: National Grid Renewables)Construction is underway on the largest solar project to date in South Dakota.N…

Pumped Storage

RWE Completes Megabattery That Will Link to Hydropower Sites in Germany

RWE has completed installation of Germany’s first megabattery, with 420 blocks of lithium-ion batteries with a total installed capacity of 117MW installed…

Wave Energy

Plans Unveiled for First Chilean ‘Home-Made’ Wave Energy Device

Chilean University of Bío-Bío has presented its Lafkenewen wave energy project in the commune of Lebu, in southern Chile which will, once installe…