Power

SMR

Nuscale Completes Standard Plant Design Project

US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. Th…

Nuclear Power Plant

OL3 Resumes Operation in Test Mode

Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Molten Salt Reactor

Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet - part of Rosatom) has completed the preliminary design of a res…

Nuclear Fuel

More Delays for Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant

The completion of Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture will be delayed by two years, according to senior officials with Japan Nucl…

Nuclear Technology

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots

Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in S…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops New Technology for Decontamination of NPP Equipment Using Ozone

A technology unique to the Russian nuclear industry has been developed by order of Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel at the Troitsk Institute for Innovation & F…

Wind Power Company

Arcvera Renewables Launches Recruitment Drive to Support Accelerating Growth in Key Market Segments

ArcVera Renewables, a leading global provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and energy storage projects, has revised its strategic growth…

Electricity Trade

Drop In Wholesale Energy Prices Sees Price Cap Predictions Fall Below the Energy Price Guarantee for Second Half of 2023

The latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) released by Cornwall Insight, have shown energy bills for a typical household are predicted to be be…

China

Huasun Unveils 715 W Heterojunction Solar Module

China’s Huasun launched a new line of five heterojunction (HJT) solar modules in 2022, with power outputs ranging from 680 W to 700 W. The company has now…

Solar Power Plant

Utility Hawaiian Electric has said that the AES Waikoloa solar PV and battery storage project on Hawaii Island is nearing completion.

The system is due to begin commercial operations by April this year, or earlier. When it does, it will begin delivering power to the utility under a 25-year pow…

Solar Power Plant

Smart Solutions for Reliable Electricity Supply

In rural Nigeria, solar mini-grid distribution company GVE was working on an electrification project in Onono Village, but they had ongoing field issues creatin…

Coal Trade

China Nears Lifting Over Two-Year-Old Unofficial Ban on Australian Coal Imports

China is close to lifting a more than two-year-old unofficial ban on Australian thermal and coking coal imports for its power and steel plants, as the country l…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

End of Life for South Africa’s Komati Coal-Fired Power Station

After serving South Africa since 1961, Komati the coal-fired Power Station in Mpumalanga has today reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down …

Solar Technology

Caltech Launches Space Solar Power Prototype

The DOLCE portion of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator being loaded onto the Vigoride spacecraft. Image: Caltech/Space Solar Power ProjectThe Caltech Space Sol…