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State Gives Solar Preferences on Land “Preserved” for Farmland

Laws that provide special tax incentives to promote farmland preservation already skew land use decisions. We shouldn’t obscure market signals even further by …

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US Utility Unveils The Largest Community Network of Solar-Powered Battery Storage Systems

US utility Rocky Mountain Power has unveiled a unique virtual power plant for a new smart home community in Herriman in Utah.The smart community includes over 6…

Nuclear Power Plant

Tokyo Electric Power, Chubu,Hitachi,Toshiba Cooperate on Nuclear Plant Businesses

Tokyo Electric Power, (9501.T) Chubu Electric Power, (9502.T) Hitachi (6501.T) and Toshiba (6502.T) have agreed to consider cooperating on their nuclear plant …

Solar Power Plant

China's Year-Long Solar Policy Hiatus Crippled Utility-Scale Solar

China added 11.4GW of solar capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures released by the country's National Energy Administration.

Nuclear Power Plant

Tokyo Electric Power May Start Reactors at World's Biggest Nuclear Plant

Tokyo Electric Power said on Monday it may start to decommission at least one nuclear reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant, the world’s biggest nuclea…

Nuclear Power Plant

China, South Korea Vie for Bulgarian Nuclear Power Project

Reuters reports that state utilities from China and South Korea, including CNNC and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co (KHNP), are amongst the seven groups interest…

Nuclear Power Plant

Control Room Launched at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

The control room for the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Facility at the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Hanford site in Washington State has been commissioned…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia's Floating Nuclear PowerPlant Heads for Final Destination

Akademik Lomonosov, which Rosatom describes as the world's first floating nuclear power plant and the world's northernmost nuclear power installation, today set…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Tepco to Submit Decommissioning Plan Regarding Five Reactors

Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) will submit to a municipal official on Monday a plan regarding the decommissioning of five reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nucl…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Reviews Pre-operational Safety at Belarusian NNP

The operator of Belarus's first nuclear power plant has shown a commitment to strengthening safety, an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (…

Solar Power Plant

A Ground-Mounted Solar Project Billed as Saudi Arabia's Largest

A ground-mounted solar project billed as Saudi Arabia's largest to date has reached the finish line, and is now set to power the operations of a food and bevera…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Insists 2-Reactor Unit is Safe as Tests are Planned in the Arctic

On Friday, three tugs will tow the Akademik Lomonosov barge out of Murmansk to begin a 5,000km voyage to a remote port on the other side of Russia’s Arctic coa…

Solar Power Plant

Atlas Renewable Energy Has Switched on Its Second PV Plant in Brazil

Atlas Renewable Energy has switched on its second PV plant in Brazil, the 156MWp Juazeiro Solar Plant in the northeastern state of Bahia.

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Energy is Expected to Restart the Hunterston B Nuclear Reactor

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) will allow the 40-year-old generator in North Ayrshire to run for four months, 17 months after it was shut down to inves…

Nuclear Power Plant

US Company Jacobs To Buy British John Wood Group's Nuclear Business For $300m

American engineering company Jacobs has agreed to buy British multinational company John Wood Group’s (JWG) nuclear business for approximately $300m (£250m).