Water

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Starts Decommissioning Plutonium-Producing Reactor

Decommissioning of the ADE-2 water-cooled uranium-graphite thermal neutron reactor has begun at the Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, in the Krasnoy…

United States

Water Power Technologies Office Announces $1 Million for Hydropower Workforce Development Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) today announced $1 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to sup…

Hydropower Plant

Moco Moco Hydropower Plant Restored and Upgraded

GUGLER Water Turbines has announced the successful restoration of the Moco Moco Hydropower Plant in Guyana. Originally commissioned in 1999, the plant was damag…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Nimbus Fuel Cells to Propel Future Space Missions for Blue Origin

Blue Origin has agreed to use Nimbus Power Systems’ polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell to facilitate electric power and potable water p…

Battery

FHE Group Presents Thermal Battery for Solar Power Storage

The French company says its Inelio thermal battery can store solar power in the form of heat for heating and cooling applications, as well as for producing dome…

Geothermal Heating Project

Mine Water Heat Recovery System to Be Installed in Katowice, Poland

An agreement has been signed between Polska Grupa Górnicza SA (PGG) and Dalkia Polska Energia SA (Dalkia) to construct a mine water heat recovery install…

Hydro Generator Unit

Biden Administration Allocates Nearly $850 Million for Water Infrastructure Upgrades

The Biden-Harris Administration announced an $849 million investment to modernize aging water infrastructure and bolster drought resilience in 11 Western states…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Shimane 2 Restarts After 13 Years Being Offline

Unit 2 of the Shimane nuclear power plant in Japan's Shimane Prefecture was restarted on 7 December, Chugoku Electric Power Company announced. It becomes th…

Green Hydrogen

Dubai’s Production of Green Hydrogen Reduces 450 Tonnes of CO2 Emissions

DUBAI-- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its Green Hydrogen project has produced around 90 tonnes of green hydrogen since it was …

Wind Farm

ØRsted Awards EUR 26 Million in Technical Support Contracts for Offshore Wind Farms in Denmark, Germany and Netherlands

Ørsted has selected Atlas Services Group Energy, UTM Consultants, Boston Energy, and Connected Wind Services Danmark for above-water wind turbine service…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Photovoltaic-Thermal Window Achieves 3.6% Electrical Efficiency, Provides Hot Water at 50 C

Scientists have developed a window that uses a semi-transparent amorphous silicon PV layer. The group tested the system in London at different inclination angle…

Solar project

Bison Energy to Increase Solar Generation at Victorian Water Treatment Plants

Tokyo-headquartered renewable energy company Bison Energy Australia has won an engineering, procurement and construction tender for two solar farm projects thro…

United States

Interior Announces Nearly $850M to Revitalize Aging Water Infrastructure

The Department of the Interior has announced an $849 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to revitalize aging water deliv…

Tajikistan

Tajikistan to Adopt Hydropower Sustainability Standard in National Policy

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hydropower Sustainability Alliance (HSA) to int…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Beznau to Operate Beyond 60 Years

Swiss utility Axpo announced it plans to invest a further CHF350 million (USD400 million) to enable the two-unit Beznau nuclear power plant to operate until 203…