Water

Dam

Record-Breaking Surge as Nearly 500 Dams Removed Across Europe in 2023, Report Reveals

A surge in dam removals saw the elimination of nearly 500 barriers from waterways across the continent in 2023, as revealed in a report unveiled today by Dam Re…

Hydropower Plant

Australian water storage facility to house 1GW pumped hydro station

Pumped hydro could soon be coming to NSW’s Lake Burragorang (pictured). Credit: Michael Xiaos via Shutterstock.Australian renewable energy company ZEN Ene…

Coal Trade

Whitehaven Coal Completes Acquisition of Blackwater and Daunia Mines

Whitehaven Coal has completed the acquisition of 100% of the Blackwater and Daunia metallurgical coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin.The acquisition of…

Hydropower Plant

Sydney Set for Giant Pumped Hydro Project to Rival Snowy 2.0

A pumped-hydro scheme large enough to generate electricity for 500,000 homes for eight hours would be built on Sydney’s south-western fringe under a proposal b…

Photovoltaic （PV）

The Cat Will Have With Endesa the Largest Photovoltaic Plant in the Water Treatment and Transportation Sector in All of Spain

The first of the two photovoltaic plants for self-consumption of the Tarragona Water Consortium will provide about 18% of the energy consumed in its Constant&ia…

Oil Field

Brazil's Petrobras Discovers Oil Deposits in Ultra-Deep Waters of Potiguar Basin

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday it has discovered oil deposits in the ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar basin, in the Equatorial Ma…

Hydrogen Production

Japanese firm starts mass production of metal-based hydrogen carrier that can double the amount of H2 stored

Japanese chemicals firm Tokuyama has begun mass production of magnesium hydride, a chemical compound that the company claims can output twice as much hydrogen t…

Green Hydrogen

Sparc Technologies Advances Green Hydrogen Production

Sparc Technologies Ltd has announced the successful test of their second-generation photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor for hydrogen gas production at …

Solar Power Plant

USDA Awards $190K in On-Site Solar Projects to Two Florida Businesses

Two rural Florida businesses—a freshwater dive resort and an equipment rental and sales store—are entering the renewable energy transition thanks to nearly $2…

Nuclear waste

Chinese, Japanese Experts Hold Dialogue on Discharge of Nuclear-Contaminated Water: FM Spokesperson

Focusing on the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from Fukushima, Chinese and Japanese experts had a constructive technical dialogue on March 30 in China&…

Hydrogen Production

Shell to Partner With Electrolyser Maker Verdagy on Green H2

Electrolysers maker Verdagy’s pilot plant. Photo credit: Verdagy.Oil and gas giant Shell plc (LON:SHEL) has technically approved the electrolysers of Verd…

Hydropower Plant

Last Year, Western U.S. Hydropower Generation Fell to a 22-Year Low

(photo courtesy EIA)According to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration’s Electricity Data Browser, the least hydropower was generate…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

French nuclear regulator finalising safety review of Flamanville plant

A view shows the construction site of the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR) in Flamanville, France, June 14, 2022. Picture taken…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fourth Barakah Unit Connected to Grid

The 1400 MWe pressurised water reactor has begun delivering electricity to the United Arab Emirates' grid, weeks after achieving first criticality and bring…

Green Hydrogen

ACWA Power Allies With Longi for Its Green Hydrogen Project in Uzbekistan

ACWA Power, a developer, investor and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, and LONGi Hydrogen, a green hydrogen…