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Geothermal Power Project

UK Increases Maximum Auction Price for Geothermal, Other Renewables

UK Parliament (source: Michael D Beckwith / flick, Creative Commons)The UK Government has increased the maximum price that renewable energy projects can receive…

Wind Turbine

First Wind Turbine Produced at GE Vernova's NY Facility

(GE Verona's 6 MW turbine at a site in New York. Credit: GE Verona)GE Vernova’s Onshore Wind business announced that it has completed the first onshor…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sweden Plans New Nuclear Reactors by 2035, Will Share Costs

A Swedish flag hangs outside a store on a busy street as visitors walk past in the background in the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, July 14, 2023 REUTERS/Tom Li…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Panasonic to harness solar PV and battery storage for ‘beacon’ Welsh project

The site will harness hydrogen fuel cells, solar PV and battery storage. Image: Panasonic.Japanese electronics giant Panasonic is set to retrofit its Welsh manu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Broken Turbine Blades Cause Shutdown at Russian Nuclear Plant

Russia's state nuclear power corporation has reported that turbine blades broke at a plant where the company has installed two reactors of a type it is also…

Nuclear Reactor

ASN to Extend Deadline for Upgrades to 900 Mwe Reactors

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has said it is prepared to give EDF more time in order…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vallecitos Reactor Removal Complete

Nearly 60 years after shutting down for the last time, the reactor vessel of the prototype boiling water reactor in California has been removed from its contain…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Production of the New Toyota C-Hr Starts in Turkey, Including Plug-in Hybrid Variant Using a Locally Assembled Battery

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) recently started production of the all-new Toyota C-HR (earlier post), including its first European battery assembly, at its plant in …

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Porsche Sportscars to Use Green Steel Made Using Hydrogen

The near zero-emission material will be provided by an industrial start-up from Sweden.Porsche has announced that as a component of its overall effort to reduce…

SMR

Agreement to Consider SMR for Norilsk Region

Russia's Rosatom and the Norilsk Nickel are to study possible options and sites for a small nuclear power reactor.(Image: Rosatom)The agreement, signed by R…

Nuclear waste

Work Starts to Permanently Secure UK Nuclear Waste Vaults

More than 60 years after disposal of low-level radioactive waste began at the repository site in Cumbria, work has started on the capping and securing of trench…

SMR

Illinois to Lift Moratorium on Nuclear Construction

Governor JB Pritzker has said he will sign a new bill lifting Illinois' ban on the construction of new nuclear reactors, after the state's lawmakers pas…

Solar Power Plant

Amazon's Renewable Energy Portfolio Is Now Big Enough to Power 6.7 Million U.S. Homes

How Amazon’s renewable energy projects impact local communities around the world, from southern Ohio to Rajasthan, IndiaAmazon announces its first brownfi…

Offshore Wind Power

Van Oord Awarded Contracts for New Offshore Wind Projects in Baltic Sea and Taiwan

Van Oord has been awarded two new offshore wind projects: Baltic Power in the Baltic Sea and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan. The contracts have a combined …

Offshore Wind Power

Britain's Octopus Makes First Investment in German Offshore Wind

Britain's Octopus Energy said it has made its first investment in German offshore wind under plans to scale up its renewables activity in the world's th…