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Battery

SJTU researchers explore impact of intermittent overcharging on battery capacity and reliability

In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources, a team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) investigates the changes in electrochemical performance o…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom approved design of reactor for small ground-based NPP

The world's first small ground-based nuclear power plant with RITM-200N reactor is planned to be commissioned in Yakutia in 2028.At a joint meeting of Rosat…

Electric Vehicles

NIO Slightly Backtracks Plans to Enter North America by 2025, Will Seek 'Any Kind of Partnerships'

Less than a week after NIO USA’s CEO shared intentions for the Chinese automaker to enter North America by mid-decade, he has spoke again saying the compa…

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.7 EVs Are Now Impacted by Another Production Halt in Germany

For the second time this week, Volkswagen is halting production of some of its most popular electric cars. VW extended its production pause to a second plant in…

Electric Vehicles

Renault Korea Busan Plant to Produce Polestar 4 EVs Starting 2025

After launching its own hybrid range in 2024, Renault Korea Motors (RKM) announced the next step in enlarging its role as hub for exports while reaching an agre…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Expansion Part of Hydro-Québec's Strategic Action Plan 2035

Hydro-Québec has unveiled a strategic Action Plan 2035, which includes plans to expand hydropower capacity to meet surging demand and bolster Québ…

Nuclear Technology

Former US Reactor Site Released for Unrestricted Use

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released most of the site of the former Zion nuclear power plant in Illinois for unrestricted use, marking the co…

SMR

Study to Consider SMR Deployment at Halden

A new company, Halden Kjernekraft AS, has been founded by Norsk Kjernekraft, Østfold Energi and the municipality of Halden to investigate the constructio…

Solar Materials

Jinkosolar's Wafer Factory in Sichuan Leshan Is First Wafer Factory to Receive Zero Carbon Factory Certification

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today …

Natural Gas

Sulzer Technology Enables Circular Gas Production Plant in the Alps

Sulzer’s mass transfer technologies are being leveraged by Messer, the world's largest privately owned industrial gas specialist, in collaboration with a manuf…

Energy Storage Technology

Impact Clean Power Unveils Batteries Tailored for Next-Generation of Alexander Dennis Buses

Impact Clean Power Technology has unveiled battery systems tailored to the next generation of Alexander Dennis buses—the Enviro100EV and the double-decker Envi…

SMR

Consortium to Speed up Development of Lead-Cooled SMRs

Five partners from Belgium, Italy, Romania and the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development, demonstration and commercial…

Nuclear Technology

Akkuyu 3 Reactor Pressure Vessel Delivered

The 350-tonne reactor pressure vessel for Akkuyu unit 3 in Turkey has been delivered after a 1700-mile journey.(Image: Akkuyu NPP)The cylindrical reactor pressu…

Uranium Project

Centrus Makes First Haleu Delivery

The first delivery of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the US Department of Energy (DOE) …

SMR

Idaho SMR Project Terminated

Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporation have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP). The projec…