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Electric Vehicle Battery

GM Expected to Announce Tennessee Battery Plant on Friday

The Detroit automaker has scheduled a news conference Friday morning in Nashville with CEO Mary Barra, Tennessee Gov.

Energy Security

Dumping 1.2m tonnes of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water into the Ocean ‘Unavoidable Issue’

The Japanese Government decided on Tuesday to release 1.2 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the No. 1 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, th…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Lithium Prices Could Triple As EV Production Soars

The global market share of electric vehicles is set to rise so quickly that battery manufacturers will not be able to meet production requirements, a Rystad Ene…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Bosch, Qingling Motors Announce Fuel Cell JV for Chinese Market

German engineering and technology company Bosch and China's Chongqing-based premium commercial vehicle manufacturer Qingling Motors have launched a joint ventur…

Nuclear Power Plant

TEPCO Banned from Restarting Nuclear Plant over Safety Flaws

The Nuclear Regulation Authority formally issued the order not to transport nuclear fuel stored at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture or loading…

Offshore Wind Power

DEME and Penta-Ocean Form Offshore Wind Tie-Up in Japan

Japanese marine contractor Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to establish a joint venture company to collaborate …

Solar Power Plant

AEROCOMPACT Presents Piling Systems for Medium-Sized Solar Parks onto the Market

Austrian manufacturer of PV mounting systems AEROCOMPACT presents its new COMPACTGround RAM-X product range for solar parks with more than 500 kWp output.

Energy Storage Battery

Using PET Waste Bottles to Make Batteries

Scientists in the U.S. claim to have successfully upcycled PET waste bottles into an electrochemical active-carbon material that functions as a double‐layer su…

Nuclear waste

Chinese Fishing Industry Warns of Profound, Global Impact from Japan’s Nuclear Plan

Fishing sector warns of global, profound impact

Power Cable

Southwire Scores Cable Contract for Vineyard Wind 1

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, announced that Southwire, a …

India

Praj Industries to Set up Ethanol Plant for Godavari Biorefineries

Praj will expand the existing ethanol manufacturing capacity of the plant to 600 Kilo Liter Per Day, from the existing 400 KLPD.

Nuclear waste

Fukushima Wastewater Will Be Released Into the Ocean, Japan Says

The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.

Nuclear Power Plant

Core Melt Localization Device Installed at Unit 4 of Kudankulam NPP, India

The case of the core melt localization device or the so-called core catcher has been installed in the design position under the reactor pit of power unit No.4 o…

Oil Exploration

Eni’s Latest Oil Discovery Could Be Big For Angola

Italian firm Eni has made a new light oil discovery off the coast of Angola after exploration activities recommenced following a year of pandemic restrictions.

Japan

Video: Japan to Release Radioactive Fukushima Plant Water into Ocean

A huge amount of contaminated water has been building up at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant, stored in giant tanks, since the earthquake and tsunami in …