America

Nuclear Reactor

Kairos Power Installs Third Test Unit Reactor Vessel

Kairos Power has completed the installation of a 14-foot-tall reactor vessel for its third Engineering Test Unit (ETU 3.0), a non-nuclear prototype under constr…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse, Google Aim to Speed up Reactor Construction With AI

Westinghouse has announced it is to collaborate with Google Cloud to use artificial intelligence tools to streamline construction of new nuclear plants and enha…

Electric Vehicles

GM Gears up to Build Low-Cost LFP EV Batteries in Tennessee After Announcing New Upgrades

General Motors (GM), through its joint venture Ultium Cells with LG Energy Solution, announced on Monday plans to upgrade its battery manufacturing facility in …

Hydropower Plant

Brookfield, Google Ink US Hydro Pact

Brookfield and Google have announced a pioneering Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA) to deliver up to 3 gigawatts (GW) of carbon-free hydropower across the United …

Solar project

Geronimo Power Begins Construction on 250MW Portage Solar Project in US

Geronimo Power, previously known as National Grid Renewables, has started construction on its 250MW Portage Solar project in Portage County, Wisconsin, within t…

Power Construction

Clean Energy Powered Two-Thirds of California’s Electricity Grid in 2023

In 2023, California reached a significant milestone, with 67% of its retail electricity sales derived from renewable and zero-carbon sources, a 61% increase fro…

United States

Qore Starts up Large-Scale Bio-Based Butanediol Plant in Iowa

Qore, a joint venture between Cargill, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and HELM AG of Hamburg, Germany, has begun production of QIRA, the world’s first la…

United States

Port of Long Beach Celebrates 20 Years of Environmental Excellence

Since launching its sustainability initiatives in 2005, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) in California has reduced emissions from port-related sources by 92% for d…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Construction Begins on New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Solar and Storage Project

In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, the Santa Teresa solar and storage project has entered its construction phase. Developed by DE Shaw Renewable Investments…

Nuclear Reactor

NANO Nuclear and AECOM to Deploy KRONOS MMR Micro Nuclear Reactor at UIUC

NANO Nuclear Energy has entered into a master services agreement with AECOM, an infrastructure company, to support the deployment of its KRONOS MMR micro nuclea…

Hydropower Plant

Google Signs HFA With Brookfield for 3GW of Hydroelectric Power

Google has entered into a hydro framework agreement (HFA) with Brookfield Asset Management and its renewable energy arm, Brookfield Renewable, to secure up to 3…

Metal

Apple in $500 Million Rare Earth Magnet Deal With MP to Expand US Supply Chain

On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL.O) announced a $500 million agreement with MP Materials (MP.N), a Las Vegas-based company operating the only rare earth mine in the Unit…

United States

Skanska Tops Out Timber New York AI Research Building

Skanska has completed the structural framework for the Artificial Intelligence and Quantitative Biology building at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New …

Wind Turbine

GE Vernova to Pay $10.5m Over Turbine Blade Failure

On July 13, 2024, a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind 1 project scattered debris across Nantucket, Massachusetts, leading to a $10.5 million settlement…

United States

US Imposes 17% Tariff on Mexican Tomatoes After Withdrawing From Agreement

On Monday, the U.S. introduced a 17% duty on fresh tomatoes from Mexico, which account for two-thirds of U.S. tomato consumption. This move terminates a 2019 tr…