Anu

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

S. Korea to Extend 150 B Won in Policy Financing to Nuclear Power Plant Firms

This undated file photo shows the Shin-Hanul 1 and 2 nuclear reactors in Uljin, about 220 kilometers southeast of Seoul.South Korea will provide 150 billion won…

Electric Vehicles

EVs at 51.6% Share in Sweden — Volkswagen id.7 Best Seller

January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 51.6% share in Sweden, down slightly YoY from 52.5% in January 2024. BEV share was fractionally up YoY, while PHEV …

SMR

X-Energy Secures $700M in Funding to Advance SMR Technology

The company is currently developing its first Xe-100 plant at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site on the Texas Gulf Coast.X-Energy Reactor Co…

Solar Panel

India Hits 10 GW of Solar Cell Capacity

Crisil Ratings said a new report that India’s solar cell manufacturing capacity will reach 50 GW to 55 GW by fiscal 2027, from 10 GW at the end of fiscal …

Oil Price

Oil Set for Third Straight Weekly Decline Amid Tariff Concerns

A view of an oil pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada January 18, 2025.Oil prices rose marginally in Asian trade on Friday but were on tra…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Cars Plugin Vehicle Sales Increased 17% in January

Volvo Cars sold 50,820 cars in January, with almost half of them coming with a plug. Plugin model sales were also up significantly from a year prior, growing 17…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Sharp to Withdraw Solar Business From European Market

Sharp's former headquarters in Osaka, JapanJapanese electronics manufacturer Sharp said it is withdrawing its SESE subsidiary from the European solar market…

Battery

Germany’s Tesvolt Begins Energy Trading From Pooled Commercial Batteries

Tesvolt has set up an energy trading subsidiary that will use algorithm-based trading to sell the services of a pool of 100 kWh to 10 MWh batteries.The German c…

Solar Inverter

TMEIC Starts Full Operations at 9-GW Solar Inverter Factory in Texas

Solar panels. Author: John S. Quarterman.TMEIC Corporation Americas, part of Japan’s TMEIC Corporation, has kicked off full production at its new factory …

Solar Panel

Spanish Startup Launches Containerized Retractable Solar PV Generators

Spanish solar PV generator manufacturer Nomad Solar Energy, a subsidiary of solar power plant project developer Lone Lighthouse, has launched a line of containe…

Battery

German Court Rules Senec Dealer Must Refund Cost of Reduced-Capacity Home Battery

Bielefeld Regional Court, in Germany, has ordered a dealer of Senec residential batteries to refund the cost of one unit to a customer who was affected by the m…

Geothermal Heating Project

French Aircraft Engine Manufacturer to Transition to Geothermal at Villaroche Site

The Villaroche, France site of Safran Aircraft EnginesAircraft engine design and manufacturing company Safran Aircraft Engines (Safran) has contracted Dalkia an…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Oil and Coal Burners Offset Curtailed Natural Gas Generation During Recent Cold in New England

Oil and coal offset curtailed generation from natural gas-fired power plants during a recent cold snap in New England, according to data from the U.S. Energy In…

LNG

Total CEO Says Company Rejected Venture Global as LNG Supplier Over Lack of Trust

TotalEnergies Chief of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, …

Electric Vehicles

Norway Nears 100% Goal of All-Electric Cars

Almost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalled number in the world and close to the country's goal of selling on…