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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Takahama 2 Reactor Restarted

Unit 2 of the Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukui Prefecture has been restarted after being taken offline more than 12 years ago, Kansai Electric …

Biofuel

EIA Updates Bioenergy Production, Capacity Forecasts

The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts renewables will account for 25 percent of U.S. electricity generation next year, up from 22 percent this yea…

Energy Storage Project

EDF Secures Planning Permission for Three Grid-Scale BESS Projects

The three projects will total 221MW in capacity. Image: EDF Renewables UK.Green energy company EDF Renewables UK has secured planning permission for three grid-…

Nuclear Reactor

Japanese Nuclear Power Operator Kansai Elec Restarts Seventh Reactor

Japan's Kansai Electric Power (9503.T) restarted a 47-year-old reactor at its western nuclear power station of Takahama on Friday, a company spokesperson sa…

Offshore Wind Power

18 New Major Clean Energy Projects Were Announced in August

(A wind energy facility in Vermont.)Renewable energy developers connected 1,099 MW of new wind power capacity to US electric grids in the second quarter, a 45% …

Offshore Wind Power

Petrobras Unveils 23 GW Wind Power Play Offshore Brazil

Petrobras has unveiled plans to develop wind farms offshore Brazil with a potential capacity of up to 23 GW, including a floating wind project in Rio de Janeiro…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Wind Capacity Overtakes Gas for the First Time Ever

An analysis from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights has found that the UK now has more installed wind capacity than any other type of power stat…

Offshore Wind Power

Petrobras Unveils 23 GW Offshore Wind Scheme

Brazilian state-controlled oil firm Petrobras has revealed plans to develop offshore wind farms with a potential capacity of up to 23 GW.The company has applied…

Floating Solar

Teralight Complete Israel's Largest Floating PV Project

Teralight has completed Israel’s largest floating PV project, deploying 31 MW of capacity on two water reservoirs in the northern part of the country, at …

Solar Panel

China's Solar Power Capacity to Reach 1,000 GW by 2026

China’s installed solar capacity will double to 1,000 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2026 as the world’s second-largest economy continues to ramp up i…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Launches Powerwall 3 Battery

Tesla has launched the Powerwall 3 battery with an energy capacity of 13.5 kW and continuous on-grid power of 11.5 kW, featuring dimensions of 110 cm x 61 cm x …

Nuclear waste

Joint UK-Japanese Research on Waste and Decommissioning

Two research projects are to receive funding totalling GBP1 million (USD1.2 million) from UK and Japanese research councils to develop technologies to detect an…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Charging Ahead: New Electrolyte Goes Extra Mile for Faster EV Charging

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are taking fast charging for electric vehicles, or EVs, to new extremes.A team of battery scientists recently develope…

Offshore Wind Power

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Invests in Dutch Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Tech

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has revealed that it will invest in Dutch floating wind technology developer TouchWind and will obtain a min…

Oil & Gas Trade

BP Advances CCS Plans at Tangguh LNG

UK supermajor BP, which operates the under-expansion Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in Indonesia, is teaming up with Japan’s Chubu Electric Power C…