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Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted Awards Greater Changhua 2B & 4 Subsea Cable Contract

The contract announcement follows Ørsted’s final investment decision, taken in March 2023. The wind farms are now under construction and are set to…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Jacobs and Manchester University collaborate on robotics research centre

The Centre for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-lasting Environments will research new technologies for sectors including nuclear decommissioning, energy …

Solar Technology

A Conversion Efficiency Record Achieved by Longi With Perovskite Tandem Cell

On 24 May 2023, at SNEC 2023, LONGi announced its new record of 31.8% conversion efficiency achieved by its perovskite tandem cell on commercial CZ wafers, whic…

Energy Saving

Energy Industry Apps Improve Efficiency

A team of University of Houston researchers has developed a series of digital applications to make energy industry processes more efficient. Three innovative on…

Solar Cell

Researchers Create Flexible Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells

A large team of technologists affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working with two colleagues from Germany and another two from Saudi Arabia, has fo…

United States

New Efficiency Record Announced for Commercial-Sized Solar Cell

Image credit: Oxford PVOxford PV has set a new world record for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell having converted 28.6% of the sun’s energy…

Offshore Wind Power

New York Opens Solicitation for Offshore Wind-To-Hydrogen Projects

New York has launched a USD 10 million solicitation for clean hydrogen research, development and demonstration projects, including clean hydrogen production and…

Solar Power Plant

U.S. Wind and Solar Combined Produced More Electricity Than Coal in First Quarter 2023 and Virtually Tied Nuclear Power in March

MIX OF ALL RENEWABLES PROVIDED A QUARTER OF THE NATION'S ELECTRICAL GENERATIONWashington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data ju…

Geothermal Power Project

Greece Launches International Geothermal Research Tender

An international tender has been launched for geothermal research in four potential areas in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece.

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Research Reactor Switches to Leu Fuel

The IVG.1M research reactor at Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC) in Kurchatov, has resumed formal operation using low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel…

Nuclear Reactor

Ontario Urged to ‘Seize the Moment’ for New Nuclear

As a team at Ontario Tech University launches a new "Ontario-centric" research project to evaluate the economics and environmental impacts of low-carbon energy …

Hydropower Plant

Take a hydro plant technical tour at HYDROVISION International 2023

(photo courtesy Northbrook Energy)Attendees at HYDROVISION International 2023 can access an in-the-field technical tour that visits a hydroelectric plant and th…

Renewable Diesel

ASTM Approves Low-Metals Grade in B100 Biodiesel Specification D6751

Based on compelling new biodiesel fuel-quality data from some of the nation’s top research institutions, ASTM International has approved a new low-metals …

Battery

Research Discovery Unlocks Thermal Energy Storage Optimization

Researchers at Texas A&M University have established foundational design principles for composite phase change materials to store thermal energy rapidly. This b…

Battery

Researchers Develop Calcium Rechargeable Battery With Long Cycle Life

A research group has developed a prototype calcium (Ca) metal rechargeable battery capable of 500 cycles of repeated charge-discharge—the benchmark for practic…