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Hydrogen Project

US DOE Funding Study of Advanced Clean Hydrogen Technologies for Electricity Generation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $24.9 million in funding for six research and development projects to support the advancement of clean hydrogen…

Carbon Emissions

Climate Action on CO2 Emissions Alone Won’t Prevent Extreme Warming - Study

To control climate change, the world must go beyond cutting carbon dioxide emissions and curb lesser-known pollutants such as nitrous oxide playing a key role i…

Geothermal Power Plant

Poland Government Creates Geothermal Development Roadmap

The Republic of Poland has come up with a roadmap for geothermal development that focuses on research, education, promotion, and execution of pilot installation…

Hydrogen Production

Tetronics Wins UK Contract to Make ‘Plasma’ Green Hydrogen

Tetronics is researching green hydrogen production using its Hydrogen Plasmolysis (THP) Technology which applies the “plasma effect”.

SMR

New Partnership to Advance Very Small Modular Reactors in Canadian Province

The Saskatchewan Research Council and Westinghouse Electric Canada will jointly develop a project for an eVinci micro-reactor for the development and testing of…

India

Greenko to Build Renewable Energy Storage Facility in India

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal will invest around $600m in the 5.23GW project.

Solar Cell

Solar Cell Achieves Record-High Efficiency

A solar cell developed by researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has achieved a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global illumination …

Solar Power Panel

Australian Researchers Crack ‘Nighttime’ Solar

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have made a major breakthrough in what was previously conceived of only in theoretical terms – namely, “nig…

Tidal Energy

World’s First Tidal Turbine Blade Testing Facility Can Accelerate Development Efforts in Marine Renewable Energy

The world's first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to…

Algae Energy Harvester Powers Electronics for a Year on Its Own

Cambridge researchers have demonstrated how an algae energy harvester can use sunlight to power a microprocessor for over a year without any human help.

Solar Power Panel

Chinese Industry Brief: Surging Solar Exports, Wafer Supply Deals

PV module exports surged in the first quarter, according to research firm PV InfoLink. Risen Energy, meanwhile, has just signed a $2.16 billion, long-term wafer…

Nuclear Reactor

US Cislunar Nuclear Rocket Project Proceeds to Next Stage

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals for Phases 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations programme, wh…

Solar Power Plant

US Developers Working on 858 GWdc of Solar, 1 TWh of Batteries

US government research shows that solar-plus-storage is starting to dominate the nation’s power grid queues, representing the majority of new power plant appli…

CCS

Could CCUS Play into New Emission Rules for Gas-Fired Plants?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose updated carbon emission regulations for gas-fired plants in 2022, per comments from EPA head Mi…

Crude Oil

Biden Sidelined Global Energy Partners with Record Emergency Oil Release

The United States announced a record-sized release of emergency crude oil reserves in March without consulting partners in IEA, leaving them scrambling to match…