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Solar Power Plant

U.S. Wind & Solar Capacity Added in the First Third of 2023 Dwarfs That of the New Vogtle-3 Nuclear Reactor That Required 14 Years to Build.

NEW WIND & SOLARELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY ADDEDDURING JUST THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2023EXCEEDS THAT OF THE NEW VOGTLE-3 NUCLEARREACTOR THAT TOOK ALMOST 14…

Electric Vehicles

UK Researchers Report That Alcohols in Windshield Washer Fluid Are Major Unreported Source of Vocs Emissions From Cars, Including EVs

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology, researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windsh…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Orders Multifunctional Vessel to Service Arctic Nuclear Fleet

The multipurpose ship would transport, store, and refuel the nuclear fleet (JSC)Russian plans to build a unique multifunctional nuclear service vessel to suppor…

Energy Saving

Research Team Develops Power Prototype to Boost Energy Efficiency

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers, in collaboration with Enginuity Power Systems, have demonstrated that a micro-combined heat and power prototype (mCHP…

Carbon Neutrality

Carbon Neutral Heat Beneath Our Feet ‘Could Supply Large Parts of UK'

New research from some of our leading energy experts has shown that the UK sits on underground heat capable of providing sustainable, carbon-neutral heating and…

Energy Storage Project

New Study Could Help Unlock Improved Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Aviation

Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University of Oxford researchers, published today in …

Gas turbine engine

New Gas-Fired 1,875-Mw Plant Comes Online in Ohio

A new natural gas-fired power plant has entered commercial operation in Ohio. The 1,875-MW Guernsey Power Station, in Guernsey County in southeastern Ohio, is s…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Duke Energy Hikes Five-Year Capital Plan to $65 Bln, Focus on Low Carbon Energy

The US flag flies at half mast in front of a coal-fired power plant's cooling tower at Duke Energy's Crystal River Energy Complex in Crystal River, Flor…

Biofuel

Raízen Selects Sulzer for Next Generation Biofuel Production

Brazil’s largest producer of ethanol from sugarcane waste is embarking on a major wave of investment. With plans to build 20 second-generation processing …

Net Zero

Swiss Energy System Could Be Independent and Carbon-Neutral by 2050

Researchers from EPFL and HES-SO Valais have modeled the Swiss energy system under the hypothetical constraints of carbon neutrality and energy independence by …

Crude Oil

Saudi Arabia to Cut Oil Output by 1 Million Barrels per Day to Boost Slumping Prices

　　The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on March 3, 2022. (…

Solar Technology

Kaust Team Sets Efficiency Record for Tandem Solar Cell

Researchers at the Photovoltaics Laboratory (KPV-Lab) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), a leading research institution in the K…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nuscale Touts Potential Use of SMRs for Steam Production

NuScale Power says its small modular reactor (SMR) could be used to support the hard-to-decarbonise industrial sector using superheated steam. The company said …

Energy Saving

House of Moveable Wooden Walls Promises a Cheaper, Greener Alternative to ‘Knocking Through'

University of Cambridge architects are inviting visitors to the London Design Biennale to experience a prototype home constructed with flexible wooden partition…

Energy Storage Technology

Researchers Improve the Solubility of Redox Molecules for Enhanced Energy Storage Systems

Dominant battery technologies using flammable, toxic, unsustainable, and expensive energy sources are a major contributor to climate change. Switching from foss…