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Electric Vehicles

Assessing Emissions Reductions of Chinese EVs

Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) drive larger emissions reductions over time, due to increased operating efficiency and a greener electricity mix, according to a…

Energy Saving

Community Batteries Are Popular—but We Have to Make Sure They Actually Help Share Power, Say Researchers

To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteries—or large grid-sc…

Energy Saving

Laser Spectroscopy for More Efficient Biomass Combustion

Emil Thorin from Umeå University has developed a new optical method for rapid measurements of gaseous inorganic species in biomass combustion and gasifica…

Carbon Emissions

Research Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Is Not a Silver Bullet for the Industry’s Colossal Climate Woes

The global airline industry is fast recovering from the unprecedented pause to flying imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, such as the Middle East, …

Electric Vehicle Battery

An Electric Vehicle Battery for All Seasons

Many owners of electric vehicles worry about how effective their battery will be in very cold weather. Now a new battery chemistry may have solved that problem.…

Clean Energy Transition

Will 2023 Be the Year of Energy Metals?

The concept of 'energy metals’ is not a new one within the energy industry, but it is a phrase that has gained public currency as the energy transitio…

Nuclear Reactor

Bruce Power Contracts Shoreline Power Group for Remaining MCR Projects

Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded a CAD1.3bn ($1bn) contract to Shoreline Power Group for Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement (FCFR) for its remaining Majo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Doosan Begins Production of Key Components for Shin Hanul

Doosan Enerbility's factory in Changwon in South Korea has marked the start of production of key components for units 3&4 of the Shin Hanul NPP. Constructio…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US Supports Opening of Nuscale’s Energy Exploration Centre in Romania

Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB) have launched a NuScale Power Energy Exploration Centre (E2…

Nuclear Reactor

Canada Selects Site for First MMR

A repurposed parking lot at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s (AECL’s) Chalk River campus has been selected as the site for construction of a demons…

Nuclear Fuel

TVEL Delivers New Equipment for Chinese VVER-1000 Fuel Production

The modernised ultrasonic unit supplied by TVEL is for fabrication at the Yibin plant, in China's Sichuan province, of Russian-designed TVS-2M nuclear fuel …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse to Supply New Steam Generators for Surry Nuclear Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Dominion Energy to design, engineer and manufacture six replacement steam generators for Surry nuclear …

Offshore Wind Power

Dutch Stop Offshore Wind Turbines to Protect Migratory Birds in ‘International First’

The wind turbines at Borssele and Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farms were stopped for four hours on 13 May, to help migrating birds pass by safely.According to …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fusion Supply Chain Needs Confidence to Invest, Says FIA

A primary challenge facing the companies commercialising fusion technology is building a supply chain, according to the Fusion Industry Association (FIA). Fusio…

Wind Turbine

Mingyang Targets South Korean Offshore Wind Market With Multi-Million-Euro Investment

Mingyang Smart Energy has signed a localisation cooperation agreement with the South Korean wind turbine manufacturer and wind power company, Unison, to promote…