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Nuclear Reactor

Japan Court Rejects Bid to Halt Active Shikoku Nuclear Reactor, Nhk Reports

Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear plant is pictured near the water in Ikata, Japan, October 2, 2018. Picture taken October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mari Saito/…

Green Hydrogen

India's $2.1bn Push for Local Electrolyser Manufacturing and Green Hydrogen Production Sees Strong Interest From Large Companies

India’s US$2.1 billion push to transform it into a global green hydrogen powerhouse has received a strong response from large strategic investors in the c…

Battery Recycling

Altilium partners with Nissan in UK EV battery recycling project

Altilium will work with Nissan on a project to improve the sustainability of EV batteries manufactured in the UK, using advanced recycling technologies to lower…

Hydrogen Project

UT Austin Researchers Advancing Methods to Produce Hydrogen From Rocks

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are exploring a suite of natural catalysts to help produce hydrogen gas from iron-rich rocks without emitting c…

Hydropower Plant

Vattenfall and Borealis Announce First Long-Term Hydropower PPA in Sweden

Vattenfall and Borealis have inked a deal for their first long-term renewable hydropower purchase agreement (PPA) in Sweden. Borealis, a provider of advanced po…

Hydropower Plant

US DOE opens technical assistance program to boost hydropower project development

The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has announced an opportunity for hydropower developers, system operators, utiliti…

Uranium Project

Orano Signs Uranium Enrichment Services Contract With ČEZ

In a contract signed during a visit to the Czech Republic by French President Emmanuel Macron, Orano will supply uranium enrichment services, which will be used…

Nuclear Equipment

Vistra completes Energy Harbor acquisition

The acquisition sees Vistra become the owner of the second-largest competitive nuclear fleet in the USA and the largest competitive power generator in the count…

Nuclear Fusion

SKB Begins Construction of Forsmark Geology Building

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has announced the breaking of ground for its new geology buildi…

SMR

Holtec and Hyundai E&C Partner With British Firms to Advance UK SMR Bid

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction, the USA's Holtec International and British construction company Balfour Beatty and engineering firm Mo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Government Buys Wylfa and Oldbury Nuclear Sites From Hitachi

An agreement to buy the Hitachi-owned sites for new nuclear at Wylfa in north Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn in southwest England has been reached for GBP160 milli…

Offshore Wind Power

Australia Declares Third Offshore Wind Zone, Initial Area Size Reduced

The Australian federal government has declared an area in the Southern Ocean off western Victoria as the country’s third offshore wind development zone, t…

Offshore Wind Power

Oman Plans 1.2 GW of Wind Energy

Oman’s Nama Power & Water Procurement Company (PWP) has announced plans to acquire five wind power plants with a combined capacity of 1,171 MW.The planned…

Geothermal Drilling

Kalisz, Poland, Receives Funding for Exploratory Geothermal Drilling

Kalisz, Poland (source: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The City of Kalisz in Poland is set to receive funding of PLN 14 million (approx. USD 3.5 …

Geothermal Power Plant

Pickering, North Yorkshire Awarded Grant for Geothermal Investigation

Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK (source: CeraPhi Energy)The Pickering Town Community Interest Company (PTCIC), a community-led social enterprise of Pickering, No…