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Biofuel

Braya Lands $300 Million Investment for Refinery-Conversion Project in Atlantic Canada

Photo: Braya Renewable FuelsBraya Renewable Fuels announced April 20 a USD$300 million preferred-equity investment from Energy Capital Partners, a leading energ…

Biofuel

West Biofuels Breaks Ground on California Bioenergy Plant

This week, West Biofuels LLC, broke ground on a critically needed 3-megawatt (MW) bioenergy plant in Burney, California, that will convert forest waste and sust…

Nuclear waste

Hanford Cites Progress in Retrieving Tank Waste, Preps for Future Transfers

Photos taken inside Hanford’s Tank AX-101 before workers started removing radioactive and chemical waste from it in January. As of April 18, crews have re…

Nuclear Fuel

Urenco, Cameco Sign Supply Deals for Bulgaria’s Kozloduy

Urenco and Cameco are joining Westinghouse in the supply chain for one of the Kozloduy units in Bulgaria as the country diversifies its nuclear fuel supplies.Ko…

Solar Power Plant

China’s Wind, Solar Power Capacity Increases in Q1

China’s installed capacity of wind energy, concentrated solar power and photovoltaic power registered strong growth in the first three months of the year,…

Battery

Recycling of Garnet Solid Electrolytes With Lithium-Dendrite Penetration by Thermal Healing

Metallic lithium is considered as the ultimate anode material of next-generation high-performance energy storage system, owing to its ultrahigh theoretical spec…

Energy Storage System

UK Battery Energy Storage Market to Grow To 24GW by 2030, Says Rystad Energy

Zenobe Energy’s Aylesford battery storage project in Kent, England. Image: Zenobe Energy.The UK’s battery energy storage market will grow to 24GW by…

Wind Farm

Octopus Opens Seven Wind Farms in Europe

Located in the UK, Poland, Sweden, Germany and France, they have a combined capacity of 250MW.The company has said that the seven projects can generate enough c…

Wind Farm

New Effort to Power Colorado’s Federal Facilities With 100% Clean Energy by 2030

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Xcel Energy announced today they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide Federal facilities in Colorado wi…

Solid-State Batteries

Scania and Northvolt Unveil Green Battery Capable of Powering Heavy Trucks for 1.5M KM

Scania and Northvolt unveiled a jointly developed battery cell for heavy electric vehicles. In validation tests, the lithium-ion cell has demonstrated an outsta…

Hydrogen Production

Green Hydrogen From Nature: Photocatalysis Imitates Plants

Green hydrogen could play a key role in the energy transition. Electrocatalytic splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen requires huge amounts of electricity…

United Kingdom

Europe Reached 4.5GW of Battery Storage Installed in 2022; Could Hit 95GW by 2050

Europe reached 4.5GW of battery storage capacity last year and could hit 95GW by 2050, according to figures from LCP Delta and Aurora Energy Research respective…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

TVO Accepts Olkiluoto EPR Ahead of Commercial Operation

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has issued an acceptance certificate to the Areva-Siemens consortium for the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR, which began reg…

Nuclear Fuel

Market Dynamics Under Spotlight at WNFC 2023

The nuclear market will be able to respond as it transitions away from the oversupply of recent years - but decisions to increase capacity in the front-end of t…

Offshore Wind Power

Salzgitter and Iberdrola Sign Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreement

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and Iberdrola Deutschland have signed a long-term power supply contract, with electricity to be sourced from the Baltic Eagle offshor…