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Nuclear waste

France’s Andra Seeks to Increase Low-Level Waste Storage Capacity

France’s National Agency for the management of radioactive waste (Andrea - l’Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs) has ap…

Power Construction

How an EMP or GMD Could Destroy the Power Grid and Create Chaos

Perhaps the most devastating thing that could happen in any developed country would be widespread catastrophic damage to its electric power grid. Nearly everyth…

Electricity Transmission

A Tipping Point for America’s Grid

The American grid is reaching a tipping point. With electric vehicles (EVs) making up 5% of all new vehicle sales last year, there is an urgent need to prepare …

Hydropower Plant

Bitcoin Mining Firm Acquires 22MW Hydropower Capacity in Canada

Photo by Jievani Weerasinghe on UnsplashBitcoin mining company Bitfarms Ltd. has entered into agreements to acquire 22MW of hydropower capacity and to lease a s…

Wind Turbine

Nordex Achieves Orders for 1.0 GW of Wind Power in the First Quarter of 2023

Nordex achieves wind turbine order intake of 1.0 GW in the first quarter of 2023.Nordex recorded an order intake for 177 wind turbines with a total capacity of …

Hydropower Plant

Firstlight Power Completes Integration of H2O Power

Norman hydro station (photo courtesy FirstLight Power)FirstLight Power announced it has completed the planned integration of H2O Power, a hydroelectric power pr…

Hydropower Plant

Bitfarms to Acquire 22 MW of Hydro Power Capacity in Quebec

Bitcoin mining company Bitfarms Ltd. has entered into agreements to acquire 22 MW of hydro power capacity and to lease a site in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada.Und…

Hydrogen Production

Lotos Green H2 Receives €158M European Commission Funding

The European Commission has approved €158m state aid to support the LOTOS Green H2 project in Poland.The aid will support the installation of an electrolys…

Nuclear Power Plant

Indian Minister Eyes 9% Nuclear Share by 2047

Installed nuclear capacity is set to more than triple by 2031, and nuclear power plants are likely to generate about 9% of the country's electricity by 2047…

Spent Fuel

Application to Raise Capacity of French Very-Low-Level Waste Repository

French radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied to the department of Aube in north-eastern France for environmental permission to increase the curr…

Hydrogen Transport

Sinopec to Build First “West to East” Green Hydrogen Transmission Line in China

China’s oil and chemical giant, Sinopec, has unveiled plans to construct a 400km green hydrogen pipeline, the first of its kind in the country. The pipeli…

Energy Storage Battery

A Primary Battery System for Efficient Remediation of Cadmium Pollution and Electricity Generation

A team lead by Prof. Wu Zhengyan and Prof. Zhang Jia from the Institute of Intelligence, Hefei institutes of physical science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in…

Offshore Wind Power

RTE Taps Fugro for Floating Offshore Wind Survey Work

France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future …

Wind Farm

Sembcorp Awards 50.4 MW Wind Order to Suzlon

Supply 24 wind turbines with a nominal power of 2.1 MW each. Wind farm to be installed in Karnataka with a total installed capacity of 50.40 MW. This order is p…

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa and Arcelormittal Subsidiary in India Strike Major Wind Power Deal

Siemens Gamesa has signed a supply agreement with leading steel company ArcelorMittal’s subsidiary in India to supply 46 SG 3.6-145 wind turbines for a wi…