Construction

Energy Storage Project

Arizona Utility Breaks Ground on State’s Largest Battery Storage Project

Officials at a groundbreaking ceremony April 12 for the Sierra Estrella battery project. Photo by Salt River Project.Construction is expected to begin soon on a…

Power Construction

Saudi-Iraqi Power Interconnection Project Gets Boost

The project is part of the broader cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, aimed at improving reliability of the electrical networks in the two countries, en…

Solar Power Plant

Engie Switches on 181.25 MW Solar Plant in Chile

Engie Chile’s largest solar park, in Chile’s Antofagasta region, will have a 638 MWh storage system, currently under construction.Engie Energí…

Nuclear waste

Radiological Operations of Idaho’s IWTU Begin

IWTU operators prepare to introduce radiological sodium-bearing liquid waste into the facility Tuesday. (Photo: DOE)More than a decade after construction was de…

Nuclear Technology

UCC Completes Nuclear Diving Project at Legacy Sellafield Pond

In December 2022, UCC UK became the first nuclear diving company in more than 60 years to enter Sellafield’s PFSP. (Photo: Sellafield Ltd.)Underwater Cons…

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…

Hydropower Plant

Construction Accident Kills, Injures Workers at 4.5 GW Diamer Basha Hydro in Pakistan

On Friday, April 7, an accident at one of the construction sites associated with the 4.5 GW Diamer Basha hydro project in Pakistan killed workers and injured ot…

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

Hungary and Russia Amend Paks II Nuclear Project Agreement

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev have agreed on amendments to the construction and financing agreement for the Pa…

Biofuel

Sulzer to Establish New Clean Technology Research and Development Center in Singapore for Asia Pacific

　　From left to right: Uwe Boltersdorf, Division President, Sulzer Chemtech / Victor Chaim, Head Sulzer Chemtech APAC / Lim Junwei, Director, Urban Solutions &…

Gas power plant

Montana Judge Cancels Air Permit for Gas-Fired Power Plant

A judge in Montana has canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas-fired power plant under construction in the state, citing concerns about emissions of g…

Offshore Wind Power

Sif Starts Work to Expand Manufacturing Facilities

The construction work has started on Sif’s EUR 328 million expansion of manufacturing facilities in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.According to the Netherland…

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Power Grid Could Have First Commercial Fusion Reactor by 2030S

Science fiction writers have been touting fusion as the utopian future energy production technology for decades. After all, it is how the sun works, and that ha…

Offshore Wind Power

Power China Achieves Completion Milestone for Vietnam Offshore Wind Power Project

Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) has completed hoisting all fans in Area 1A of the Ca Mau 1 wind power project in Ca Mau, the southernmost p…

Solar Power Plant

Angola’s Luena Solar Park Due for Completion by 2024

Construction of the 26,906 MW Luena Solar Energy Park in Angola’s Moxico Province is due for completion by 2024, with the country’s Government havin…