Construction

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla Considering a Bid for Sigma Lithium

Construction at the Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Brazil. (Image courtesy of Sigma Lithium.)Tesla Inc. has been weighing a takeover of battery-metals miner…

Climate Policy

Governors Huddle to Speed Energy Infrastructure Construction

The National Governors Association (NGA) yesterday announced that it has formed a bipartisan working group in anticipation of funding for state energy and infra…

Nuclear Reactor

Further Delays, Higher Cost for Vogtle Project Announced

Vogtle Unit 3, in January. (Photo: Georgia Power)Already for the second time this year, Southern Company has announced a delay to the expected commercial operat…

Electricity Transmission

Veolia Makes Major Step Forward in Renewable Energy Generation at Scotland’s Largest Wastewater Treatment Works

Seafield wastewater treatment works generates all of its own power and supplies the grid with enough renewable electricity to power 800 homes each day.Global re…

Offshore Wind Power

Brazil’s Aneel Approves 1.2+ GW of Auctioned Renewable and Gas Capacity

Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has approved the results and awarded capacity for two auctions held in 2022 totalling renewable and gas-f…

Offshore Wind Power

Ferrovial and Rwe Team Up on Offshore Wind in Spain

Ferrovial, the sustainable infrastructure and mobility company, and RWE, a world-leading renewables player, have agreed on a partnership to analyze the joint de…

Nuclear Fusion

SPARC Fusion Power Demo Construction Is Underway Outside of Boston

CFS CEO Bob Mumgaard showing Sen. Warren (left) and Secretary Granholm (center) around the SPARC facility. (Photo: CFS)Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) hosted …

Nuclear Power Plant

Pallas Construction Permit Granted

A construction licence has been granted by the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Nethe…

Solar Power Plant

ARENA Provides $45.2M Funding for Vast Solar Project

The concentrated solar power plant project has a 30MW/288MWh capacity.The Australian Government has allocated $45.2m ($65m) in funding for the construction of V…

Nuclear Technology

Work Starts on Belgian Isotope Residue Recycling Facility

A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Mol in north-east Belgium to mark the start of construction of a facility to recycle radioactive residues from the p…

Off-Grid

Ramaphosa Declares State of Disaster to Tackle Electricity Crisis

Measures outlined by the South African president in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) include market reforms and the appointment a Minister of Electricity …

Nuclear Technology

ITER: Russian Poloidal Field Coil Arrives at Construction Site

A poloidal field coil - the largest component being produced in Russia for the multinational fusion project - has completed its journey to the International The…

Hydropower Plant

Pakistan Will Add Up to 10 GW of New Hydropower Capacity by 2030

The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) plans to add up to 10 GW of hydropower capacity in Pakistan by 2030 through the phased completion of …

Offshore Wind Power

Final Tp-Less Monopile in Place at Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm

Van Oord has installed the final monopile for CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm at the construction site some 18.5 kilometres off the c…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kenya Gearing Up to Build 35-Mw Geothermal Power Plant at Menengai Steam Field

Kenya is readying to kick off construction of the 35-MW Menengai geothermal power project in Nakuru County as part of the first phase of the wider Menengai comp…