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Energy Transition

Missing Investments Jeopardize Energy Transition, Says IRENA

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) told Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue participants this week that $5.4 trillion of annual investment is neede…

Floating Solar Project

Floating PV System Mysteriously Washes up on Hong Kong Beach

A local environmental organization has published pictures of the stranded array which appeared last week on two beaches. Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisherie…

Energy Storage Battery

NHOA’s Energy Storage Revenues Top Us$150 Million in 2022 Driving 448% Revenue Growth

NHOA’s energy storage business accounted for the vast majority of the company’s €165.7 million (US$180 million) reported revenues in 2022, a ye…

Solar Power Panel

Construction Starts on the Largest Solar Project in Illinois

Swift Current Double Black Diamond solar project in southeast Sangamon County, first day of panel installation Monday, March 20, 2023 near Virden, Illinois. Ric…

Energy Storage Battery

Engineer Discusses the Next Generation of Micrometer-Scale Batteries

Automated sprinklers, lighting, and security systems have been commonplace in homes and offices for several decades. In recent years, however, they have become …

SMR

U.S., Indonesia Partner on SMRs

Dignitaries assemble after the signing of a memorandum of agreement to help Indonesia develop a nuclear energy program. Among those at the signing were Indonesi…

Nuclear Reactor

Last Energy Sets up Microreactor Deals for Poland and the U.K.

A rendering of Last Energy's nuclear power plant. (Image: Last Energy)Startup company Last Energy has announced power purchase agreements for 34 units of it…

Nuclear waste

DOE Updates Savannah River Waste Agreement With EPA, DHEC

The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has finalized a high-level waste tank milestones agreement with state and federal regulators that wil…

Nuclear Technology

Wanted: Information Leading to a Neutron Source for Fusion Energy R&D

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science published a notice in the March 27 Federal Register calling for input on technological approaches to a Fusion…

Nuclear Reactor

UKAEA to Partner With the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) to co-operate …

Nuclear Technology

Cooking Up Plasmas With Microwaves

Lead author Yurii Victorovich Kovtun, despite being forced to evacuate the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amid the current Russia-Ukraine war, has …

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA’s Grossi Visits Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) director general travelled to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to see first-hand the security situatio…

Nuclear waste

Sellafield AI Strategy ‘To Boost Safety and Speed up Site Remediation'

The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by…

Nuclear Reactor

Final Fuel Transfer From Storage Basin at INL

Workers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have completed the transfer of all the used fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry st…

Nuclear Power Plant

Mo-99 Production Reaches Non-proliferation Milestone

All major global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facilities are now using low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets instead of proliferation-sensitive highly-enriched…