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Solar Power Plant

Westbrooke Launches Solar Strategy to Private Investors to Combat the Local Energy Crisis

Leading South African alternative investment manager Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management has announced the launch of its new Renewable Energy Alternatives i…

Hydrogen Technology

Hylium Industries and Acua Ocean Sign Mou to Commercialise Hydrogen and Automation Technologies

Hylium Industries, a global hydrogen technology leader, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ACUA Ocean. The agreement aims to …

Energy Transition

Nation Consolidates Green Energy Transition

Most additions made to the coal industry in China last year involved plants with improved levels of safety and efficiency to replace high-energy-consuming and o…

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Senate Backs Lifting Nuclear Construction Ban

In a 39–13 bipartisan vote on March 30, the Illinois Senate passed legislation that would end the state’s prohibition on nuclear power plant constru…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Egyptian Reactor Receives Construction Permit

Egypt's nuclear regulator has issued a construction licence for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, which will eventually house four Russian-supplie…

Energy Technology

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions

The multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is tested at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. The…

Energy Technology

Partnership Unveils Plan For Helium Test Facility

X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC and Kinectrics have announced a partnership to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale facility to test and verify the pe…

Nuclear Technology

Application Submitted to Extend Swedish Repository

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has submitted an application to the Radiation Safety Authority,…

Energy Technology

UK Assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR Design Progresses

Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design has successfully completed Step 1 of the UK's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) proce…

Wave Energy

Wave Energy Can Help Decarbonize Steel Industry Through Hydrogen Production, Says New Study

New research has suggested that wave energy could play a crucial role in decarbonizing the steel manufacturing industry. The study - assessing wave energy&rsquo…

Electric Car

Alfa Romeo Starts Production of Its First Plug-in Hybrid; Tonale Offers 30 Miles Electric Range

Alfa Romeo started retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. (Earlier post.) Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico…

Oil Exploration

Fresh Batch of Offshore Contracts Brings Saipem $650 Million

Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has been awarded three new offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts and two f…

Nuclear Power Plant

The Future Looks Bright for Nuclear Power—Dare We Use the ‘R’ Word Again?

The term nuclear renaissance was very popular in the early 2000s. Nuclear power plant operators had substantially improved existing plant performance, and many …

Energy Saving

New Combustion System for Ethanol/Octanol Dual Fuel Combination Reduces Soot, Increases Efficiency

A team at RWTH Aachen University in Germany has proposed a Molecularly-Controlled high swirl Combustion system (MCC) which involves dual direct injection of a l…

Gas turbine engine

Successful Test of Hydrogen in Gas Turbine Driving a Natural Gas Compressor in Germany

A project led by two major European gas transmission system operators (TSOs) has successfully tested blending rates of up to 25% hydrogen on a Titan 130 SoLoNOx…