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Electric Vehicles

The Four Biggest Hurdles in America's EV Transition

Stock image.Since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law one year ago this week, there’s been $59 billion in new EV investments announced in the …

ITER

Testing of ITER Wall Panels Under Way

Specialists at the St Petersburg-based JSC NIIEFA - part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom - have started acceptance tests of a full-scale protot…

Nuclear Technology

Mochovce 3 Reaches 90% Power Output

The power output of unit 3 at the Mochovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia has been increased from 75% to 90% as energy start-up tests continue, Slovenské…

SMR

Wyoming to Consider Microreactors as SMR Plans Continue

A project led by BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC to assess the viability of deploying microreactors to supplement Wyoming's existing power generation resourc…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Tricastin 1 Cleared for Ten More Years

The Tricastin plant comprises four 900 MWe PWRs (Image: EDF/Toma/M Hake)Unit 1 of the Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France can operate for a further…

Solar Panel

More Solar Panels Needed on Rented Rooftops

With soaring rent stress rife in Australian capital cities, new research has found many tenants are also missing out on energy savings due to lack of access to …

Hydropower Plant

Models Suggest Dropping Costs of Solar and Wind Power in Africa May Make Hydro Power Obsolete

A team of hydrologists and bioengineers affiliated with several institutions across Europe has found, via modeling, that building dams to generate hydroelectric…

Floating Offshore Wind

New Floating Wind Project Proposal Springs in Italy

An Italian company has submitted an application requesting a 40-year concession for a site off Sicily where it plans to build a 660 MW floating wind farm, in wh…

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas V236-15.0 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Sets World Record for Power Output

The Vestas V236-15.0 MW™ prototype offshore wind turbine has achieved a remarkable feat by generating the highest power output of any single wind turbine …

Wind Power Project

Construction Underway for Bekevar Wind Energy Project in Saskatchewan

Construction has begun for the Bekevar Wind Energy project in southeast Saskatchewan, which aims to generate 200 megawatts of clean, renewable energy. Workers h…

Geothermal Power Plant

Breakthrough Announced on Geothermal Cooling Project in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, UAE (source: Renek78, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)ADNOC and the National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) have announced…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geophysical Survey by Geoalaska Ongoing in Augustine Island, Alaska

Tidal channels on Augustine Island, Cook Inlet, Alaska (source: flickr/ NOAA Photo Library, creative commons)GeoAlaska LLC has mobilized its geophysical survey …

Renewable Energy

Minnesota Electric Co-ops Seek $970M in Federal Clean Energy Funds

(The Great River Energy Headquarters in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Credit: Tony Webster / Creative Commons )By Frank Jossi, Energy News NetworkA consortium of Minn…

Solar Panel

Solar, Storage Companies to Add Over $100 Billion to u.s. Economy Due to Inflation Reduction Act

Since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed one year ago, U.S. solar and storage companies have announced over $100 billion in private sector investments, ac…

Solar Panel

2023 Set to Be 'Best Year Ever' for Solar Installations

MCS has revealed that 2023 is the first year in which solar panel installations have averaged above 20,000. Image: Pixabay.Record solar panel installation rates…