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Nuclear Reactor

Belgium Mulls Life Extension for More Reactors

Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant. (Photo: N. Hippert/IAEA)The Belgian government is exploring the idea of extending the operational life of its three olde…

Nuclear Reactor

Facing the Monster

Thirty years ago last November, the IAEA’s INSAG-7 report took the prevailing narrative of the Chornobyl disaster and turned it on its head. Here, a key a…

Hydrogen Production

Ontario Launches Fund to Support Hydrogen Production by Clean Energy

The Ontario government is establishing a Hydrogen Innovation Fund that will invest C$15 million (US$11.2 million) over the next three years to kickstart and dev…

Wind Farm

‘Chinese offshore wind technology is accelerating – I expect 25MW turbines soon’

OPINION | There's no reason to expect a slowdown in the frenetic pace that has driven China's manufacturers to power ratings well beyond their western p…

Solar Cell

Hanwha Will Buy All of Rec Silicon’s Polysilicon Coming Out of Moses Lake for Next 10 Years

REC Silicon just announced that 100% of its polysilicon product at its Moses Lake factory will go to Hanwha Solutions for the next 10 years.The polysilicon fact…

EV Market

America Has Come a Long Way From an Early Electric Car Casualty

Chelsea Sexton at Fully Charged LIVE, Austin, TX, Feb ,1 2020. Credit: BenjaminNelson via YouTubeTwenty-two years ago, Chelsea Sexton was laid off from one of h…

Germany

German E.ON to Invest EUR 210 Million in Power Business in Romania

E.ON earmarked EUR 375 million for capital expenditure by 2023 in Romania, of which EUR 210 million is for the electric power division. It is also developing en…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Nuclear Reactor

Bruce Power’s Unit 3 Marks 45 Years of Operation; Final Preparations Underway for Major Component Replacement Outage

Workers gather in the Unit 3 turbine hall to celebrate 45 years of the unit's operation and one month until the beginning of its Major Component Replacement…

Solar Technology

New Rules, Incentives Shaping Solar-Plus-Storage Market

An evolving regulatory environment, expanded tax credits, and moves for more reliability and resilience in the power space are impacting the growth of solar-plu…

Philippines

ACEN’s Successful Etm Deal Marks a New Era for Coal Divestment

The ETM transaction will enable the early retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. Power Plant.For years, the Philippine-based energy group ACEN has b…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belgian Reactor Enters Retirement

Unit 2 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium has been permanently shut down after 40 years of operation. The 1008 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor is…

EV Technology

New Developments in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology

Battery technologies are central to electric vehicles (EVs.) These technologies have become more sophisticated in recent years, providing enhanced performance f…

Solar Technology

Current and Future Prospective for Battery Controllers of Solar PV Integrated Battery Energy Storage Systems

Solar photovoltaic (PV) microgrids have gained popularity in recent years as a way to improve the stability of intermittent renewable energy generation in syste…

Nuclear Power Plant

CEZ Recruits for Its New Build Plans

New build in the Czech Republic will lead the utility ČEZ to almost double its nuclear workforce. The company said its nuclear teams will grow by 2600 over the…