Electric

Offshore Wind Power

640 MW Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm Enters Final Installation Phase

All transition pieces (TPs) have been installed at the 640 Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. With all 80 monopiles and 68 wind turbines now in place – …

CCS

BP, Chubu Expand Japan-Indonesia CCS Project Collaboration

BP Berau Ltd. (bp) and Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. have expanded their collaboration to explore a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Japan&#…

Electricity Transmission

New Grid Technology to Rid the World of the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas

Innovative switchgear enables the phaseout of SF6, a greenhouse gas 24,300 times more potent than CO2, staying in the atmosphere for over 1,000 years.- Power gr…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Site Preparation Begins for Smolensk-II

Vertical planning has begun at the site allocated for the construction of Russia’s Smolensk-II NPP. One of the main tasks of the preparatory work will be …

Offshore Substation

French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi …

Energy Storage Project

Water Infrastructure Utility Connects With Paired Power for Solar-Storage EV Charging Canopy

Screenshot of solar canopy video demonstration. Image credit Paired Power websiteSolar microgrid manufacturer Paired Power will provide on-site energy for elect…

Solar Power Plant

Australian State Launches Plan to Install 7.6 GW of Solar by 2035

The Victorian government’s Cheaper, Cleaner, Renewable: Our Plan for Victoria’s Electricity Future’ roadmap sets out a plan to deliver the fut…

Electricity Transmission

Scotland Approves SSEN Transmission’s 275KV Overhead Line Project

The investment is expected to support thousands of jobs and substantially benefit both local and national economies. Credit: SSEN Transmission.SSEN Transmission…

Offshore Wind Power

High Costs Delay Denmark’s North Sea Energy Island for Second Time

The artificial island was designed as a hub for collecting and distributing electricity generated by offshore wind turbines. Credit: Dragancfm via Shutterstock.…

Renewable Energy

Brazil’s Grid Caps Power From Wind and Solar, Threatening Renewable Projects

Wind and solar energy producers in Brazil have warned they are reconsidering future investments there after the national grid operator repeatedly capped how muc…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kashiwazaki Mayor Willing to Ok Restart of Nuclear Reactor

Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (left), hands a set of documents to Kashiwazaki Mayor Masahiro Sakurai during their meeti…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Tesla Deploys Rare Mobile Megacharger for Electric Trucks in Utah

Tesla has deployed a rare new mobile Megacharger in Utah, which charges its Tesla semi electric trucks.Tesla Semi, Tesla’s class 8 electric truck, is stil…

Hydropower Plant

Allied Gold Secures Long-Term Hydropower Agreement for Kurmuk Gold Project

Allied Gold Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Kurmuk Gold Mine PLC (KGM) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP…

Nuclear waste

Japan’s TEPCO Halts Preparations to Remove Nuclear Debris From Fukushima Plant, Nhk Reports

An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan August 24, 2023, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/v…

Electricity Transmission

Vietnam PM Urges Swift Completion of 500KV Circuit-3 Power Transmission

Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told all relevant authorities to speed up the completion of the 500-kilovolt circuit-3 power transmission line project.In…