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Coal-Fired Power Plants

West Virginia Regulators to Hear Proposal to Keep Coal-Fired Plant Open

(Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. Source: Wikimedia.)CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Regulators will consider a rate proposal by two FirstEnergy subsidiaries…

Electric Car

US: Mitsubishi Outlander Phev Sales Doubled in Q1 2023

It was the best-ever quarter for the plug-in hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander.Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) reports that its vehicle sales in the United Sta…

Microgrid

California Regulators Give Final Okay to $200M Community Microgrid Incentive Program

The state's three investor-owned electric utilities will administer the program. Allotments are capped at $15 million per microgrid project.The California P…

Solar Power Plant

Feasibility Studies for Large Solar Heat Plants Totalling Almost 1 Million M2 Underway

Austria is one of the leading countries in the European Union in the use of renewable energies, ranking fifth with a 36 % share of final energy consumption in t…

EV Market

A Dramatic New EPA Rule Will Force Up to 60% Of New Us Car Sales to Be EVs in Just 7 Years

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to make a groundbreaking announcement this week that will make the majority of new US car sales EVs by 203…

Electric Car

Tesla Announces a New Megafactory Coming to China

Tesla has announced a new deal to build a Megafactory in Shanghai, China, to build energy storage products in the market.Last year, Tesla launched its first &ls…

Nuclear Power Plant

U.K. Policy Paper Declares Nuclear “Critical Baseload” of Future Energy System

With the release last week of the policy paper Powering Up Britain, the U.K. government unveiled its plan to enhance the nation’s energy security and deli…

Nuclear Power Plant

Bruce Power Completes Unit 3 Defuelling Ahead of Schedule

Crews at Bruce Power have completed the defuelling of unit 3, 18 days ahead of schedule. The unit was shut down in early March in order to begin its Major Compo…

Electric Car

Toyota’s New Senior Management Remains Committed to Multi-Pathway Future; Becoming a Mobility Company

Toyota recently restructured its senior management. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada resigned his post, the former President Akio Toyoda was appointed chairman, and …

Nuclear Reactor

China Opens Advanced Nuclear Research Reactor to World

The China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) at the China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC’s) China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) in Beijing i…

Energy Storage Battery

SWELL Project Aims to Recover Electrolyte Salts and Solvents From Lithium-Ion Batteries

In Germany, a project led by electrolyte company Elyte Innovations GmbH is pursuing the recovery of the non-metallic components—including lithium salts, solven…

Energy Storage Battery

Researchers Propose Approach for Recycling All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries

A team from Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universität Stuttgart, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, and Universität des Saarlandes …

Uranium Project

Red Book Sees Modest Decrease in Uranium Resources but Expects Nuclear Capacity to Increase

Uranium 2022: Resources, Production and Demand, widely known as the Red Book, is the 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atom…

Nuclear waste

SKB Takes Over Forsmark Harbour

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has taken over Forsmark's port from former owner Forsmark&#…

Energy Storage Battery

MTU Carbonate-Superstructured Solid Fuel Cell (Cssfc) Delivers Enhanced Power Density at Lower Operating Temperatures

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) offer high energy efficiency and fuel flexibility, but require high operating temperatures. Although lowering the operating tempe…