Energy

Hydropower Plant

Sarawak Energy Marks Major Milestone for 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project

Sarawak Energy’s largest hydropower project to date, the 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia, has reached a major project milestone with the succe…

Tidal Energy

Milestone for Minesto as it Delivers First Tidal Energy to the Faroese Grid

Marine energy developer Minesto has delivered electricity to the grid in the Faroe Islands, marking a major milestone for a project involving its DG100 tidal ki…

Nuclear Power Plant

EnergySolutions Takes Over TMI-2 Licence

The TMI-2 reactor, located about 10 miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, operated for around six months before suffering reactor core damage on 28 March…

Energy Storage Battery

New York Power Authority Kicks off Pilot to Trial Safe Lithium-ion ‘Supercell’

The New York Power Authority has started up a demonstration project aimed at addressing safety concerns tied to the deployment of lithium-ion battery storage in…

Solar Technology

Novel Solar Thermal Energy Storage Development gets Going in Europe

Novel zero emission hybrid solar energy storage systems based on renewable materials are to be developed in the MOST project.

Energy Storage Project

Video: AMADEUS Energy Storage

​Starting in January 2017, AMADEUS is the first project funded by the European Commission to research on a new generation of materials and solid state devices …

Energy-Eficient Building

Slowdown in Energy Efficiency Progress Jeopardising Climate Goals, IEA Warns

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused energy efficiency investments to tumble while increasing the energy intensity of the global economy.

Energy Storage Project

China’s Energy Storage Deployments for First Nine Months of 2020 up 157% Year-on-Year

China deployed 533.3MW of new electrochemical energy storage projects in the first three quarters of 2020, an increase of 157% on the same period in 2019.

United States

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Achieves US Licensing Milestone

The LTR, which was submitted to the NRC in December 2019, forms the basis for the dramatic simplification of the BWRX-300.

Energy Storage Project

Enel X to Install Solar + Storage System at Eaton Manufacturing Plant in Puerto Rico

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, and power management company Eaton announced plans for microgrid development in Puerto Rico.

EV Technology

General Motors to Supply Hydrotec Fuel Cell Systems to Nikola

General Motors Co. announced it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nikola Corporation for a global supply agreement to provide GM’s Hydr…

Smart Grid

Nova Scotia Power Selects Partner for Smart Grid Atlantic Pilot Project

Canadian utility Nova Scotia Power has selected distributed energy resources technology firm Sunverge as a partner for its Smart Grid Atlantic project.

Colombia

The ANH Signed 4 Contracts in the Third Cycle of the Continuous Area Nomination Process

The National Hydrocarbons Agency - ANH signed 4 new contracts today, as a conclusion of the third cycle of the Continuous Area Nomination Process, PPAA.

Distributed energy

How the UK Is Building Grid Markets to Reward Flexible Distributed Energy

Opus One and Scottish & Southern Energy take the next steps in the U.K.’s integrated-grid vision.

Rooftop PV System

Solar Car-Parks Completed At Oman’s Mina Al Fahal

The electricity output will meet a large part of the demand at Mina Al Fahal while any surplus will be channeled into the grid.