Energy

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Alaska Simplifies Microreactor Regulations

The US state of Alaska has adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for the siting of microreactors. The new regulations, which waive some requi…

Biofuel

Drax Increases Pellet Capacity, Considers US BECCS Projects

Drax Group plc on July 27 announced its pellet plants produced approximately 1.9 million metric tons of wood pellets during the first half of 2023, down slightl…

Wind Farm

ACP Statement on Nepa Phase 2 Rule

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) generally supports the Administration’s new guidance intended to help accelerate environmental reviews for clea…

Energy&Power

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Renewable Energy

Uncertain Outlook for Energy Bills as New Cap Announcement Looms

Cornwall Insight has unveiled its latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) covering the period October 2023 (Q423) to September 2024 (Q324). The …

Electric Vehicles

Basildon Council and NRG Riverside Roll Out the First Fully Electric Food Waste Collection Fleet in the UK

Skelmersdale/July 27, 2023: NRG Riverside, the contract hire and fleet solutions provider, has delivered seven fully electric food waste trucks to Basildon Boro…

Energy Storage Project

Horizon Focusing On Vanadium Flow Batteries for Energy Storage

Horizon Power, a utility owned by the Western Australia government, has signed an agreement with Perth-based energy storage company VSUN Energy for the purchase…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Plan For World's Biggest Battery Plant Hits Water Issues in Drought-Stricken German State

U.S. car manufacturer Tesla will have to revise its plans to expand its gigafactory for electric cars in the German state of Brandenburg over concerns the new b…

Electric Vehicles

Used Tesla Model 3 Listed With a Wild $150,000 Price Tag

Tesla has been lowering prices for most of this year but now there is a used Tesla Model 3 with nearly 6,000 km that has a wild asking price of $150,000.This is…

Energy Storage Project

EDP Renewables Acquires 50MW Bess Asset in Kent

EDP ventured into the EU solar market in 2021. Image: Pixabay.Wind and solar producer EDP Renewables (EDPR) will install its first standalone battery energy sto…

Nuclear Fusion

British-Japanese Partnership for Fusion Development

UK-based nuclear fusion company Tokamak Energy and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation have agreed to collaborate on the development, implementation and scaling-up…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Solar Batteries: A New Material Makes It Possible to Simultaneously Absorb Light and Store Energy

A collaborative effort between the University of Cordoba and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) is making progress on the design of a s…

Offshore Wind Power

Acciona Energía Closed the First Half of 2023 With a Net Income of €405 Million (+3.9%).

ACCIONA Energía closed the first half of 2023 with a net income of €405 million (+3.9%). During the period, the company doubled its net investment c…

Solar Panel

Portuguese Solar Developer Gets $275 Million From EIG to Boost Capacity

Portugal' solar project developer Prosolia Energy said on Thursday it had received 250 million euros ($274.70 million) in financing from U.S.-based fund EIG…

Renewable Energy

Italy Eyes 19 Billion Euros in Energy Investments as It Reviews Post-covid Plan

Italy said on Thursday it planned to use EU money to fund an investment programme worth around 19 billion euros ($21 billion) to strengthen power and gas grids …