Energy

Wind Turbine

Norway Just Greenlit This Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine

Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway.Vertical-axis floating …

Wind Farm

Capital Energy Will Install a Wind Farm and a Photovoltaic Plant in Almería

The agreements are subject to the development of the Peregiles wind farm and the La Rambla photovoltaic plant, which will be located in the aforementioned munic…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukrainian Cabinet Approves Start of Work on New Khmelnitsky Reactors

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has given the green light for work to begin to develop project documentation for the construction of two Westinghouse AP100…

Microgrid

Husk Power Systems Proves Rural Minigrids Can Be Profitable

There is a common belief that profit-building minigrids are impossible in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Husk Power released financial data today that illus…

Geothermal Power Plant

Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France to Be Supplied With Geothermal Heating by 2025

Mignot Hospital, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, Yvelines, France (source: Département des Yvelines / flilckr, Creative Commons)A geothermal heating project in …

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Signs Contract for the First North American Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor.GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the …

Nuclear Reactor

Kazakhstan Continues Discussions With EDF

Kazakhstan is continuing discussions with French company EDF including proposals for an EPR-1200 reactor, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy has confirmed. EDF is on…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogenone Invests in First Green Hydrogen Project

HydrogenOne, the first London-listed fund investing in clean hydrogen for a positive environmental impact, has announced its first investment commitment in a gr…

Wave Energy

EVOLVE Project Uncovers Viable Ocean Energy in GB, Ireland, and Portugal

Official results from the pan-European EVOLVE project, involving world-leading academics, research institutions, and technology developers, have been released, …

Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy Begins Operations of Idaho’s Largest Solar Plant

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a non-regulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has announced it has placed into commercial operation the 120 MW Jackpot Sol…

Solar Technology

Iberdrola Awarded Four Agrovoltaic Innovation Projects in France

Iberdrola has been awarded four agrovoltaic projects with a total capacity of 12 MW in the renewable energy innovation tender launched by the French Ministry fo…

Solar Technology

The EU Commission Sues Bulgaria, Slovakia Over the Renewable Energy Directive

The European Commission has decided to sue Bulgaria and Slovakia over their failure to transpose the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive into their national l…

Energy Technology

NREL Publishes New Analysis Quantifying EGS Potential

EGS diagram (source: DOE, Geothermal Technologies Program)The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a new analysis that quantifies the poten…

Energy Investment

US Battery Supply Chain Investments Reach Us$92 Billion Since Biden Took Office

A total of US$92 billion has been invested in the US battery supply chain since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, including recent projects annou…

Energy Storage Project

rPlus Energies Submits Final License Application for 9GWH Pumped Hydro Plant in Wyoming

rPlus Energies has submitted a Final License Application for a 900MW/9GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Wyoming, a milestone reached by only six p…