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Uranium Project

DOE Selects First Recipients of HALEU

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to five advanced reactor developers…

Renewable Diesel

US Oil, Biofuel Group Recommends 5.25 Billion Gallons in Biomass Diesel Mandates, Sources Say

A U.S. coalition involving biofuel and petroleum groups has recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set the 2026 biomass-based diesel blendin…

SMR

Fermi and Samsung Team Up for Estonian SMR Project

Estonia’s Fermi Energia and South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corporation Engineering and Construction Group have finalized a partnership to prepare for bui…

Carbon Capture

Occidental’s 1PointFive Receives Permits to Sequester CO2 at Texas Facility

Occidental Petroleum’s unit, 1PointFive, announced on Monday, April 7, 2025, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved its applicat…

CCS

US EPA Approves Texas’ First CO2 Injection Well

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Texas its first permit for carbon dioxide injection and storage on Monday, April 7, 2025. Occidental&rsqu…

Offshore Wind Power

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Converter Station Sets Sail

The first topside for one of Hornsea 3’s two offshore converter stations has departed Map Ta Phut, Thailand, heading to Europe. Constructed by Ørst…

Tidal Energy

Commerce Pulls Plug on Puget Sound Tidal Energy Project After Tribal Pushback

Washington’s Department of Commerce has canceled a $1.37 million conditional grant for a tidal energy project in Puget Sound after objections from several trib…

Renewable Diesel

New York City Begins Transition to Renewable Diesel in Marine Sector

New York’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) has awarded its first contract to purchase renewable diesel for the city’s ferries.…

Nuclear waste

Second German Waste Repatriation Shipment From UK Completed

The UK successfully completed the second shipment of high-level radioactive waste, known as vitrified residues, to Germany. This shipment, comprising seven flas…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Paks II Says Excavation Work Complete, Awaiting Permission for First Concrete

Hungary’s Paks II nuclear project has reached a stage where it is prepared to pour the first concrete, pending approval from the Hungarian Atomic Energy A…

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Drilling Starts in Garges-Lès-Gonesse, France

In Garges-lès-Gonesse, a town in the Val-d’Oise department of northern Paris within the Île-de-France region, drilling for a geothermal energ…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Tesla Powerwall Demand Declines on Negative Sentiment Toward Musk

Tesla’s stock has dropped nearly 50% from its peak in December, erasing the gains it saw after the U.S. election results. The decline follows challenges t…

Microgrid

Hopi Nation Securing Remote Water Supply With Solar and Storage Microgrid

The Hopi Tribe is making strides toward enhancing its water security with a $4.165 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). This funding will help pow…

Hydrogen Project

US Weighs Funding Cuts to Four of Seven Hydrogen Hubs

The U.S. Department of Energy is weighing funding cuts to four of seven hydrogen hubs that were selected under a $7 billion federal program, according to a sour…

Wave Energy

ACHIEVE Program’s Team Prepares for Wave Energy Prototype Deployment in Spain

The ACHIEVE program’s team is progressing with preparations for the deployment of the CETO wave energy prototype in Spain at the Biscay Marine Energy Plat…