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Nuclear Reactor

Finland Extends Nuclear Reactor Outage, Sees Power Prices Soar

Finnish power company TVO said on Monday it had extended an outage at Olkiluoto 3, Europe's largest nuclear power generator, while it undertakes repairs, re…

Solar Power Plant

DOE Wants to Speed up Transmission, Solar, and Storage Projects by Lightening Environmental Rules

Powin's 50 MW/66.2 MWh battery storage project in Texas. (Courtesy: Powin)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted a proposal that, if approved, wo…

Hydropower Plant

Thordon Bearings' Water-Lubricated Bearings Address Leakage Issues in European Hydropower Plants

Two European hydropower plant operators have turned to Canada’s Thordon Bearings to replace bearings on their Francis turbines, citing issues with oil lea…

Wind Farm

50 Developers Express Interest to Build Wind Farms Offshore Portugal

Fifty entities, including individual companies and consortia, from more than ten countries have submitted their expressions of interest to develop offshore wind…

Geothermal Drilling

US DOE Announces $44 Million Funding for EGS Innovation Projects

Drilling rig on site of Utah FORGE project site, Nov. 2020 (source: Utah FORGE)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Frontier Observatory for R…

Wave Energy

DOE Announces First Round Prize Winners for Novel Wave Energy Technologies

(Courtesy: Michael Olsen/Unsplash)The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) announced Phase I winners of the Innovating…

Nuclear Reactor

ASN to Extend Deadline for Upgrades to 900 Mwe Reactors

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has said it is prepared to give EDF more time in order…

Geothermal Power Plant

US DOE Announces $44 Million Funding for EGS Innovation Projects

Drilling rig on site of Utah FORGE project site, Nov. 2020 (source: Utah FORGE)The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Frontier Observatory for R…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Slovenia's Nuclear Plant Prepares to Resume Output This Week

A general view of the nuclear power plant in Krsko, Slovenia, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rightsnths.Slovenia's onl…

Nuclear Fuel

UK and USA Team Up on Fusion Development

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate the de…

Electricity Transmission

Energy Department Signs MoU for Accelerating Work on Power Projects for Generating Additional 1,770 MW in Karnataka

Gulvadi vented dam-cum-bridge across Varahi river in Udupi district. The hydro power project on Varahi river will yield the first underground powerhouse in Karn…

Uranium Project

Centrus Makes First Haleu Delivery

The first delivery of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) produced at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, to the US Department of Energy (DOE) …

Offshore Wind Power

Baltimore County Offshore Wind Manufacturing Hub Gets USD 47 Million Boost

Baltimore County Offshore Wind Manufacturing Hub will receive approximately USD 47 million from the Port Infrastructure Program of the US Department of Transpor…

Nuclear Fusion

Joint Statement Between DOE and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Concerning a Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Fusion

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk and the United Kingdom's Minister for Nuclear and Networks, Andrew Bowie, met today (Nov 8) in Washington, D.C…

Geothermal Heating Project

Funding Sought to Assess New Geothermal Prospects in Hawaii

Power lines in Hawaii (source: flickr/ Quinn Dombrowski, creative commons)The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has requested funding of $6 million to co…