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Energy Storage Project

DOE Awarding $16M to Five Projects to Boost Domestic Capabilities in Solid-State and Flow Battery Manufacturing

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will award a total of $16 million to five projects to advance domestic…

Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy to Develop Second Project Pele Microreactor Design

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a contract option to X-energy, LLC to develop an enhanced engineering design for a transportable microreactor sui…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Infinite Composites Secures $1.6m US Army Deal for Hydrogen Fuel Tanks

The Department of Defense (DoD) has initiated programs to channel funding towards advancements in hydrogen technologies for military vehicles, spanning aircraft…

Geothermal Power Project

Plans Underway for Pertamina Geothermal to Acquire PT Sorik Marapi

Unit 1 of Sorik Marapi geothermal plant, North Sumatra, Indonesia (source: KS Orka Renewables)Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) …

Solar Technology

French consortium plans 900 kW solar cycling path

CNR is leading a consortium in the development of Ombrières PHotovoltaïquE grand LIneAire, a solar shading project along the ViaRhôna cycling …

United States

Biden-Harris Administration Allocates $100 Million to Repair and Replace Existing EV Chargers

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced an additional $100 million in federal funding to repair and replace any and all existing but nonoperational…

Uranium Project

Orano Gives Updates on Uranium Enrichment Plans and Niger Situation

Orano has revealed plans to extend enrichment capacity at its Georges Besse II (GB-II) uranium enrichment plant, and has begun the regulatory process to produce…

Microgrid

Pattern Energy's Sunzia Transmission Project Receives Authorization to Begin Construction From u.s. Department of Interior

Largest clean energy infrastructure project in U.S. history receives Notice to Proceed, clearing way for SunZia to provide renewable power for 3 million America…

Power Construction

EDF, Masdar Win 25-Year Saudi Power Deal for Resort on Red Sea

A cyclist passes a giant billboard advertisement for the Saudi Arabian tourist board on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, Oct. 18, 20…

Hydrogen Production

ARPA-E to Award $20M to Explore Potential of Geologic Hydrogen

Given recent interest in the discovery of naturally accumulating deposits of subsurface hydrogen known as geologic hydrogen (earlier post), the US Department of…

Hydropower Plant

Biden-Harris Administration Commits Over $13 Million to Boost Hydropower Expansion

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled an investment of more than $13 million in seven research and development projects aimed at advancing hydropower a…

Wind Farm

Voltalia Starts Wind Power Supplies to Railway Group Sncf Voyageurs

France’s Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) said on Tuesday it has started power supplies to state-owned railway group SNCF Voyageurs from a new wind farm being buil…

Hydropower Plant

Climate Change Will Affect Hydropower—African Countries Must Be Prepared, Researcher Says

Hydropower provides clean electricity to millions in Africa. It's the largest source of renewable energy on the continent and accounts for nearly one quarte…

Pumped Storage

NREL Study Highlights Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower as Climate-Friendly Grid-Scale Energy Storage Solution

In analysis conducted at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), closed-loop pumped storage hydropower systems have emerg…

Biofuel

Singapore Seeks Growth in Biofuels Trade Amid Energy Transition

A worker cleans a pipe at the Riopaila Castilla ethanol distillery in Zarzal, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The Colombian Bio…