Epa

Electric Vehicles

EPA Announces $4B in Funding and Rfi for Clean Port Upgrades and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the initial steps in the development of programs that will invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction…

Nuclear Reactor

Preparatory Construction Begins for Pallas Research Reactor

Work has begun to build the foundations for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, which will replace the existing High Flux Reactor (HFR). How…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Regulatory Preparedness for Fukushima Water Release

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force reviewing the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi n…

Geothermal Power Plant

Wells Being Prepared for Cod of 35-Mw Menengai Geothermal Power Plant, Kenya

Wells are now being opened and tested in anticipation of the start of operations of the 35-MW geothermal power plant of Sosian Energy in Menengai, Kenya.

Electric Vehicles

Here’s How the Strict New EPA Rule Could Impact US EV Sales

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a strict new auto pollution rule in April that will all but ensure that EVs make up as much as 60% of new ca…

Nuclear Fuel

Ramatome Turns Out One-Of-A-Kind Fuels to Extend the Life of Research Reactors

A Framatome operator fabricates U-Mo foils at CERCA. (Photo: Framatome)Framatome is prepared to manufacture a novel molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel to extend the…

Wind Farm

Boralex Commissions Bess at Wind Farm in France in Eu-Supported Demonstration Project

Canada-based renewable energy firm Boralex has turned on a 3.3MWh battery storage unit attached to a wind farm in France.The battery storage project has been in…

Offshore Wind Power

Massachusetts Goes ‘All-in on Offshore Wind’ With Latest Solicitation Round

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the electric distribution companies (EDCs) hav jointly filed a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) wit…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Dutch Government Allocates Funding for Nuclear Programme

In its draft Climate Fund for 2024, the Dutch government has budgeted funds totalling EUR320 million (USD352 million) for the development of nuclear energy. The…

Geothermal Heating Project

US DOE Announces Funding for Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a USD 13-million initiative for the design and deployment of geothermal heating and cooling in 11 selected communiti…

Nuclear Technology

New Facility Streamlines Isotope Production at US Lab

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has announced the shipment of the first actinium-225 (Ac-255) to be produced in a newly refurbished hot cell laboratory at …

Carbon Emissions

Now Vying for Second Term, Can Biden Repair His Damaged Climate and Environmental Justice Image?

President Joe Biden speaks about the creation of new manufacturing jobs at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2023. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP v…

Solar Technology

DOE Announces $24M to Commercialize Innovative Solar Technologies

On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced $24 million for research, development, and demonstratio…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Biden Plans to Slash Planet-Warming Pollution From Power Plants

Joe Biden at COP26 in Glasgow. (Image by the World Economic Forum, Flickr.)The Biden administration is preparing to propose limits on greenhouse gas emissions f…

Solar Battery (Storage)

DOE Offers $3BN Loan to Create Solar and Storage VPPs

The US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment to Sunnova Energy Corp.’s Project Hestia for an up to $3 billion…