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Electricity Transmission

Hydro One to Build New 160-Mile, 500-Kilovolt Transmission Line in Northeast Ontario

The proposed project is intended to support the rapid increase in electricity demand expected in northern Ontario to accommodate electrification of communities,…

Canada

Québec Secures Major Hydropower Deal With Labrador to Ensure Energy Future

Québec has taken a significant step toward bolstering its energy security with a new agreement in principle for hydroelectric power generation in Labrador. The…

Zambia

Ngonye Falls Hydropower Project Achieves Gold Certification Under HSS

The Ngonye Falls hydroelectric project in Zambia has received gold certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard (HSS) following a comprehensive as…

Hydropower Plant

Vietnam’s Ialy Hydropower Plant Unit 2 Synchronized Ahead of Schedule

Unit 2 of the Ialy Hydropower Plant Expansion in Vietnam was successfully synchronized to the national grid at 8:28pm on 13 December 2024, 18 days ahead of sche…

Wind Farm

Dogger Bank Wind Farm a Step Closer

Dogger Bank Wind Farm is ramping up with a deal for a second turbine installation ship.The windfarm has engaged Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, to charter a…

United Arab Emirates

Hydrogen Council Welcomes Masdar, Siemens Energy and Yara Clean Ammonia to Its Board

Masdar, Siemens Energy and Yara Clean Ammonia will become new board members of the Hydrogen Council from January 1, 2025.The Council anticipates valuable insigh…

Romania

International Experts Assess Romania’s Nuclear Security

The IPPAS team visited Cernavoda nuclear power plant to assess the nuclear security measures in the facility (Photo credit: IAEA)An International Atomic Energy …

Nuclear waste

IAEA Confirms Fukushima Water Discharge Safety

IAEA Task Force performed a walkdown of the water tanks used in the ALPS treated water discharge process (Photo credit: TEPCO)The discharge of the ALPS (Advance…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu NPP Progresses Despite Equipment Delays

The problems caused by the failure of Germany’s Siemens to deliver key equipment for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye have been overcome,…

Energy Storage Project

Developers Close $538 Million for 1.2 GWh Battery Storage Facility in Canada

The Hagersville Park financing qualifies as a green loan. Once commissioned, the project will be one of Canada’s largest battery energy storage (BESS) sit…

Nuclear Fuel

Final Nuclear Fuel Removed From Gremikha Naval Base

Spent nuclear fuel is loaded onboard Rosatomflot’s special purpose vessel Rossita at Gremikha naval base (Photo credit: Rosatom)Rosatom reports that the l…

Battery

Lithium-Ion Battery Recycler Awarded $144 Million DOE Grant

American Battery Technology Company received funds to construct a recycling facility with a 100,000 tons annual processing capacity.American Battery Technology …

Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel Installed at Xudabao 4

The reactor vessel has been installed in its design position at Xudabao 4, Rosatom has announced.(Image: Rosatom)In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreement…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …

Battery

ABB to Acquire Gamesa’s Power Electronics, Storage Business

ABB has agreed to purchase Gamesa’s power electronics and storage business, which produces doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind converters, industri…