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Microgrid

Nigeria Minigrids Program Inviting Developers to Prequalify for Pilot Projects

The government of Nigeria is accepting prequalification applications for a grant program to help rural communities gain wider access to clean energy and economi…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Quantum Computer Helps Find Better Molecular Candidate for Solar Cells

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have harnessed the power of a commercial quantum computer to identify a mol…

Energy Storage Project

EDF Selected to Optimise 80MW BESS Asset for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund

This becomes the third battery asset EEDF will manage and optimise for GSF. Image: Gore Street.Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) has selected EDF as its tra…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA: No explosives found on Zaporizhzhia reactor roofs after month-long wait

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been granted access to areas of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine a month after requesting it,…

Electric Vehicle Charging

DOE Awards $2 Million for R&D Projects to Accelerate Advancements in Lightweighting of Passenger Vehicles

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) has selected four industry-led research and development projects for funding to address key …

Floating Solar

"Limitless" Energy: How Offshore Floating Solar Could Power Population Hotspots

Image: Oceans of EnergyVast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited solar energy to densely populated …

Nuclear Reactor

Tender Issued for Removal of Italian Reactor Vessel

Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin), the Italian state-owned company responsible for decommissioning the country's nuclear power plants, has anno…

Solar Power Plant

Synhelion and Cemex Make Further Progress Toward the World's First Fully Concentrated Solar Power Cement Plant

Synhelion and Cemex announced today a significant milestone in their joint effort to develop fully solar-driven cement production: the scaling of their technolo…

LNG

Air Products Secures Work on Nextdecade's Rio Grande LNG Project

Industrial gases company Air Products has signed agreements to supply its proprietary LNG process technology and equipment to Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 Project bei…

Renewable Energy

16 Large-Scale Clean Energy Projects Announced in July

First Solar's module manufacturing facility in Ohio (Courtesy: First Solar)Businesses announced plans for at least 16 new large-scale clean energy projects …

Oil Price

Brazil's Petrobras Beats Profit Forecast, $3 Bln Payout Announced

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras logo is pictured at its building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesSAO PAULO, Aug 3 (R…

Floating Offshore Wind

Giant Jack-up Voltaire Soon to Install First Turbines at World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm

The campaign to install the first turbines at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm is underway, with Jan De Nul’s Voltaire jack-up vessel leaving the Able…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ghana to Install Nuclear Plant 2030 - Regulatory Processes Underway

Dr Nii Kwashie Allotey (arrowed) with some participants after the workshopThe Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) is accelerating the acquisition of its competen…

Solar Panel

Daniel Gaefke to Join Group Management Board as Baywa r.e. Plans to Triple Capacity of Wind and Solar Project Development

BANGKOK, Aug 3, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - BayWa r.e. is appointing Daniel Gaefke to its Group Management Board as the business continues to focus on the expansion…

Battery Recycling

Li-Cycle Starts Operations at Its First European Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Facility

Li-Cycle Holdings announced the start of commercial operations at its first Spoke recycling facility in Europe, located in Magdeburg, Germany. The Germany Spoke…