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Nuclear Technology

BWRX-300 Becomes First SMR to Clear Two Phases of Canadian Nuclear Design Review

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 design has cleared the first two phases of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) Vendor…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

New Zero-Emissions Ferry to Begin Operating in San Francisco

A new zero-emissions ferry powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology has arrived in San Francisco, where it will undergo trial runs and preparations to carry pas…

Electric Car

Porsche and Up.labs Found First Joint Startup: Pull Systems for Vehicle Data

Porsche AG and its partner UP.Labs have jointly founded their first company; Los Angeles-based startup Pull Systems is developing a machine-learning-as-a-servic…

Nuclear Technology

Breaking News: First Electron Bean HEPS Linac

Electric Vehicle Charging

US Opens Infrastructure Program for Communities

The US Department of Transportation released the first funding charge through a new infrastructure-building program. The Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CF…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

New Public Hydrogen Refueling Station Opens in Czech Republic

This marks Prague’s first H2 station.The first hydrogen refueling station in the Czech Republic’s capital and largest city was recently unveiled in …

Nuclear Power Plant

World’s Largest Class Nuclear Power Reactor to Start in Finland in April

One of the world's largest nuclear reactors will start commercial operation in Finland in April. This will be the first time in about 15 years that a new nu…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola and Haizea Wind Group Sign a €200 Million Contract for Offshore Wind Power

The new Haizea Bilbao manufacturing plant, whose foundation stone was laid today by the Basque First Minister, Iñigo Urkullu, the Chairman of Haizea Wind…

Geothermal Power Plant

Dominica Geothermal Project Proceeds to Drilling of Reinjection Well

Drilling rig at Dominica (source: PM Roosevelt Skerrit)Drilling of the first reinjection well for the Dominica geothermal power project is now set to start foll…

Electric Car

Lexus Introduces the 2023 Rz 450E Bev; Starts at $59,650 Msrp

Lexus has introduced the all-new, all-electric Lexus RZ 450e—the brand’s first globally available, purpose-built battery-electric vehicle. (Earlier post.…

SMR

Nuscale Places First Long-Lead Material Production Order With Doosan

A rendering of a NuScale VOYGR plant. (Image: NuScale)NuScale Power, the Portland, Ore.–based small modular reactor developer, announced last week that it…

Offshore Wind Power

Multiple Vessels Set to Swarm Dogger Bank a & B Area for Underwater Ops

Several subsea operations are scheduled to soon commence at the sites of the first two phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction off the…

Power Construction

Wartsila Engine Plant Boosts Senegal Power Capacity

The 130MW Malicounda Melec power plant in Mbour.Plant is one of the first public-private partnership projects in West AfricaThe power generation capacity of Sen…

Energy Storage Project

Construction Begins on Idaho Power’s First Energy Storage Projects as It Faces Growing Capacity Shortfall

Idaho Power sign and building.Permission granted by Idaho PowerDive Brief:Construction has begun on Idaho’s first utility-scale energy storage installatio…

Paris Climate Agreement

Mafalda Duarte Named as Next Chief of Un Climate Fund

The CEO of the Climate Investment Funds has been picked to head the Green Climate Fund as its board faces its first complaint caseMafalda Duarte, CEO of the Cli…