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Microgrid

This Microgrid Can Power an Entire North Carolina Town During an Outage

Duke Energy's Hot Springs microgrid consists of a 2 MW (AC) solar facility and a 4.4 MW lithium-based battery storage facility. During its testing phase, Du…

Solar Power Panel

New Community Solar Install Marks Milestone for Comed

Speedway Solar Project in Joliet, IllinoisComEd and Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) have announced the opening of the 75th community solar development in ComEd’…

Rooftop PV System

European Council Speeds up Permission Procedures but Only for Solar Systems on Buildings

Following an EU Commission proposal, the Council of the European Union adopted its Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 on 19 December 2022 as a framework to accel…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Could Answer Nigeria’s Rocketing Energy Demand Says Irena

According to the latest report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hydropower capacity in the country could grow to 15.5GW by 2050, providin…

Hydro Generator Unit

Indonesia to Host 2023 World Hydropower Congress

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia will host the 2023 World Hydropower Congress alongside its electricity utility PLN and the International Hydropower …

Nuclear Power Plant

Lucas Heights Redevelopment Project Gets Under Way

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has begun a project at its Lucas Heights facility near Sydney to remove general solid waste, …

EV Market

America Has Come a Long Way From an Early Electric Car Casualty

Chelsea Sexton at Fully Charged LIVE, Austin, TX, Feb ,1 2020. Credit: BenjaminNelson via YouTubeTwenty-two years ago, Chelsea Sexton was laid off from one of h…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Enphase Will Release Its Own Bidirectional EV Charger

Enphase Energy is getting into the bidirectional EV charger game, after successfully demonstrating its vehicle-to-home and -grid functionality .Enphase acquired…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

H2FLY & Stuttgart Airport to Build Centre for H2 Aviation

In Germany, H2FLY, a company developing hydrogen fuel cell systems for aircraft, has announced the construction of a facility called the Center of Excellence fo…

Energy Transition

UAE and France to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

The UAE and France have announced the launch of a bilateral programme to accelerate clean energy development.The programme will combine French and Emirati exper…

Germany

German E.ON to Invest EUR 210 Million in Power Business in Romania

E.ON earmarked EUR 375 million for capital expenditure by 2023 in Romania, of which EUR 210 million is for the electric power division. It is also developing en…

Nuclear Technology

Darlington Ready to Produce Medical Radioisotope

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) nuclear power plant is set to become the first commercial power reactor in the world to produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) after…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Belgium’s Nuclear Phase-Out Policy Claims Second Victim

The Tihange nuclear power plant. (Photo: Engie Electrabel)Unit 2 at Tihange, one of Belgium’s two nuclear power plants, was permanently disconnected from …

Nuclear Technology

University of Florida-Led Consortium to Research Nuclear Forensics

Members of the Consortium for Nuclear Forensics. (Image: University of Florida)A 16-university team of 31 scientists and engineers, under the title Consortium f…