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Nuclear waste

Waste Retrieval Begins at Sellafield Silo

The first waste has been removed from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS), one of the oldest waste stores and one of the highest hazard facilities on the UK'…

Uranium Project

Construction of Second Russian Deconversion Plant Progresses

The installation of equipment has begun at TVEL's JSC Electrochemical Plant (ECP) in Zelenogorsk in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Region for W2-ECP, the country&…

SMR

US Regulator Oks SMR Emergency Preparedness Rule

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to issue a final rule and associated regulatory guide that applies risk-informed, performance-…

Solar Cell

Bio-Inspired Solar Devices Boost Stability, Efficiency

Borrowing from cell membranes, the protective barriers around cells in all living organisms, Penn State scientists have developed a new, cost-effective method f…

Solar Panel

Researchers Fabricate Phase-Heterojunction All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells With an Efficiency Above 21.5%

Solar technologies have become increasingly advanced over the years, with the discovery of new photovoltaic materials and designs. While solar cells based on a …

Floating Offshore Wind

US Moves Closer to Oregon (Floating) Offshore Wind Lease Sale

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified two draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore southern Oregon with which the federal agency plans t…

Offshore Substation

Construction Starts on Ørsted's Greater Changhua 2B & 4 Offshore Substation

Seatrium has held a strike steel ceremony at its Pioneer Yard in Singapore to mark the start of construction of the offshore substation for Ørsted’…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa Selects Global Wind Projects for Neart NA Gaoithe Pre-assembly Work

Global Wind Projects has been awarded a contract by Siemens Gamesa for the pre-assembly of 54 wind turbine towers for the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore…

Wind Turbine

South Fork Wind Turbine Components Arriving in New London

Wind turbine components for the South Fork Wind Farm, New York’s first offshore wind farm, have started coming into New London ahead of the installation a…

Wind Turbine

U.S. President Joe Biden Visits Ingeteam's Milwaukee Plant

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden visited Wisconsin to celebrate the growth of clean energy jobs and investment …

Geothermal Drilling

Columbia University Granted Landmark Geothermal Drilling Permit in New York

Columbia University has been granted a permit to drill a closed-loop geothermal test bore to a depth of 800 feet (243 meters) by the New York State Department o…

Geothermal Heating Project

Drilling Starts for Massachusetts Pilot Geothermal Heating Project

Drilling equipment arrives on site of the Framingham Geothermal Pilot Program in Massachusetts (source: Eversource)Utility and services company Eversource has s…

Geothermal Power Project

Baringo-Silali Field Is Kenya's Next Big Geothermal Bet

Rig-up at Korosi prospect, Baringo-Silali, Kenya (source: GDC）With Olkaria firmly established and the development in Menengai off to a good start, the Baringo-Si…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Project in Thurgau, Switzerland Gets Favorable Cantonal Vote

Märwiler Riet in Thurgau, Switzerland (source: Roman Schurte / flickr, Creative Commons)In June 2023, the population of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerlan…

Energy Storage Project

Recurrent Energy Reaches Tolling Agreement With APS for 1,200 Mwh Battery Project

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, reached a 20-year tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) for Papago Storage, a 300 MW/1,200 MWh e…