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Thermal Coal

Xcel: Remediating Coal Ash at Boulder's Valmont Power Station to Start Next Year

The Valmont Power Station has supplied power to Boulder since 1924, and for much of its history, its main fuel source was coal.Xcel Energy, which owns the facil…

Electric Vehicles

China's New Energy Sector Breaks 20 Million Vehicles, as the Hyper GT Takes on the Model 3

GUANGZHOU, China, July 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 3, AION, a leading new energy vehicle manufacturer, hosted the Offline Ceremony of the 20 Millionth New E…

Oil Price

Sheetz to Offer $1.776 Gas for July 4th in Much of the Region

HUNTINGTON/CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - How does $1.77 a gallon gas sound?It will be a reality Tuesday, July 4 for Sheetz customers in parts of the Mid-Atlantic, …

Nuclear waste

IAEA Chief to Visit S. Korea This Week to Discuss Agency Report on Fukushima Water Discharge

Rafael Grossi (second from left, front row), director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, receives South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (righ…

Energy Storage Project

BESS alternatives: Cornwall Insight explores unlocking ‘crucial’ long-duration storage

Alternative electricity storage technologies explored by the report to accommodate longer storage durations include compressed air or pumped hydropower. Image: …

Energy Storage Project

Habitat Energy Selected to Optimise Over 500MW of Gresham Battery Storage

This new partnership builds upon a previous agreement signed in 2019. Image: GRID.Global optimiser Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Gresham House Ene…

Net Zero

UK Tightens Carbon Budgets for Emissions Trading Scheme From 2024

Image:The Saltend Chemicals Park | Credit: PX GroupsCarbon trading scheme set to be expanded to domestic maritime transport and waste sectors in second half of …

Hydropower Plant

IDB Approves $800 Million Credit Line for Modernization of Salto Grande Project in Argentina and Uruguay

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects (CCLIP) of up to $800 million to help modernize the 189…

Electric Vehicle Battery

BYD Takes Next Steps on $290 Million Lithium Project in Chile

Chinese electric-car juggernaut BYD Co. is deploying an engineering team as part of a project to start processing lithium in Chile, home to the world’s bi…

Electric Vehicle Battery

China Jumps Ahead in the Rush to Secure Lithium From Africa

China’s early move to tap new centers of lithium supply across Africa is reaping rewards, helping the top electric-vehicle battery producer navigate a tig…

Solar Panel

The World's Appetite for Solar Panels Is Squeezing Silver Supply

Stock image.Changes to solar panel technology are accelerating demand for silver, a phenomenon that’s widening a supply deficit for the metal with little …

Nuclear waste

Decommissioning Project Launched for Radwaste Facility at UEIP Site

A project is under way to decommission a long-established storage facility for radioactive waste at the Ural Electrochemical Plant (UEIP).(Image: TVEL)TVEL, par…

Nuclear Equipment

Zaporizhzhia Reconnected to Back-up Power Line After Four Months

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to a back-up power line which has been…

Hualong One

Chinese Containment Model Completes Structural Testing

A structural performance test of a scaled-down Hualong One containment building in serious accident conditions has been successfully completed by China's Ha…

SMR

Permitting Submissions Made for New Brunswick SMR

NB Power, in partnership with ARC Clean Technology Canada Inc, has submitted an environmental impact assessment registration document and an application for a s…