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Pumped Storage

Nant de Drance Celebrates First Year of Operation

On July 1, 2023, the Nant de Drance pumped storage power plant marked its one-year anniversary of successful operation. With a capacity of 900MW, the plant has …

Biofuel

Clean Fuels Alliance America Welcomes New Members

As interest in low carbon fuels gains momentum, Clean Fuels Alliance America continues to grow stronger and more diverse by adding new members. Since January, C…

Biofuel

Bunge, Chevron Acquire Argentina Seed Business Chacraservicios

Bunge and Chevron’s Renewable Energy Group Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., acquired Chacraservicios S.r.l., based in Argentina from the Italian-based…

Renewable Diesel

USDA: Soybean Planted Area Down 5%, Stocks Down 18%

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service on June 30 announced that an estimated 83.5 million acres of soybeans have been planted in the U.S. fo…

Biofuel

USDA Awards Aim to Increase Domestic Fertilizer Production

The USDA on June 23 awarded $30 million to seven projects under its Fertilizer Production Expansion Program and announced the agency is inviting public comments…

Energy Saving

Australia Won't Meet Net Zero Goals Without a National Approach to Home Thermal Efficiency: Report

An RMIT University-led report, commissioned by RACE for 2030, assessed current challenges related to home thermal efficiency improvements.The thermal efficiency…

Hydrogen Production

The Earth Might Hold Huge Stores of Natural Hydrogen—and Prospectors Are Already Scouring South Australia for It

Credit: ShutterstockHydrogen comes in an ever-increasing range of colors. Green hydrogen, made by cracking water into oxygen and hydrogen. Blue hydrogen, made f…

Electricity Transmission

America's Power Disconnection Crisis: In 31 States, Utilities Can Shut off Electricity for Nonpayment in a Heat Wave

Millions of Americans have already been sweltering through heat waves this summer, and forecasters warn of hot months ahead. July 3 and 4, 2023, were two of the…

Nuclear Equipment

Contract for Italian Waste Cementation Plant

Italy's Societa Gestione Impianti Nucleari SpA (Sogin) has awarded a contract worth EUR43 million (USD47 million) for the construction of the Finished Produ…

Uranium Project

Seaborg Switches Fuel Plans Because of Haleu Timeline Risks

The Danish developer of floating Compact Molten Salt Reactors, Seaborg, has decided to change the fuel type for the initial power barges to low-enriched uranium…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Seeks Wider Access for Zaporizhzhia Inspections

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that the agency's experts at the site have not observed any indication…

Nuclear Equipment

Installation of Haiyang 4 Containment Starts

The containment vessel bottom head (CVBH) for unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been installed 40 days ahead of sch…

SMR

South Korea Forms SMR Alliance

A public-private partnership comprised of 42 state-run and private entities has been created to advance Korea's small modular reactor (SMR) sector. The alli…

Floating Offshore Wind

Crown Estate Outlines Next Steps for Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Lease Sale

The Crown Estate has made some modifications to the auction process for the Celtic Sea floating wind leases offshore Wales and southwest England, focusing on so…

Wind Turbine

Swedish Firm Receives First Commercial Order for Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Sweden-based SeaTwirl has announced that it received its first commercial order for a new wind turbine application in the North Sea.SeaTwirlEarlier this year, S…