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Nuclear Technology

Can New Cheap, Frequent “Laser” Monitoring of Critical Components Extend Nuclear Plant Lifetimes by Decades?

A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors. Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components…

Solar Technology

New Rules, Incentives Shaping Solar-Plus-Storage Market

An evolving regulatory environment, expanded tax credits, and moves for more reliability and resilience in the power space are impacting the growth of solar-plu…

Pumped Storage

Jinzhai Pumped Storage Hydro Plant Connects All Units to the Grid

Image credit: GE Renewable EnergyAll four units of the 1.2GW Jinzhai pumped storage hydro plant have been connected to the grid and completed 15 days of trial o…

Hydropower Plant

Energy-Pro Joins International Hydropower Association

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has welcomed Energy-Pro, who joined as members in 2022.Established in 1994 in Svitavy, in the Czech Republic, Ene…

Wind Turbine

Formosa 2 Completes Installation of 47 Offshore Wind Turbines in Taiwan

JERA Co., Ltd has announced the successful installation of all 47 wind turbine generators (WTGs) at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project off the coast of Miaoli …

Hydrogen Technology

Plug Power and Johnson Matthey Announce Partnership to Accelerate Green Hydrogen Economy

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable tec…

Solar Power Plant

Bechtel Completes Cutlass Solar Farm Project

Bechtel has announced the completion of the Cutlass Solar project in Fort Bend, Texas, the US. The solar photovoltaic project added 140 MWDC to the Electric Rel…

Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…

Energy Technology

A Way to Produce Hydrogen Directly From Untreated Sea Water

Schematic diagram of three-electrode configuration for seawater electrolysis. Note that the pH meter was placed 1.0 cm from the electrode surface to measure the…

Nuclear Reactor

MoU Sees X-Energy, Alberta Grow Their Smr Relationship

X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop economic opportunities supporting the potential …

Nuclear Reactor

Korea Proposes Building Four Reactors for Turkey

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has submitted a preliminary proposal to Turkey for the construction of four APR-1400 reactors at an undisclosed site in…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belgian Reactor Enters Retirement

Unit 2 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium has been permanently shut down after 40 years of operation. The 1008 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor is…

Solar Cell

New Type of Solar Cell Is Being Tested in Space

Nanowires in three materials imaged by a scanning electron microscope. A thread is a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair. The red and blue colour shows…

Energy Technology

UIUC Research Confirms Viability of Geothermal Energy Storage Using Old Gas Well

Conceptual schematic diagram of the Advanced Geothermal Energy Storage system proposed by the UIUC study (source: University of Illinois)Researchers from the Un…