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Electric Vehicles

Hyundai Patents an All-Solid-State EV Battery System in the US

Can solid-state batteries improve EVs even more? Hyundai is betting on it. The automaker recently filed a patent for a pressurized all-solid-state EV battery sy…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NRA Lifts Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Fuel Activities

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided, at a meeting on 27 December, to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company…

SMR

Nuscale SMR Meets Polish Safety Requirements, Says Regulator

NuScale Power's NPM-20 small modular reactor (SMR) technology is compliant with Polish nuclear safety and radiological protection standards, the president o…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grid Connection for Second Shin Hanul Unit

Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has began supplying its first electricity to the grid, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced.…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Cosin Solar Completes Heliostats on Former Three Gorges Concentrated Solar Power Project

The 100 MW Tower Concentrated Solar Power project, Jinta ZhongGuang was originally planned by the largest renewable energy firm in the world, Three Gorges Renew…

Geothermal Drilling

Verkis Receives Grant for Geothermal Exploration in India

Taptapani hotspring in Ganjam district of Orissa, India (source: flickr/Rita Willaert, creative commons)Icelandic engineering firm Verkís has been select…

Geothermal Power Project

Globeleq Reaches Financial Close On Menengai Geothermal Project, Kenya

Geothermal well at Menengai, Kenya (source: flickr/ ScientificDrilling)Globeleq and project partner Geothermal Development Company (GDC) have announced that the…

Geothermal Power Plant

Project Innerspace to Publish Collaborative Geothermal Reports on Two Us States

Oil pumper, Shawnee, Oklahoma (source: flickr/ MsAnthea, creative commons)Following the publication of a first-of-its-kind, landmark study entitled The Future o…

Renewable Energy

"Largest Clean Energy Project in U.S. History" Secures $11B in Financing, Starts Full Construction

Construction is underway on the SunZia Transmission and Wind project in New Mexico (Photo: Business Wire)SunZia to supply 3,000 MW of clean energy to Arizona an…

Solar Power Plant

EDF Renewables Receives Planning Consent for 50MW Suffolk Solar Farm

EDF Renewables’ Cadenham solar site. Image: EDF Renewables.EDF Renewables UK has been given the green light to construct a 49.9MW solar farm on Tye Lane i…

Wind Turbine

Vestas Signs 1362 MW of Wind Supply Contracts

Vestas has released details of eight wind turbine supply contracts for locations around the world, all signed during the Christmas holiday period:• A 254 M…

Biofuel

Lombardo Enters Agreement With Denmark to Build Biofuel Industrial Park

Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a declaration of understanding with Denmark to explore opportunities to work together on renewable energy projects, including a 200-acr…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Is The 1st Company To Sell 3 Million Plugin Vehicles In A Year

BYD Beats Its 3 Million Vehicle Sales Target For 2023I wrote earlier today about BYD shooting past Tesla to become the #1 best selling BEV producer in the world…

Nuclear waste

Radioactive Water Spills Over After Quakes Hit Japan

Radioactive water from the fuel pools of two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture spilled over after a magni…

Renewable Energy

Portugal's Renewable Energy Production Hit New Record in 2023

View of a hybrid power park with solar panels and wind turbines in Sabugal, Portugal, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsR…