Nea

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Argentina and Brazil Sign MoU on Radioisotopes and Research

Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) and Brazil's National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) have signed a memorandum of understanding wh…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vogtle 4 start-up moved to 2024

The in-service date for the second AP1000 plant at the site near Waynesboro, Georgia, has been revised after a motor fault was discovered in a reactor coolant p…

Microgrid

South Africa's First Virtual Renewable Electricity Transfer Model to Go Live Next Year

Sun rises behind the cooling towers of Kendal Power Station, a coal-fired station of South African utility Eskom, as the company's ageing coal-fired plants …

Oil Price

Rystad Sees Oil at $60 a Barrel by 2027 as Demand Peaks

An oil worker removes a thread cap from a piece of drill pipe on a drilling lease owned by Elevation Resources near Midland, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2019. Pic…

Solar Technology

Hydrobox and Solarnow Commission Hybrid Solar and Hydropower Plant in Kenya

Hydrobox and SolarNow have announced the successful commissioning of their inaugural hybrid solar and hydro power plant, situated near Baricho town in Kenya'…

Power Construction

Transalta Wraps up $1BN Acquisition of Transalta Renewables

Prior to the deal announced in July 2023, TransAlta and its affiliates collectively held nearly 160 million shares of TransAlta Renewables, representing 60.1% o…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Mobil Reportedly Nearing $60B Megadeal to Buy Pioneer Natural Resources

Exxon Mobil Corp. is reportedly on the brink of securing a purchase deal with Pioneer Natural Resources Co. an acquisition that could be worth approximately $60…

Electric Vehicles

VW ID.4 Sales See a Record Quarter, but Giddyup Already

Sales of Chattanooga, Tennessee-built VW ID.4s rose more than 60% in Q3 year-over-year – but it’s nowhere near its 2023 target.Volkswagen of America…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kenya Steps up as Global Geothermal Powerhouse

Pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen at the Olkaria II Geothermal power plant near the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, Kenya February 15, 2018.…

Nuclear Technology

Edison Aims to Double Core Profits by 2030, Eyes Nuclear Energy

Edison (EDNn.MI) aims to nearly double its core earnings by 2030 with an accelerated roll out of renewables and hopes to restart producing nuclear energy by 204…

Power Construction

Facing Climate Change, Asean Starts Cooperating on Regional Power-Sharing Grid

FILE - Solar panels work near wind turbines in Quy Non, Vietnam on June 11, 2023.The increasingly urgent threat posed by climate change is pushing ASEAN nations…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Gets Near-Unanimous Support From German Parliament

Debate on geothermal energy at the German Bundestag (source: YouTube screenshot, Bundesverband Geothermie)Geothermal development in Germany has earned the suppo…

Solar project

Dominion Proposes 800 MW of New Solar in Virginia

Dominion Energy Virginia’s Puller Solar facility in Middlesex County, Virginia. (Courtesy: Dominion Energy)Dominion Energy has proposed more than a dozen …

Carbon Storage

SK Capital Buys US Environmental Services Firm Pivoting to Carbon Storage

A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo …

Offshore Wind Power

Turbulent Us Offshore Wind Market Suffers Another Blow With Latest Ppa Termination

Rough seas near the Block Island Wind Farm offshore Rhode Island. (Image: Dennis Schroeder / NREL)Avangrid and Connecticut utilities have agreed to terminate a …