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Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Faces Nuclear Funding and Upgrade Issues

France is looking to generate slightly more nuclear power this year than in 2019, reaching approximately 395 terawatt hours (TWh), according to the utility EDF.

Energy Storage Battery

What Would it Take for the US to Become an Energy Storage Manufacturing Powerhouse?

After “missed opportunity” in solar, Trump administration wants a domestic supply chain for energy storage. Is that realistic?

Crude

China’s Top Oil Firm Sees Demand Growth Cut in Half in 2020

The world’s biggest oil import market could see demand growth in 2020 of just half of last year’s levels as the trade war’s ripple effects continue to be fel…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Keeps Nuclear Output Target Steady for 2020

France this year is targeting roughly the same nuclear power output it aimed for 2019 at around 395 terawatt hours (TWh), an executive at power utility EDF said…

Microsoft to Launch Its Cloud And AI-based Mobile Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drones

Microsoft will launch its cloud and AI-based mobile hydrogen fuel cell drones at Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) and CES 2020 on August 8 (local time in Las Ve…

Nuclear Fuel

Radioactive Fukushima Waste Destined For Pacific?

The government of Japan looks likely to proceed with a controlled ocean-release of radioactive wastewater associated with the Fukushima disaster, a move critici…

Nuclear Power Plant

Spent MOX Fuel Removed at Ikata Nuclear Plant

Spent mixed oxide fuel has been removed from a reactor at a nuclear power plant in western Japan in the first such operation in Japan, the plant operator said T…

EV Market

Shift to Electric Vehicles Could Cost 410,000 Jobs in Germany by 2030

In engines and transmissions' production alone, around 88,000 jobs will be at risk, the newspaper said, citing a report by the National Platform for the Future …

Interim Agreement Is Signed for Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project in Pakistan

An interim agreement has been signed for the purchase of power from the Neelum Jhelum hydropower project in Pakistan.

Energy Storage System to Help Stabilize Irish Power Grid

The need for speed is critical to Ireland’s ambitious plan to get 70 percent of the Republic’s power from renewable sources by 2030.

A Clean ,Affordable Battery for Home Using in Rural Africa

EPFL startup hiLyte has developed an eco-friendly battery that will allow people in Sub-Saharan Africa to light their homes and charge their cell phones. The te…

EV Technology

Tesla Is Going to Add A New Feature to Its Cars That Talks to You

The Tesla CEO didn’t enumerate about the teased feature. However, in his other tweet, he mentioned that the feature would be compatible with the Fart mode and …

Using Liquid Metal to Repurpose Waste Heat

Researchers in the Renewable Energy and Virtual Technology lab at UTD developed a prototype generator that uses gallium to recover low temperature waste heat fr…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bangladesh's First Power Plant Using Imported Coal Takes Off

The 1,320MW unit is the first large power plant to come into operation under AL govt; by 2030, total generation capacity to reach 40,000MW

Scientists At HKU Invented A Recapture Device Can Convert Heat Waste Into Usable Electricity

Engineers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have just invented and patented a Direct Thermal Charging Cell (DTCC), a recapture device that can convert low-…