Ons

SMR

X-Energy Secures $700M in Funding to Advance SMR Technology

The company is currently developing its first Xe-100 plant at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site on the Texas Gulf Coast.X-Energy Reactor Co…

Electricity Transmission

Moldova Will Receive EUR 15.4 Million Grant From EBRD for Construction of 400 KV High-Voltage Transmission Line Balti-Suceava

This is provided for in the relevant grant agreement, which was signed on February 6 in Chisinau by Prime Minister Dorin Recean, Head of the European Bank for R…

Power Construction

California Utility Investigating ‘Every Possibility’ for Cause of Eaton Fire, Including Its Own Equipment

A map showing the preliminary origin area of the Eaton Fire.Today Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of Edison International, sent a pair of letters…

Solar Power Plant

Statkraft Granted Planning Consent for 39.9MW Somerset Solar Scheme

The plant is expected to begin construction next year.Renewable energy developer Statkraft has been awarded full planning permission for a 39.9MW solar PV power…

Geothermal Heating Project

Pertamina Geothermal Furthers Green Fuel Ambitions With Pertagas Partnership

Sanford Dam in Michigan, US, several months after failing in 2020. Research has indicated an increased risk of similar events due to more intense rainfall under…

Metal

Seven Bidders Battle for Chile’s Lithium Mining Contracts

SQM lithium mining operations in Chile’s north.Chile has wrapped up the initial phase of its efforts to award special lithium operation contracts (Ceols) to pr…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal Plants Get Reprieve as Market and Policies Change

The 1,577-MW Hunter power plant in Utah is among those U.S. coal-fired stations that has had its scheduled retirement date pushed back.Several U.S. utilities in…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vietnam Looks to Accelerate Construction of Nuclear Power Plants

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaking at the steering committee meetingVietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed two state-owned groups, Ele…

Wind Farm

New Qld Wind Farm Approved

DP Energy has been granted EPBC approval for its proposed Callide Wind Farm, which will consist of up to 70 wind turbines and have a capacity of 430MW.Construct…

SAF

UK to Offer Additional SAF Project Funding, Responds to Public Consultation on SAF Subsidies

The U.K. Department for Transport on Jan. 29 announced it will investment £63 million ($78.35 million) over the next year under its Advanced Fuels Fund to…

Biofuel

Renova: 75 MW Omaezakikou Biomass Plant Begins Operations

Omaezakikou Biomass Power PlantJapan-based Renova Inc. on Feb. 5 announced that the 75-megawatt (MW) that the Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant began operations o…

Oil Shale

Ecopetrol Pressured to Sell U.S. Shale Venture by Colombia’s Leader

Ecopetrol SA shares plunged after Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the oil producer to sell its operations in the U.S., citing his government’s…

Wind Turbine

Low Carbon Trims Turbine Numbers at High Brenfield

UK renewable energy company Low Carbon has reduced the number of turbines at its High Brenfield wind farm project in western Scotland following consultation.In …

Photovoltaic （PV）

Sharp to Withdraw Solar Business From European Market

Sharp's former headquarters in Osaka, JapanJapanese electronics manufacturer Sharp said it is withdrawing its SESE subsidiary from the European solar market…

Green Hydrogen

Plug Power Launches Spot Pricing Program for Liquid Green Hydrogen

U.S. hydrogen solutions company Plug Power has introduced what it claims is the industry’s ‘first-ever’ spot pricing program for liquid green …