Plants

Offshore Wind Power

Brazilian Senate Passes Offshore Wind Bill Amended to Include Gas, Coal Provisions; President Expected to Veto Fossil Fuel Additions

The Brazilian Senate has adopted a bill regulating offshore wind licensing, development and operation. The bill also includes subsidies for coal and natural gas…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Dam

Advancing US Hydropower Manufacturing With 3D Printing

A new initiative by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses additive manufacturing to rapidly produce large metal turbine runners…

Microgrid

Suriname Starts Building Hybrid Solar Microgrids to Power 25 Villages

PowerChina is building three hybrid solar microgrids in Suriname, combining solar panels, energy storage, and diesel backup to power 25 remote villages across t…

Virtual power plants

US Grants $305 Million Loan Guarantee for California VPP With Ice Storage

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted a $305 million loan guarantee to finance Project IceBrick, a virtual power plant (VPP) that will deploy up to 193 …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Australian Report Questions Nuclear’s Cost Competitiveness

The draft of the annual GenCost report which has been opened for public comment says nuclear technology has no unique cost advantage over other energy technolog…

Hydrogen Project

UK to Adapt Legislation and Market Models to Boost Hydrogen Power Plants

The UK Government has committed today (December 9) to deliver a support mechanism for hydrogen’s use in power generation and an associated business model …

Solar project

Bison Energy to Increase Solar Generation at Victorian Water Treatment Plants

Tokyo-headquartered renewable energy company Bison Energy Australia has won an engineering, procurement and construction tender for two solar farm projects thro…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Serbia Plans for Future With Nuclear Energy

Serbia's National Assembly has voted through amendments to the energy law which has ended the 35-year prohibition on the construction of nuclear power plant…

Nuclear Reactor

EnergySolutions, Terrestrial Sign MoU on IMSR Deployment

Terrestrial Energy will work with the North American nuclear environmental remediation specialist to collaborate on the siting and deployment of Terrestrial'…

Green Hydrogen

Samsung E&A to Provide Engineering for Liquid Wind’s Global E-fuel Plants

Liquid Wind and Samsung E&A will work together on developing green hydrogen-based e-fuel facilities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.The oil and gas EPC firm…

Iran

Iran’s Photovoltaic and Wind Power Plants’ Capacity Reaches 1,317 MW

Iran’s renewable power capacity has reached 1,317 megawatts (MW), according to the latest data from the country’s Renewable energy and Energy Effici…

Solar Power Plant

Convalt Energy Commits to Community Solar Plants in Chad

US-based Convalt Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chad’s Ministry of Water and Energy for three community solar plants totaling 3 MW, …

Iran

Iran’s Photovoltaic and Wind Power Plants’ Capacity Reaches 1,317 MW

Iran’s renewable power capacity has reached 1,317 megawatts (MW), according to the latest data from the country’s Renewable energy and Energy Effici…

Geothermal Power Plant

Small-Scale Geothermal Power Plants in Japan Pave Way for Bigger Plants

With a host of benefits to the local community and economy, the Tsuchiyi Onsen-geothermal power plant in Japan serves as a model for larger-scale projects.Tsuch…