Power

Hydrogen Project

Nuclear Plants could be the ‘Perfect Component’ for Green Hydrogen Production

Clean energy technology company AES-100 is investigating whether hydrogen production could, under the right conditions, offer a solution for US and European nuc…

Uzbekistan

Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov emphasized that the energy sector had never received such large financing to address the crippling problems that had been accum…

Nuclear Power Plant

How Bill Gates’ Company TerraPower is Building Next-Generation Nuclear Power

When Bill Gates started learning about nuclear power innovation, “I was skeptical, but also intrigued,” he wrote on his Gates Notes blog in 2019.

Nuclear Reactor

Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactors Developed in Russia

Researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University, in cooperation with other Russian scientists, have created and tested a fusion component of a unique hybrid react…

Nuclear Fusion

Claiming a Landmark in Fusion Energy, TAE Technologies Sees Commercialization by 2030

The company has raised nearly $1 billion to harness the power of the sun

Wind Farm

Brazil Connects 353.5 MW of Wind Farms in March

Wind farm in Brazil. Author: Otávio Nogueira. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Regulator Bans Nuclear Plant Restart Over Lax Safeguards

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant that was destroyed in a 2011 disaster said Wednesday it will accept a penalty imposed by regulators over sloppy anti…

Nuclear waste

Breaking U.S. Nuclear Waste Stalemate could be Key to Biden’s Climate Goals, Stanford Scholars Say

Stanford University experts are cautiously optimistic that the Biden administration can change the U.S. trajectory on nuclear waste, and they offer their though…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Shuts Nuclear Reactors for Second Time Due to Influx of Marine Organisms

The Hanul-1 and –2 reactors, both with a capacity of 950 MW, were shut April 6 after an influx of marine organisms disrupted water pump operations, said an off…

Hydropower Plant

Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

Electrification

ETHIOPIA: Addis Ababa gets Support for Electrification Process

The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $500 million loan to Ethiopia.

Electricity Transmission

Nicaragua to Upgrade and Expand Electricity System

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration has awarded a $40.1 million towards Nicaragua’s transmission system expansion.

Nuclear Fuel

Iran boosts uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 SWUs: atomic chief

Iran has increased its uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 separative work units (SWUs), Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEO…

Hydropower Plant

Akuo Expands Hydropower Portfolio in Bulgaria

Renewable energy producer Akuo from France has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a company with five hydropower plants.

Energy Storage System

Fire Guts Batteries at Energy Storage System in Solar Power Plant

A fire at a private solar power plant gutted an energy storage system that used batteries from LG Energy Solution affiliated with South Korea's LG Group, which …