Power

Hydropower Plant

SMEC to Conduct Feasibility Study for Kuat I Hydropower Project

TMEC has secured a contract to conduct a feasibility study for the Kuat I hydropower project in Papua New Guinea’s Morobe Province. The project plans to g…

SMR

South Yorkshire Chosen for Holtec’s Proposed UK SMR Factory

USA-based Holtec International has selected South Yorkshire in England as the preferred site for its proposed UK small modular reactor factory. It has also sign…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Rajasthan Unit Reaches First Criticality

Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant unit 7 - India's third indigenously designed 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactor - achieved first criticality on 19 Septemb…

Nuclear Equipment

Darlington 1 Refurbishment on Target for Early Completion

Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) project to refurbish the four Candu units at Darlington is now 86% complete, with unit 1 preparing to restart ahead of sche…

Nuclear waste

China-Japan Accord on Monitoring of Fukushima Water Releases

China looks set to start lifting its ban on the import of Japanese fishery products after reaching an agreement with Japan for the independent monitoring of the…

Offshore Wind Power

EDF Renewables North America Signs Agreement With Omaha Public Power District for Milligan 1 Wind Project

EDF Renewables North America today announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) for the Milligan 1 Wind project (M…

SMR

Rolls-Royce Named as Preferred Supplier for SMRs in Czechia

The next step in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Czechia has been marked with the naming of Rolls-Royce SMR as the preferred supplier.The na…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Inaugurates €2.4bn Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm in France

Saint-Brieuc facility is equipped with 62 wind turbines. Credit: Iberdrola, S.A.Spanish utility company Iberdrola has inaugurated the 496MW Saint-Brieuc offshor…

Electricity Transmission

NEA to Publish Cost Study of Sweden’s Energy and Electricity System

Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry Ebba Busch, and Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) director-general William D Magwood, IV.…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Microsoft Deal Propels Three Mile Island Restart, With Key Permits Still Needed

The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, where the U.S. suffered its most serious nuclear accident in 1979, is seen across the Susquehanna River in Middletown…

Nuclear Technology

Industry Award for 4D Modelling Platform at Sellafield

The Proicere digital rehearsal model, nominated for a Bentley Systems Year In Infrastructure and Going Digital awardA4D model developed for the Sellafield Retre…

Nuclear Reactor

Molten Salt Reactor Gets NRC Go-Ahead

Representatives from Natura Resources, the Zachry Group, Abilene Christian University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and the Georgia …

Nuclear Decommissioning

Lucideon Wins Two Nuclear Research Projects

Lucideon and partners have secured positions on the new Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Research Framework.In one project led by Eden Nuclear and Enviro…

SMR

Czech Republic Selects Rolls-Royce SMR for Small Reactors Project

A concept image of how a Rolls-Royce SMR might look (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR)The Ministry of Trade said that the applicants were approached "on the basis of thei…

Wind Turbine

U.S. Department of Energy Awards $3.6 Million in Final Phase of Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the six final winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. Each team was awarded $500,000 in cash …