Power

CCS

BP, Chubu Expand Japan-Indonesia CCS Project Collaboration

BP Berau Ltd. (bp) and Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. have expanded their collaboration to explore a carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain between Japan&#…

Wind Turbine

GE Vernova Falls After Turbine Blade Failure at Offshore UK Wind Farm

GE Vernova's (GEV.N), opens new tab shares fell nearly 7% on Friday following a turbine-blade failure at an offshore wind farm in the UK, the latest in a st…

Electricity Transmission

New Grid Technology to Rid the World of the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas

Innovative switchgear enables the phaseout of SF6, a greenhouse gas 24,300 times more potent than CO2, staying in the atmosphere for over 1,000 years.- Power gr…

Nuclear Equipment

Turbine Modification Stops Tremors at Temelin NPP

Czech state-owned power company, ČEZ, says a small modification of the turbine at unit 2 of the Temelin NPP has proved its worth and the power engineers now pl…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Site Preparation Begins for Smolensk-II

Vertical planning has begun at the site allocated for the construction of Russia’s Smolensk-II NPP. One of the main tasks of the preparatory work will be …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu 1 Outer Containment Dome Takes Shape

The installation in the design position of the lower part of the outer containment dome has been completed at unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant.…

Uranium Project

Brazil to Resume Uranium Exploration

Brazilian fuel cycle company Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has announced it is to resume exploration for uranium in the country after a 40-year hi…

Japan

JAPEX: Ozu Biomass Power Plant Begins Commercial Operations

The 50-megawatt (MW) Ozu Biomass Power Plant began commercial operations in August 2024. / SOURCE: JAPEXJapan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. (JAPEX) in August a…

Offshore Wind Power

Finland Unveils 17-Point Action Plan to Promote Offshore Wind

On 20 August, Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment published an action plan focused on advancing the offshore wind industry in the countr…

Offshore Substation

French TSO Awards Multi-Billion-Euro Contract for Three Offshore Grid Connections

French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has awarded a contract to a consortium comprising Hitachi …

Offshore Substation

Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Jackets Start Taking Shape

Heerema has commenced the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK, kicking off with a steel-cutting ceremony.So…

Offshore Wind Power

EDP Puts Its Third Hybrid Wind and Photovoltaic Energy Project Into Operation in Spain

EDP Renováveis exceeded 100 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity in hybrid wind and solar photovoltaic energy projects in the Spanish market, having othe…

Wind Turbine

Polat Enerji Orders 110.5 MW of Enercon Wind Turbines in Türkiye

Enercon announced today a contract for the delivery of 21 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 110.5 MW for wind power projects developed by Turkish renewa…

Geothermal Power Project

US DOE Offers Funding for Geothermal Scale Inhibition Research

Heavy silica scaling in a geothermal reinjection pipe (source: Geo40)The US Department of Energy has announced a funding opportunity for small business conducti…

Geothermal Power Plant

JETP Funding Expected to Spur More Geothermal Projects in Indonesia

Kamojang geothermal power plant, Indonesia (source: Pertamina Geothermal Energy)According to Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) m…