Power

Hydropower Plant

WPTO Allocates $4.3 Million in Technical Assistance to Empower Hydropower Community

The Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of 10 technical assistance projects, worth $4.3 mill…

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Assesses Canada's Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV team has concluded a five-day follow-up mission to review the emergency prepar…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia's Kola-Ii NPP to Start Operation by 2035

The world's first nuclear power plant with a spectrally regulated reactor will be built in Russia’s Murmansk region and will begin operation in 2035. Kola-…

Wind Farm

Wind Power Generation Reaches 19,000 Megawatts and Breaks Records in Brazil

The value represents 27.8% of national demand; country must qualify to work in the production of offshore wind energy.Wind energy production in Brazil reached m…

Net Zero

Climate Change Challenges Hydropower-Dependent Austria

High in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the cou…

Nuclear Technology

Core Catcher Installed in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project Unit 5

The 1,000-MW unit is an essential part of the prevention system ensuring the safety of the beyond-design-basis accidents, read a statement.The fifth 1,000-MW un…

Energy Storage System

Standalone Battery Energy Storage Coming to Eastern Kern

This is an aerial photo of the 100-megawatt Rabbitbrush Solar project in eastern Kern. Right next to it, owner Leeward Renewable Energy wants to build a battery…

Coal Production

Coal Supply for Thermal Power Plants to Increase by 10-15 per Cent

Mining of coal at Ha Tu Coal Joint Stock Company under Vinacomin. This year, Vinacomin expects to supply 39.7 million tonnes of coal for the electricity industr…

Microgrid

Study: Microgrids Could Reduce California Power Shutoffs—to a Point

Scott Hensen, vice president of floor planning for KB Home, points to a battery display panel on a SunPower SunValut storage system inside the garage of a model…

Nuclear Fuel

European Consortium Focuses on VVER Fuel

A Westinghouse-led consortium has been selected by the European Union to develop and deliver a "fully European" nuclear fuel supply for Russian-designed VVER pr…

Ukraine

Bulgaria and Ukraine MoU Covers Nuclear Energy Cooperation

The energy ministers of Ukraine and Bulgaria have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to "deepen cooperation" in the energy sector, including "participat…

Uranium Project

Urenco to Expand US Enrichment Plant

Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has announced plans to increase capacity at its plant in Eunice, New Mexico - the only operating commercial uranium …

SMR

Kärnfull Next Receives Investment From Climate Tech Fund

Danish climate tech fund Climentum Capital and Swedish social developer Granitor Growth Management are investing EUR2 million (USD2.2 million) into Swedish smal…

SMR

Additional SMRs in the Pipeline for Darlington

The Ontario government announced it is working with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to begin planning and licensing for three additional GE Hitachi Nuclear Energ…

Solar Technology

Two Methods for Increasing Efficiency of Solar Cells by Making Silicon and Perovskite Work Together Better

Two teams of solar-power engineers, one led by a large group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, the other led by a group at &Eac…