Power

Nuclear Technology

INB Signs Contracts Relating to Fuel Supplies at NT2E

Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) signed four contracts and two agreements covering various aspects of nuclear fuel supplies with Westinghouse, The In…

Nuclear Reactor

Preparatory Construction Begins for Pallas Research Reactor

Work has begun to build the foundations for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, which will replace the existing High Flux Reactor (HFR). How…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Regulatory Preparedness for Fukushima Water Release

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force reviewing the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi n…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Major Module Put in Place at Sanmen 4

The largest and heaviest module has been installed at unit 4 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (…

Carbon Emissions

Frustrated by Outdated Grids, Consumers Are Lobbying for Control of Their Electricity

Climate change is spurring interest in remaking local infrastructure to accommodate renewable energy, minimize power failures and expand consumer choice.

SMR

Doosan Starts Forging Components for Nuscale SMR

South Korea's Doosan Enerbility has begun the forging production process for the first module that will be deployed as part of a NuScale VOYGR-6 small modul…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Germany to Ease Solar Rules as New Installations Surge

Germany's energy minister announced plans Friday to ease bureaucratic hurdles for solar power as the country set a new record for photovoltaic installations…

Energy Storage Project

New Hybrid Photocatalysts for Water Splitting With an Internal Quantum Efficiency Above 100%

As hydrogen inside fuel cells can generate electrical power, scalable methods to reliably split water into hydrogen and oxygen could have valuable implications …

Solar Panel

US Utilities Can Leverage Vpps to Save Billions, Google-Commissioned Report Finds

As distributed energy resources (DER) such as residential solar rooftop increase in the next decade, their aggregation into virtual power plants (VPPs) could sa…

LNG

Brittany Ferries Unveils Name of Its New LNG-Battery Hybrid Ferry

Brittany Ferries has revealed the name of its forthcoming ship, which will be able to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), on battery power, or on a combination …

Offshore Wind Power

TenneT Awards Eur 5.5 Billion Offshore Wind Cable Contracts

TenneT has awarded NKT, Nexans, and a consortium of Jan De Nul, LS Cable, and Denys with contracts to install 525 kV HVDC cable systems for ten offshore wind pr…

Offshore Wind Power

US Offshore Wind Pipeline Blows Past 51 GW, Report Says

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report on the US offshore wind market, outlining a rapidly growing pipeline of projects across 32 leas…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany, Denmark Probe Market for Bornholm Energy Island Cable Connection(s)

Energinet and 50Hertz have issued a periodic indicative notice to carry out a market investigation on the planned procurement of cable systems regarding the Bor…

Wind Turbine

NOV and Gustomsc Tapped for Second Havfram Mega Jack-up

NOV has once again signed contracts with CIMC Raffles to supply a GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for H…

Offshore Wind Power

Construction Begins on World’s Largest Monopile Factory

The construction of the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant has begun with the first pile being driven into its position in Rotterdam,…