Power

Electricity Transmission

Transgrid Begins Constructing Workers’ Camps in Lockhart for Australia’s Energyconnect Project

Transgrid plans to establish six workforce camps along the EnergyConnect alignment, with a total of 1,387 beds.Transgrid has begun construction of a 20-hectare …

Carbon Emissions

Power Plant Carbon Rules Were Years in the Making and Come With Cash for a CCS Industry

The process to craft those rules has been underway for more than a decade and involves multiple challenges to the agency’s assumed authority to regulate g…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Maintenance Impacted at Zaporizhzhia, Says IAEA

The current situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is having a significant impact on the plant's maintenance capability, the International Atomic…

Uranium Project

Kazatomprom Plans New Acid Plant

Kazatomprom plans to increase its production of sulfuric acid - the main reagent used in its in-situ leach (ISL) uranium operations - with the construction of a…

Nuclear Technology

Mass Deployment of Holtec SMRs in Ukraine Is Part of Accord’s Aims

Up to 20 Holtec SMR-160 plants will be built in Ukraine under a cooperation agreement signed between Holtec International and Ukrainian national nuclear operato…

Solar Power Plant

Taiwan’s Largest Solar Plant Goes Online

Vena Energy says it has commissioned the largest PV project in Taiwan. It says its 272 MW E2 Solar Project will account for 4% of the island’s annual sola…

Oil Exploration

Deepocean’s Autonomous Inspection Drone Set to Hit the Water

DeepOcean has mobilized its first Autonomous Inspection Drone (AID), said to be able to unlock substantial cost savings for offshore wind and oil & gas operator…

Electric Vehicles

This Powerful New Electric ATV Is Coming to the US and EU This Summer

The nascent electric ATV market doesn’t offer that many options just yet, so it isn’t exactly difficult to become one of the self-described fastest …

Electric Vehicles

Colorado Is Getting Its First Electric Fire Truck

The City of Boulder announced today that it’s purchased a Rosenbauer RTX, the State of Colorado’s first electric fire truck.Austrian-based Rosenbaue…

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen and Powerco SE Will Build Largest Cell Factory to Date in Canada; 90 Gwh in Final Phase

The Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE aims to build its largest gigafactory to date in St. Thomas, Ontario/Canada with an annual production ca…

Liquid Hydrogen

Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Aircraft Refueling Infrastructure Next on Zeroavia’s List

The H2 powertrain company is collaborating with Absolut Hydrogen to jump this next hurdle.ZeroAvia has partnered with Absolut Hydrogen to work on an issue creat…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems Reveals Uk’s First Hydrogen-Electric Hgv With 370-Mile Range

The UK-based Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) has developed a unique powertrain and cab design for a new 40-tonne hydrogen-electric heavy goods vehicle (HGV), whi…

Solar Technology

How Solar-Powered Airships Could Make Air Travel Climate-Friendly

Flying is the most damaging mode of transportation for our climate. At least, up until now. But work is already underway to investigate technical alternatives t…

Graphene

Researchers Design Battery Prototype With Fiber-Shaped Cathode

In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers made a cathode in the shape of a thread-like fiber. The researchers were then able to use the fiber …

Solid-State Batteries

New Zinc Metal Batteries Can Be Cheap, Efficient, Durable, Safe and Environmentally Friendly

The world needs cheap and powerful batteries that can store sustainably produced electricity from wind or sunlight so that we can use it whenever we need it, ev…