Power

Nuclear Reactor

Should the Pentagon Invest in Microreactors?

(imaginima/Getty Images; NASA)It’s not clear whether the Department of Defense should continue to develop new types of microreactors — primarily because …

Carbon Emissions

‘Space Could Stop 8.8BN Tonnes of Carbon Being Emitted’

That’s the entire carbon emissions of the United States – all with the power of satellitesCould one of the world’s oldest satellite operators …

Nuclear Technology

K Nuclear Plant Robots to Clean up the Big Space Mess!

The UK Atomic Energy Authority is working on a robotics solution, previously used in nuclear reactors, that could reduce space litterImage: ShutterstockRobots u…

Energy Storage Battery

Accurate Measurement is Key to New Power Generation

Battery power has never been in greater demand, and a wide range of new applications that require such power are emerging daily. That increased demand is accomp…

Uranium Project

Urenco Will Supply Ukraine With Enriched Uranium Beginning in 2026

Urenco will supply Ukraine with enriched uranium beginning in 2026. Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Urenco Director Borys Shukhta have agreed on long-term …

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant Faces New 2-Year Delay

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, in 2018 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)The complet…

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Energy. Fusion Energy May Not Be Too Far Away

Alongside energy-intensive hot fusion, work is also apace on low-energy nuclear reactions, or LENRSPARC, the ‘world’s first net energy fusion machin…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Nuclear Energy Giant Expects 2022 Exports To Rise By 15%

Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom expects its exports to have increased by 15% this year, chief executive Alexey Likhachev was quoted as sayin…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Foreign Ministry : Kiev’s Actions Against Zaporozhye Plant May Lead To Disaster

MOSCOW, SANA-Kiev’s actions are endangering the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and may lead to a disaster, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin…

Nuclear waste

Prototype Wagon for Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste Ordered

The US Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Administration awarded ENSCO a contract to manufacture and test a prototype Fortis eight-axle heavy-duty wagon for tr…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Must Clearly Explain Its Energy Policy Switch

Distrust of nuclear power remains strong after Fukushima disasterLast week, Japan unveiled its basic policy for pursuing a carbon-neutral society. In it, Tokyo …

LNG

Japan Inks LNG Deals With US, Oman in Bid to Secure Fuel Supply

A worker walks under pipelines at Jera Co.'s liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power plant inside the company's Anegasaki Thurmal Power Station in Ichih…

Offshore Wind Power

Ireland Awards First Maritime Consents for Offshore Wind

Ireland has issued the first six maritime area consents (MAC) for offshore wind projects which entitles the schemes to participate in the country's first of…

Hydropower Plant

CIP Heads Aud-5BN Renewables Hub in Queensland

Hydro storage reservoirs at the Bowen Renewable Energy Hub. Image by: Bowen River Utilities.December 26 (Renewables Now) - Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infras…

Solar Power Plant

Poland’s Columbus Selling 102.5 MW of Solar Farms to Engie Unit

December 26 (Renewables Now) - Polish photovoltaics (PV) installer Columbus Energy SA said it has agreed to sell 100% of its holding in photovoltaic (PV) projec…