Power

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US Sees Decline in Coal-Fired Generation After 2021 Surge – Report

US coal-fired generation will be down 6% in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook from the US Energy Information Administrati…

Offshore Wind Power

New Record Set as Wind Power Generates Half of UK’s Electricity

The UK’s National Grid ESO announced that onshore and offshore wind farms generated a record high of 19,936MW of electricity on Wednesday 26 October 2022.

France

France Cuts Volume of Nuclear Power EDF Must Sell Cheaply in 2023

France will next year require state-owned utility EDF, which is soon to be fully nationalised, to sell less of its nuclear power at prices set by the regulator …

Electricity Transmission

Sun Cable Forms Asia Green Grid Network

This aims to boost partnerships to connect renewable energy in Asia.

Wind Farm

UK Wind Farms Smash Electricity Generation Record

Official data shows that wind farms provided more than half of Britain’s electricity on Wednesday.

China

China’s State Grid Corporation to Use Nokia IoT Across Power Infrastructure

The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) will deploy a Nokia solution, aiming to use automation to better monitor electrical power production and distribution…

Net Zero Emission

Rolls-Royce and Neste Promote Green Fuels for Diesel Engines

German power solutions company Rolls-Royce and climate solutions firm Neste have partnered on the implementation of sustainable fuels for diesel engines.

Electric Car

Inside the World’s First Affordable Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion

Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a…

Nuclear Fusion

Tokamak Energy ST80-HTS Hailed as Next Step to Grid Fusion

Tokamak Energy has revealed plans for its latest prototype fusion reactor, claiming grid fusion is just over a decade away.

EU

EIB Group Supports REPowerEU Plan With €30BN Financing

Package of new, targeted financing is expected to mobilise up to €115bn of new investment by 2027, contributing to ending energy dependency on Russia.

Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. Developing Domestic Uranium Strategy -Energy Secretary

The United States is working on supplying its own uranium for existing and advanced nuclear reactors that could become commercial in the future to reduce depend…

Hydropower Plant

Norway’s Power Outlook Improves After Efforts to Save Water

Norway's depleted hydropower reservoirs have received a boost in the past few weeks from rain and efforts to save water, but stocks will remain low by the end o…

France

French Power Group EDF Issues New Profit Warning

EDF said on Thursday it now expected a hit to its core earnings of around 32 billion euros because of lower nuclear production,a bigger loss than the 29 billion…

Hydrogen Project

ACWA Power and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) Set to Explore Green Hydrogen Projects in South Africa

Agreement intends to accelerate the green hydrogen economy in South Africa and paves the way to project(s) potentially valued at $10 billion.

SMR

NuScale and Prodigy Advance SMR Marine Facility Design

NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy have announced a new concept design for a transportable and marine-based small modular reactor (SMR) power generating fac…