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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Long-Term Safety at Forsmark

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a Safety Aspects of Long-Term Operation (SALTO) mission to units 1 and 2 of the Forsm…

Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel Delivered to Kursk II's Second Unit

The 340-tonne reactor vessel could now be installed before the end of the year at the new unit being built by Rosatom at the Kursk nuclear power plant.(Image: R…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sri Lankan Government Has Plans for Nuclear, Minister Says

Sri Lanka's government intends to include nuclear energy in its long-term plans, the country's Minister of Power and Energy said as the country's ca…

Geothermal Power Plant

Sihuangziping Geothermal Project in Taiwan Breaks Ground on 4-Mw Expansion

Coast in Jinshan District, New Taipei, Taiwan (source: WeiHsiang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The Sihuangziping geothermal power project is also re…

Solar Power Plant

Application to Extend Peterborough Solar Farm Accepted

The site location. Image: OSP.An application to extend the 3.9MWp Abbots Wood Solar Farm to gain an approximate output of 11MWp, has been approved.The applicati…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Romania's Electrica Confirms Plans for 500 MW Gas-Fired Power Plant

Romania’s electricity supply and distribution group Electrica (BVB: EL), with the state as the main shareholder, confirmed plans to build a state-of-the-a…

LNG

Capital Power Acquires Two Lng-Fired Power Plants in u.s. For $1.1 Bln

Canadian energy company Capital Power (CPX.TO) said on Monday it was acquiring two U.S.-based natural gas-fired generation facilities in California and Arizona …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

New York Postpones Retiring Four Power Plants to Maintain NYC Supply

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) said on Monday it will postpone the retirement of four floating natural gas-fired power plants by two years to …

Renewable Energy

Indonesia Launches $20 Bln Renewable Energy Investment Plan

A view shows solar panels of the 192 megawatt peak (MWp) floating solar power plant built on Cirata dam, that was developed by PLN Nusantara Power, a unit of In…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sri Lanka Seeks Investors for Nuclear Power Plants

Sri Lanka will call for expressions of interest (EOI) in setting up nuclear power plants, its energy minister said on Friday, as it seeks cheap electricity to s…

Solar Power Plant

The World's Largest Single-Site Solar Farm Just Came Online

The United Arab Emirates has launched the Al Dhafra solar farm – now the world’s largest single-site solar farm – ahead of COP28.The 2-gigawat…

Nuclear Technology

UK 'Should Emulate South Korea' on New Nuclear

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy report, Made in Britain: The Pathway to a Nuclear Renaissance, says multiple small modular reactor (SMR) uni…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Studsvik, Fortum Study Prospects for New Nuclear at Nyköping

Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish utility Fortum to explore the conditions for ne…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Well Taps 80 °C Water at Sidirokastro, Greece

Well testing at the Sidirokastro geothermal field in Serres, Greece (source: HSGME)Testing of a large-diameter geothermal research borehole Sd17PN in the Sidiro…

Geothermal Power Plant

BLM Nevada Geothermal Lease Sale Receives More Than $1 Million Bids

Carson City, Nevada (source: flickr/ ScottSchrantz, creative commons)The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Nevada has received a total amount of $1,025,396 in …