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Electric Vehicles

In World First, Gogoro’s EV Battery Swap Stations Becoming Virtual Power Plants

You may already be familiar with Gogoro’s battery swapping stations, known as GoStations, which have famously created the de facto standard in swappable l…

Wind Farm

Namibian-Chinese Joint Venture to Build 50 MW Wind Power Plant

Namibia’s power utility, NamPower, and CERIM Luderitz Energy, a joint venture between Energy China and locally owned Riminii Investments, on Monday signed…

Nuclear Reactor

Polish Plans for Large and Small Reactors Progress

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application to Poland's Ministry of Climate for a decision-in-principle on the construction of the count…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Finnish EPR Enters Regular Electricity Production

Test production has been completed at the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in Finland and the plant has now started regular electricity production, operator Teollisuuden V…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nuclear Leaders Issue Call for Action From G7

World Nuclear Association and nuclear trade associations from Canada, Japan, Europe, the UK and the USA have issued a declaration calling on G7 governments to s…

Clean Energy Transition

G7 Commits to Big New Targets for Solar and Offshore Wind, Moves Toward Quicker Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

In their communique, the members pledged to collectively increase offshore wind capacity by 150 GW by 2030 and solar capacity to more than 1 TW.The Group of Sev…

Natural Gas

GE Natural Gas Turbine Bound for Brazil’s Eneva

General Electric (GE) will provide Brazilian energy company Eneva with a second natural gas turbine.Eneva is expanding its Azulao II power plant in northern Ama…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

New G7 Nuclear Energy Alliance Forms as Germany Pulls the Plug on Last Reactors

A nuclear power alliance between the UK, US, Canada, Japan and France has been formed at the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in S…

Solar Power Plant

Britain’s First Shared Solar Park Planned for Devon

Location of the shared solar park in Derril Water in Devon. Courtesy: RippleCommunity renewable developer Ripple Energy has revealed that Britain’s first …

Power Construction

Global Demand for Air Preheaters Is Expected to Rise at a CAGR of 4.1% To US$ 15 Billion in 2033

As per a recent report published by Future Market Insights, the global air preheater market is anticipated to attain a value pool of US$ 10 Billion by 2023-end.…

Wind Power Project

Iberdrola Builds the First Hybrid Wind and Solar Plant in Spain

Two photovoltaic plants of 41 and 33 MW are being installed to hybridise the existing 69 MW BaCa – Ballestas and Casetona – wind power complex in Bu…

Hydropower Plant

Norsk Hydro: Strike at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Årdal

Following the breach in mediation between The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), the Confederation of the Vocational Unions (YS) and the Norwegian Lab…

Coal Mine

Coal Phase-Out Not Happening Fast Enough to Avoid Rising Global Temperatures

A stockpile of coal maintained by the base power plant at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. (Reference image by The U.S. National Archives, Picryl.)A recent stu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NPR Podcast Highlights Perspectives on Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy was the focus of a recent NPR 1A podcast episode, hosted by journalist Jenn White, who welcomed guests to discuss the role of nuclear energy in t…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Giant Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Starts Production

This chart from the EIA shows sources of uranium for U.S. nuclear power plants, 1950-2021. In 2020, according to the chart, 39.60 million pounds of uranium oxid…