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Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal ‘Battery’ Repurposes Abandoned Oil and Gas Well in Illinois, Researchers Report

A conceptual schematic of the type of advanced geothermal energy storage system demonstrated in this study. Credit: Tugce Baser and Renewable EnergyResearchers …

Nuclear Fuel

Advanced Reactors / Oklo Submits Plans For Licensing Of Nuclear Fuel Recycling Plant

Oklo is evaluating 15 different sites for its Aurora nuclear power plant. Courtesy Oklo.US-based advanced nuclear technology company Oklo has submitted a licens…

Nuclear Power Plant

CEZ Recruits for Its New Build Plans

New build in the Czech Republic will lead the utility ČEZ to almost double its nuclear workforce. The company said its nuclear teams will grow by 2600 over the…

Geothermal Power Plant

Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France to Be Supplied With Geothermal Heating by 2025

Mignot Hospital, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, Yvelines, France (source: Département des Yvelines / flilckr, Creative Commons)A geothermal heating project in …

Nuclear Reactor

GE Hitachi Signs Contract for the First North American Small Modular Reactor

GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor.GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), SNC-Lavalin and Aecon have signed a contract for the …

Nuclear Reactor

Kazakhstan Continues Discussions With EDF

Kazakhstan is continuing discussions with French company EDF including proposals for an EPR-1200 reactor, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy has confirmed. EDF is on…

Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy Begins Operations of Idaho’s Largest Solar Plant

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a non-regulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has announced it has placed into commercial operation the 120 MW Jackpot Sol…

Solar Power Panel

Germany Launches Tender for 1.95 GW of Solar PV Capacity

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has launched a new tender, which seeks to add 1.95 GW of solar PV capacity across Germany. The deadline fo…

Energy Technology

NREL Publishes New Analysis Quantifying EGS Potential

EGS diagram (source: DOE, Geothermal Technologies Program)The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published a new analysis that quantifies the poten…

Geothermal Power Plant

Eramet Signs Mou for Geothermal Lithium Extraction in Alsace, France

Well at Rittershoffen geothermal site in Alsace, France (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)The French mining company Eramet has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understan…

Denmark

Locations Identified for Geothermal Heating Plants in Aarhus, Denmark

City view over Aarhus, Denmark (source: flickr/ User:Colin, creative commons)Danish geothermal heating company Innargi has announced the location of the first t…

Indonesia

Indonesia Will Issue Emission Quotas for 33.6 GW of Coal-Fired Plants in 2023

Indonesia will issue emission quotas for several coal-fired power plants before the end of January 2023, as a first step towards creating a mechanism for domest…

Hydropower Plant

Estonia Will Build Its First Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant (550 MW)

The Estonian developer Energiasalv has received the necessary permits to build a 550 MW pumped-storage hydropower plant, which will be located in Paldiski, nort…

Nuclear Reactor

Ukraine Plans to Build Two Us-Made Reactors for the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Plant

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted an order to launch organizational measures and begin work on project documentation for the construction of two …

Hydrogen Production

Axpo, Rhiienergie Break Ground on Swiss Hydrogen Production Facility at Hydropower Plant

Renewable energy producer Axpo and electric utility firm Rhiienergie have today (January 24) announced they have broken ground on a green hydrogen production fa…