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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Public Consultation Opens for Bruce C Expansion

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are seeking public comments on Bruce Power’s Initial Proje…

Pumped Storage

China Completes World’s Largest Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant

The Fengning pumped storage hydropower plant. Image courtesy of State Grid Corporation of ChinaChina has completed the Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station in …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Heysham 2 Nuclear Plant to Support Hydrogen Production for Zero-Emission Asphalt

Heysham 2 power station. (Credit: EDF Energy)Nuclear fuelled industry is coming a step closer to reality with a project that will supply hydrogen to an asphalt …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First public comment period opened for BruceC impact assessment

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are seeking public comments on Bruce Power's Initial Project Descri…

Gas Power Stations

Ukraine to purchase 16 gas engine power plants

An unrelated Rivne nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Credit: IrynaL via Shutterstock.Ukrnafta, Ukraine’s largest oil producer, has announced 16 tenders seek…

Energy Storage Project

Sineng Electric Launches World’s Largest Sodium-Ion Battery Storage Project

Sineng Electric has revealed that it has provided its string PCS MV stations for what it said is the world’s largest sodium-ion BESS, and China’s fi…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Power Plant in Tauhara, New Zealand Starts Operations

Construction of the Tauhara geothermal power plant in New Zealand, May 2023 (source: Video screenshot, Contact Energy)Reported in July 2024, Contact Energy has …

Nuclear Technology

Dominion Energy Is Open to Co-locating a Data Centre at Connecticut Nuclear Plant

Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission)Dominion Energy is open to the idea of co-locating a data centre at its Millstone …

Energy Storage Project

Construction Begins on e.on and Quinbrook’s 460MWH Welsh BESS

Construction is underway on a new battery energy storage system (BESS) project, set to be one of the UK’s largest.The project, located on the site of a fo…

Nuclear Reactor

Eskom Forges Ahead With Plans to Build a 100MW Modular Nuclear Reactor

Eskom’s Koeberg Nuclear Power Station this week marked 40 years of safe nuclear operation of its Unit 1 reactor. Picture: Phando Jikelo/Independent Newspa…

Carbon Emissions

South Africa Passes Its First Sweeping Climate Change Law

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station Is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Ph…

Electricity Transmission

Delayed Closure of Eraring Forecast to Cut NSW Power Prices by 40%

New power price forecasts suggest pushing back the closure date of Eraring power station from 2025 to 2027 will cut NSW power prices by 44%, dropping from a pre…

Hydropower Plant

Second Unit Nears Completion at Karapiro Hydro Station

Head gate lift for the first unit at Karāpiro Hydro Power Station, April 2023. Image courtesy of MercuryMercury is nearing the completion of the second power g…

Gas Power Stations

Kazakhstan to Build Four Gas Processing Plants

Photo credit: primeminister.kzAccording to the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almassadam Satkaliyev, four gas processing plants are scheduled…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

South African Nuclear Power Plant Wins Approval for 20-Year Life Extension

An aerial view of South Africa's Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, in Cape Town, South Africa, December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File photo Purchase Lice…