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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japan's Takahama 2 Reactor Restarts After 12 Years

Japan's main power utility Kansai Electric Power has resumed power generation at its 826MW Takahama No.2 nuclear reactor, after an extended closure for stri…

Solar Panel

Sweden's Alight Expands Into Finnish Market With 100MW Solar Park

Swedish solar developer Alight will be entering the Finnish market by developing a 100MW solar park in Eurajoki.The ground-mounted solar park will be located on…

Energy Saving

Energy Department Offers $400 Million for More Efficient Us Buildings

The Biden administration says it will deploy $400 million to make buildings nationwide more efficient and more resilient in the face of a changing climate.A maj…

Coal Trade

Kazakhstan Plans to Limit Coal Exports

The Ministry of Industry and Construction of Kazakhstan plans to limit coal exports, Minister Kanat Sharlapaev said during a briefing in the government on Tuesd…

Nuclear Technology

Canada Signs $3B Nuclear Deal With Romania, as Europe Aims to Wean off Russian Energy

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesd…

Battery Recycling

Redwood Materials Expands Presence in Europe, Acquiring Its Leading Li-Ion Battery Recycler

Less than two years after sharing expansion plans for Europe, US-based battery recycling specialist Redwood Materials is adding Germany to its map of locations.…

Wave Energy

Corpower Ocean Collaborates With Altasea for US Expansion

Swedish wave energy firm CorPower Ocean has entered into a significant partnership with AltaSea, the leading blue economy research and development center in the…

Hydropower Plant

ASU and Srp Collaborate on Hydropower Research Projects for Asset Preservation and Modernization

Arizona State University (ASU) has joined forces with the Salt River Project (SRP) to embark on two research projects focused on preserving and maintaining valu…

SMR

US University Builds Facility for First-Of-A-Kind Research Reactor

The Gayle and Max Dillard Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) at Abilene Christian University (ACU) in Texas will host the Nuclear Energy eXperimenta…

Carbon Emissions

France Used 10% Less Electricity Last Winter—Three Valuable Lessons in Fighting Climate Change

Measures which help people use less energy at home, while traveling or at work could significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions according to the UN's Interg…

Offshore Wind Power

Biden-Harris Administration Releases Roadmap to Accelerate Offshore Wind Transmission and Improve Grid Resilience and Reliability

Interior and Energy Departments Release Comprehensive Transmission Action Plan to Unlock America’s Vast Potential of Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy.As part…

Geothermal Power Project

Mercury Announces Plans for 50 MW NGA Tamariki Geothermal Plant Expansion

Ngatamariki geothermal power plant by Mercury, Taupo/ NZ (source: ThinkGeoEnergy)In an investor presentation today, New Zealand power company Mercury announced …

Microgrid

New York Air National Guard Base Getting Ldes Prototype Microgrid

The U.S. military continues to march closer to its goal of improving base resilience with the announcement of a new prototype microgrid to be installed at Stewa…

Electricity Transmission

36 HVDC Transmission Projects Are Ready to Break Ground, Report Says

A new report by Grid Strategies for Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) identifies 36 high-capacity transmission projects that could be ready to break grou…

Pumped Storage

Revisiting the Debate: Who Will Build New U.S. Pumped Storage?

Eagle Mountain pumped storage hydro project lower reservoir location (photo courtesy ORNL)About this time last year, I published an article on Hydro Review wher…