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China-Built Tesla Cars Secure New Energy Vehicle Subsidies

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday its Chinese-built Model 3 cars would receive state subsidies, a move that will help the U.S. electric vehicle maker’s push in…

Osnabrück Police to Trial Hydrogen Car

Germany’s Osnabrück Police Department will trial a hydrogen patrol car in a bid to make its fleet more environmentally friendly and sustainable.

Authorities look to control household rooftop solar power systems to stabilise the grid

The body that runs WA's main electricity market wants the ability to remotely dump excess solar power from households — cutting the bill rebates people receive…

Nuclear Technology

Iran to Unveil 50 New N. Achievements Early Next Year

Assistant head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Asqar Zare'an announced on Saturday that the country will unveil 50 new nuclear products in …

No Oil Discovery After Staatsolie’s Six-Well Campaign Off Suriname

Staatsolie said earlier this week that it had drilled six exploration wells as part of its nearshore drilling campaign. While no commercial oil discovery was ma…

New Initiative Positions Texas as Geothermal Energy Leader

With a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Cockrell School of Engineering is launching a unique initiative that aims to make The University…

Reversal of U.S. Bifacial Solar Tariff Exemption Will Bite, But Growth Expected to Continue

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in early October abruptly and unexpectedly reversed its decision to exempt bifacial solar modules from global import tariff…

Smart Grid

UK DNO Northern Powergrid starts trial of AMTs

UK distribution network operator (DNO) Northern Powergrid has started the trial of super low loss ground-mounted amorphous transformers (AMTs).

Wind Farm

Geronimo Energy Begins Operations at South Dakota Windfarm

National Grid subsidiary Geronimo Energy has announced the start of commercial operations at the 200MW Crocker windfarm in Clark County, South Dakota.

Partnership Formed to Develop Geothermal Project in Alaska

A newly formed company is hoping to finally succeed in putting up a geothermal plant in Unalaska after decades of false starts.

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Suspends Revamp Work at Iran's Fordow Nuclear Plant

Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has suspended work on revamping a factory at Iran’s Fordow nuclear complex due to an issue with uranium compatibility, Ro…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Awards Contract to Build BREST Reactor

Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) has awarded a RUB26.3 billion (USD412 million) contract to Titan-2 for the construction and installation works for the BREST-OD-…

28 Years Ago, Big Oil Predicted Carbon Tax was Necessary to Stop Global Warming

As far back as 1991, the Canadian arm of Exxon Mobil Corp.’s empire anticipated that a high tax on carbon emissions would be necessary to maintain a stable cli…

Welsh Port And Marine Energy Company Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The company is developing a 1.5 MW mWave™ wave energy converter demonstration device which will harness the potential of marine energy.

Electricity Transmission

Nexans to Begin Laying Cable to Syros Under Aegean Sea

Top officials from the Independent Power Transmission Operator SA (IPTO or ADMIE) of Greece and contractor Nexans SA, based in France, announced yesterday in La…