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Rosatom

Russia Announced to Start the Construction of A Molten Salt Research Reactor

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 28 November announced the start of the construction of a molten salt research reactor (JSR) at the Zheleznogorsk Mi…

Energy Created from Burning Plants And Trees is Soaring in the UK

The number of power stations that are fuelled by burning plants and trees has more than trebled in four years to produce enough electricity for 7.4 million hous…

Petition Launched to Reinstate UK Tidal Subsidies Ahead of Election

Ahead of the upcoming General Election UK Tidal Energy has launched a petition to reinstate tidal energy subsidies from government and is targeting 100,000 sign…

Solar Company

Amazon to Build Three Solar Farms in Spain and the U.S.

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) said Tuesday that it has started three renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain as it works toward achieving its goal of only usin…

Drilling has Started for a Geothermal Project in Belgium

Drilling on the first well for a geothermal project to produce heat for a pharmaceutical plant by Janssen Pharmaceutica ( Johnson & Johnson) has started.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

New Ethanol Conversion Approach Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40%-96%

One way of increasing sustainability is to reduce carbon fuel emissions within transportation. In 2017 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from this sector surpassed…

Details on Geothermal Emerge on Energy Transition Master Plan for Bavaria

Details emerge on the Geothermal Master Plan for the State of Bavaria in Germany, as previously reported. With support for district heating projects to tap into…

New Generator That Uses Substance to Convert Waste Heat into Clean Electricity

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a generator prototype that uses liquid metal to convert waste heat from sources such as electric cars o…

New Technology

Making Higher-energy Light to Fight Cancer

Researchers have achieved photon up-conversion, the emission of light with energy higher than the one that excites the material, using carefully designed struct…

Electrification

Pennsylvania Senate Advances Transportation Electrification Bill

An electrification bill moving through the Pennsylvania General Assembly, if passed, would support the development of electric vehicle infrastructure in the sta…

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Simplifies Requirements for Small Solar Projects

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) took a giant leap forward in rewriting their Electric Service Requirements, and the solar industry took a smal…

NextEra Starts Construction on Largest Solar Project in Arkansas

A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest universal, utility-scale solar energy pr…

New Technology

Thermo-Chemical Power Generation Integrated with Forced Convection Cooling

Scientists combine forced convection cooling with thermo-electrochemical energy conversion to create a self-sustaining liquid cooling system.

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran Still Selling Oil Despite US Sanctions on Tehran’s Exports

Iran is still selling its oil despite US sanctions on Tehran’s exports, the country’s Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted on Monday as saying by state T…

As Climate Warnings Grow Dire, Energy Companies Face A 'New Frontier Of Threats'

But in the coming months, the Interior Department will sell leases to companies that intend to drill for oil and gas in the refuge's coastal plain.