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Nuclear Power Plant

Outer Containment Dome Completed at Russia’s Kursk-Ii Unit 1

Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the …

SMR

Nuscale Completes Standard Plant Design Project

US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. Th…

Nuclear Power Plant

OL3 Resumes Operation in Test Mode

Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the …

Nuclear Technology

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots

Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in S…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…

Floating Solar Project

Floating Solar Tech for Aquaculture

Norway’s Inseanergy has developed floating solar tech for aquaculture projects. It recently commissioned its first commercial array – a 290 kW float…

Energy Storage Technology

US Grid-Scale Storage Capacity Breaks Market Record at 4.7GWH

According to a research report released by Wood Mackenzie, the US energy storage market grid-scale segment installed a record 4,733MWh in the third quarter of 2…

Carbon Emissions

SSEN Advances 12 Low Carbon Tech Projects Worth £41MN

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41…

Energy Storage Battery

Companies Already Pivoting From Europe to Us for New Lithium Battery Gigafactory Projects

Some companies which were previously considering Europe for lithium-ion gigafactory projects are now looking to the US instead, executives working in site selec…

Solar Power Plant

Utility Hawaiian Electric has said that the AES Waikoloa solar PV and battery storage project on Hawaii Island is nearing completion.

The system is due to begin commercial operations by April this year, or earlier. When it does, it will begin delivering power to the utility under a 25-year pow…

LNG

Gazprom JV Sues Linde Over Stalled LNG Project

A court in St. Petersburg has frozen the Russian assets of industrial gases and engineering giant Linde, which is being sued by a Gazprom joint venture over a s…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

End of Life for South Africa’s Komati Coal-Fired Power Station

After serving South Africa since 1961, Komati the coal-fired Power Station in Mpumalanga has today reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down …

Solar Technology

Caltech Launches Space Solar Power Prototype

The DOLCE portion of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator being loaded onto the Vigoride spacecraft. Image: Caltech/Space Solar Power ProjectThe Caltech Space Sol…

Hydrogen Project

Plan to Build UK Network of Underground Green Hydrogen Stores

Rock shaft would store hydrogen for multiple uses.Plans have been unveiled for the construction of hundreds of purpose-built underground hydrogen stores.Edinbur…

Wind Farm

Statkraft to Buy Electricity From Iberdrola’s Third Polish Windfarm

Iberdrola has started commissioning a 50MW windfarm in Poland.The Korytnica II project is 80 km from Warsaw in the province of Węgrów.It comprises 14 Ve…