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Wind Turbine

Danish Company to Build World’s Tallest Onshore Wind Turbine

Vestas, a Danish wind energy firm, announced in September that it would be establishing an onshore wind turbine tower with a hub height measuring 199 meters.

Nuclear Fusion

DoE Scientists Reveal New Process At Tokamak Fusion Reactor

Department of Energy scientists confirmed a new process that can help protect the interiors of tokamak fusion reactors.

Energy Storage Technology

Sustainable Energy Storage Derived From Seaweed

Finding suitable energy storage solutions saves surplus energy from becoming waste and has a positive environmental impact by generating a cleaner, greener ener…

Crude Oil

U.S. Sells Oil from Emergency Reserve to Marathon, Equinor, Others

The United States has sold a 10.15 million barrel batch of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to eight companies, the Department of Energy said on Friday.…

Wind Power to Grow Nearly 2% Between 2022 and 2031: Report

This is equivalent to 25.6 gigawatts of new installed capacity.

Smart Meter

India – 5 Million Smart Meter Milestone

The five million smart meter milestone was passed in India on the last day of September, according to National Smart Grid Mission statistics.

Nuclear Fusion

Site of UK’s First Fusion Energy Plant Selected

As part of the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme, the UK government has selected the West Burton power station site in Nottinghamshire to…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ørsted Ordered to Restart Oil- and Coal-Fired Power Plants amid Supply Crunch

Danish authorities have ordered Ørsted to continue and resume operations of three of its oil- and coal-fired power station units in order to ensure security of…

Carbon Emissions

New Technology Converts Waste Biomass into Solid, Clean-Burning Fuel

To prepare fields for planting, farmers the world over often burn corn stalks, rice husks, hay, straw, and other waste left behind from the previous harvest.

Wind Turbine

Developing the Next Generation of Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Motivated by the need to eliminate expensive rare-earth magnets in utility-scale direct-drive wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories researchers developed …

Siemens Enables Complete Digital Model for Largest US TSO’s Physical Grid

The energy giant will replace American Electric Power’s (AEP’s) protection simulation operation software with PSSCAPE with the aim of establishing software in…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

NTPC Indian Power Plant Advances with Carbon Capture

Carbon capture is underway at energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC’s) 500MW coal-fired power plant (Unit-13) at Vindhyachal Super Th…

CCS

Carbon Capture Begins at India’s Largest Coal Power Plant

India’s largest coal-fired power plant, NTPC’s 4.8-GW Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, has begun capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from plant flue gas as…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Unveils Ambition to Extend Life of UK Nuclear Power Stations

The energy giant aims to extend the generation at Hartlepool and Heysham 1 power stations beyond the planned end date of March 2024

Natural Gas

Fourth Gas Leak at Nord Stream Found

Authority supervising the Swedish coastline has confirmed its findings while the US reaffirmed its support to its European allies