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Nuclear Power Plant

Chinese Fast Reactor Completes Trial Operating Cycle

The China Experimental Fast Reactor completed a manual emergency shutdown test from full power on 31 July, China National Nuclear Corporation announced last wee…

Energy Storage System

Generac Improves Energy Storage System Capacity to 18 kWh

The latest additions to Generac Power Systems’ PWRcell energy storage line will allow for whole-home power backup.

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa’s in-House Turbine Test Facility First to Win IECRE Approval

Wind energy major Siemens Gamesa’s blade test centre in Aalborg, Denmark, home of the world’s largest test stand.

Solar Inverter

Sungrow Debuts 1500V Lithium-ion Energy Storage Solution at SNEC 2020

Sungrow, a global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, debuted its latest 1500V LFP Lithium-ion energy storage system (ESS) solutions for a full r…

Swedish Energy Agency Allocates $3.5M in Latest Marine Energy Call

The Swedish Energy Agency has recently opened a call for the development of cost-effective and sustainable marine energy systems.

Electric Vehicle Charging

ChargePoint Raises Another $127M as EV Charging Wars Heat Up

Latest round brings ChargePoint’s total funding to $660 million, as it competes with deep-pocketed rivals such as BP Chargemaster and Shell’s Greenlots.

Market Analysis

Poland to Cease Coal Dependency by 2060

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin has announced that the country will cease to rely on coal energy by 2060 at the latest.

United States

Another Permian Oil Producer Files For Bankruptcy

Permian oil producer Rosehill Resources said on Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the latest shale casualty of the collapse in oil pr…

Nuclear Fuel

New NRG Tests Could Lead to Novel Nuclear Fuels

New irradiation experiments on the behaviour of nuclear fuel have recently started in the High Flux Reactor at Petten, in the Netherlands.

Micro Reactor

Rooppur Unit 1 RPV Undergoes Hydraulic Tests

The Volgodonsk branch of Atommash AEM-Technologies JSC said on 17 July that it had completed hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel for unit 1 of

Pumped Storage

Voith Successfully Completes Model Tests for Ritom Turbines and Pump

Model tests for two individual Pelton turbines and a storage pump have been successfully completed for the Ritom pumped storage plant in Switzerland, confirming…

Energy Technology

Snam, Baker Hughes Test Hydrogen Blend Turbine for Gas Networks

Baker Hughes and Italian energy infrastructure firm Snam today announced they have successfully completed testing of a hybrid hydrogen turbine designed for a ga…

Nuclear Power Plant

Akkuyu Unit 1 Hydraulic Tests Completed

Atommash,has completed hydraulic tests on the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Mersin provincey.

Geothermal Power Plant

Philippines May Become the Hottest Geothermal Power Investment this Decade

The country is being viewed as a source of outperformance for this renewable energy source.

China Energy

The Third Unit of Wudongde Hydropower Station was Put Into Operation

On July 11, Unit 8 of the Wudongde Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River in China, after completing nearly 40 scheduled tests and 72 hours of trial operation.