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Hydropower Plant

Zungeru Hydropower Plant Nearing Completion as Testing Begins

The Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant in Nigeria has entered a crucial phase as testing commences, according to Federal Government announcements on Sunday, news…

Coal Trade

US Renewables' Installed Generating Capacity Beats Coal

Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy R…

Renewable Energy

Controversial Clean Energy Law Takes Effect in Washington

The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility about 16 miles east of Ellensburg in central Washington is part of Puget Sound Energy’s clean energy portfolio. (Co…

Geothermal Drilling

City Council Approves Geothermal Drilling in Stormont Estate, Northern Ireland

Stormont Estate, Northern Ireland (source: Flood Risk Management NI / flickr, Creative Commons)The Belfast City Council has approved plans to explore shallow ge…

Natural Gas

Canacol Makes New Gas Discovery in Colombia's Magdalena Basin

Canacol Energy Ltd. has declared the Pomelo 1 well a natural gas discovery, in the latest of successful drilling campaigns in Colombia’s Magdalena Basin.D…

Pumped Storage

Sulzer Inaugurates New High-Performance Pump Facility at Its Location in Mexico

Sulzer recently celebrated the official launch of a brand new test and assembly center built alongside its existing pump manufacturing facility in Mexico City. …

Floating Solar

Bureau Veritas certifies world’s first Floating Offshore Solar Prototype 'Merganser'

Bureau Veritas (BV), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has awarded the Dutch-Norwegian renewable energy company SolarDuck the wor…

Nuclear Reactor

KAERI Completes Irradiation Tests for High-Density Research Reactor Fuel

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's successful irradiation tests and positive inspection of high-density uranium silicide fuel signal potential for…

Hydrogen Project

China’s First Homegrown Hydrogen-Powered Urban Train Completes Test

A hydrogen-powered urban train runs on a test track in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, March 21, 2024. (CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Lt…

Oil & Gas Supply

Shell to Close 1,000 Gas Stations to Focus on EV Charging Deployment

Gas and oil giant Shell is looking to close as many as 1,000 retail gas stations in the coming years, as it pivots toward deployment of electric vehicle (EV) ch…

Energy Storage Project

Indigrid to Develop 180 MW Battery Energy Storage System in Gujarat

Harsh Shah, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGridIndiGrid has announced that it received the Letter of Intent (LOI) from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL) to Design,…

Pumped Storage

Hungary to Launch Test Drilling for First Pumped Storage Plant

Hungary is set to commence test drillings for the construction of the nation's inaugural domestic pumped energy storage facility.With the first phase poised…

Nuclear waste

NWMO Reports Reinforce Confidence in Potential Repository Sites

The organisation responsible for the safe, long-term management of Canada's intermediate and high-level radioactive waste said the latest annual reports rei…

Biofuel

EIA: Biomass Power Production Expected to Increase Slightly in 2024

SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRenewables are currently expected to account for 24% of U.S. electricity generation in 2024, increasing to 25% in …

Geothermal Power Project

Testing Completed on Geothermal Wells in Bjelovar, Croatia

Drilling rig at the Veliko Koronevo site in Bjelovar, Croatia (source: City of Bjelovar official website)Results have been positive so far on the testing of the…