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Dam

Advancing US Hydropower Manufacturing With 3D Printing

A new initiative by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses additive manufacturing to rapidly produce large metal turbine runners…

Wind Power Project

Windar Completes First Turbine Tower for 2.6 GW US Offshore Wind Project

Spain’s Windar Renovables has completed the fabrication of the first of 90 offshore towers included in an order from Siemens Gamesa for Dominion Energy&rs…

Solar Module

Unimacts to Expand Houston Facility for Steel Solar Frame Production

Origami Solar sees an opportunity to supply module manufacturers in the US market who are switching from imported aluminum frames to domestically made steel fra…

Electric Vehicles

EPA awarding $735M to assist in purchase of 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 70 applicants across 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory have been tentatively select…

Solar Panel

US Doubles Solar Polysilicon and Wafer Tariffs on China

The US government has doubled Section 301 tariffs on imported solar polysilicon and wafers from China to 50%. The materials are vital for manufacturing solar pa…

Geothermal Heating Project

US DOE to Support Geothermal Heating and Cooling in Five Communities

The US Department of Energy, through the Geothermal Technologies Office‘s (GTO) Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Initiative is supporting five com…

Oil Price

US Agency Expects Oil Production to Grow in 2025 Despite Opec+ Decision

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects global oil production to increase next year, with the bulk coming from countries outside the Opec+ group.…

Virtual power plants

US Grants $305 Million Loan Guarantee for California VPP With Ice Storage

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted a $305 million loan guarantee to finance Project IceBrick, a virtual power plant (VPP) that will deploy up to 193 …

Nuclear Reactor

NANO Announces Flurry of Microreactor MoUs

Recent memorandums of understanding signed by microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy will see it work with the US Department of Energy on evaluating the fea…

Nuclear Equipment

US Regulators Approve Evinci Microreactor I&C Platform

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the instrumentation and control platform for Westinghouse Electric Company's eVinci microreactor.eVinci (I…

Nuclear Reactor

South Africa ‘Committed to New Nuclear and PBMR’

The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new…

Dam

GHD Expands Dams and Hydropower Operations Into US West

GHD has announced its expansion into the US West dams and hydropower market by forming a new team, led by Sridhar Sadasivan, Regional General Manager for the US…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US and UK Partner With Tokamak Energy on ST40 Upgrade

The energy departments of the US and UK governments are to partner with Tokamak Energy for a USD52 million upgrade of the ST40 fusion facility, which will coat …

Battery

EU to Invest 1 Billion Euros to Boost Domestic Supply of Battery Components

The US Inflation Reduction Act — unless it is repeal or revoked — will provide tens of billions of dollars in production credits to companies that manufacture…

Energy Investment

Offshore Wind and Marine Energy Projects Get USD 18 Million Boost From US

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated over USD 18 million for 27 research and development (R&D) projects to advance marine energy and offshore wind te…