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Solar Power Plant

The US Government Opens up More Federal Lands for Solar – To 31 Million Acres

Photo courtesy of Tom Brewster/BLM CaliforniaThe Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western st…

Hydropower Plant

Hydropower Generation Expected to Rise in the US Despite Climate Uncertainty

Researchers found that hydropower generation may generally increase with climate change, although some regions face drier conditions. (Photograph by Andrea Star…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome Approved to Transport Higher-Enriched Fuel

Framatome announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a licence amendment allowing transport of fresh nuclear fuel assemblies in the …

Nuclear Reactor

Dominion Energy Secures US NRC Approval to Extend North Anna Operations

The North Anna Power Station is located in Louisa County, Virginia. (Credit: Stuartmj/Wikimedia Commons. (Creative Commons))The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Ingeteam Delivers Solar PV Systems to Acciona Energía US Projects

Ingeteam has supplied more than 5GW of its technology, mostly for utility-scale photovoltaic and energy storage plants in the US. Credit: Fahroni / Shutterstock…

Energy Storage System

Eolian to Construct Two BESS Facilities in Texas for CPS Energy

These projects will increase CPS Energy’s contracted battery energy storage to 400MW. Credit: Piyaset / Shutterstock.CPS Energy, a municipally owned energ…

Solar Power Plant

US BLM Issues Right-Of-Way for Solar and Battery Storage Project in Nevada

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages more than 245 million acres of public land. Credit: Maxim Studio via Shutterstock.The US BLM has issued a right-o…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Looks to Sell Non-core Oil Assets in the US Permian Basin

A 3D printed natural gas pipeline is placed in front of displayed ExxonMobil logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/F…

Thermal Coal

Rising Asian Thermal Coal Imports Driven by Japan, s.korea: Russell

Asia's imports of seaborne thermal coal ticked up in August to the highest in eight months, but the strength was largely driven by North Asia's develope…

Geothermal Power Project

US DOE Offers Funding for Geothermal Scale Inhibition Research

Heavy silica scaling in a geothermal reinjection pipe (source: Geo40)The US Department of Energy has announced a funding opportunity for small business conducti…

Offshore Wind Power

BOEM Grants US’s First Floating Offshore Wind Research Lease to Maine

Maine is working towards its Offshore Wind Roadmap. Credit: bleakstar via Shutterstock.The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has reached an agreement …

Nuclear Fuel

Westinghouse Accident Tolerant Fuel in US Licensing ‘First'

In a first for the USA, the country's nuclear regulator has approved an increase in the burnup limit for Westinghouse's Encore accident tolerant fuel de…

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Government Allocates $775M for Orphaned Oil and Gas Well Cleanup

DOI’s new $775m funding aims to address orphaned oil and gas wells across 21 states. (Credit: U.S. Department of the Interior)The US Department of the Int…

Nuclear Fusion

DOE Awards $4.6m for Fusion Research

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced 17 awards totalling $4.6m for projects at private fusion companies in cooperation with US national laboratories …

Energy Storage Project

Natron Energy to Build $1.4bn Giga-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery Plant in US

Natron Energy plans to develop a sodium-ion battery gigafactory in the US with an investment of $1.4bn. (Credit: Natron Energy, Inc./Business Wire)Battery techn…