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Offshore Wind Power

US to Hold Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Lease Sale in August, 6.3 GW up for Grabs

The US Department of Interior (DOI) will hold an offshore wind lease sale in the Central Atlantic in August this year, with the two areas auctioned by the Burea…

Hydropower Plant

US DOE Launches $5M Water Power Fund to Help Develop New Technologies

A hydroelectric power plant in the US. Credit: RytisG/Shutterstock.com.The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has opened a $…

Uranium Project

DOE Seeks Domestic LEU Supply Contracts

The US Department of Energy has issued a request for proposals to purchase low-enriched uranium from domestic sources. The request is supported by USD2.7 billio…

Wind Turbine

Nordex to Restart Production in Its Manufacturing Facility in Iowa, US

As part of its growth strategy in North America, the Nordex Group is expanding its local production footprint. The company will manufacture nacelles for both th…

Energy Storage Project

EY: UK Ranked Third Globally for BESS Market

The UK RECAI score for offshore wind technology was 59.5, the second highest globally after the US. Image: EY.Ernst & Young’s (EY) latest Renewable Energy…

SMR

DOE Announces $900M Funding to Accelerate Light-Water SMR Deployment in the US

Image courtesy of US Department of EnergyThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund up to $900m to support the initial deploy…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Cybertruck Makes It to Dubai as Police Vehicle

Tesla Cybertruck, which is officially only sold in the US, has made it to Dubai and it’s apparently going to be a police vehicle.Over the last year, Tesla…

Offshore Wind Power

Mississippi's First Utility-Scale Wind Farm Is Officially Online

Mississippi officially launched its first utility-scale wind farm yesterday, and it’s got the tallest onshore wind turbines in the US.The 184.5-megawatt (…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

This Maryland County Is Building a Huge Green Hydrogen Bus Depot Microgrid

Montgomery County, Maryland, and AlphaStruxure have kicked off construction of the US’s largest renewable energy-powered bus depot.The Maryland bus depot …

Renewable Diesel

USDA: Growth in US Renewable Diesel Production Impacts Global Feedstock Trade

SOURCE: USDA FASThe USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on June 11 published a report discussing how the recent boom in U.S. renewable diesel production has cause…

Oil & Gas Supply

Report: Russia Overtook US as Gas Supplier to Europe in May

A view shows gas wells at Bovanenkovo gas field owned by Gazprom on the Arctic Yamal peninsula, Russia. (File photo: Reuters)Europe’s gas imports from Rus…

Solar Power Plant

China's Trina Solar Looks to Double Down on US Factory Investments

Trina, based in Changzhou in Jiangsu province, is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of solar panels. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg , Bloomb…

Hydrogen Production

Google Partners With Nevada Utility for Geothermal to Power Data Centers

The funding will be allocated to six projects in the US. Image: iStock.The US Department of Energy (DOE) allocated US$9.3 million in federal funding to six gree…

Electric Vehicles

'Stand up Tesla': UAW Uses Layoffs to Make Unionization Progress at Tesla

The United Auto Worker (UAW), a powerful auto worker union in the US, is using Tesla’s recent layoffs to make unionization progress at the automaker.The U…

Uranium Project

US Uranium Purchases Show Year-On-Year Increase: EIA

US utilities purchased 27% more uranium in 2023 than 2022, according to the US Energy Information Administration's latest annual report. Most of this came f…