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Electric Vehicles

2025 Volvo EX30 & EX90 Pricing Unveiled, EX40 Introduced

Deliveries of the Volvo EX30 and Volvo EX90 began in the 4th quarter in the US, but now we’re on to 2025 and new prices and details for the 2025 model yea…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

US Startup Harnesses Cryo-Compression for Hydrogen Vehicles

New cryo-compression technology gives heavy duty hydrogen vehicles a crack at the commercial transportation market, by increasing energy density and cutting cos…

Electricity Transmission

Constellation Signs First US Long-Term Power Supply Contract

US Constellation has been awarded a $840 million ten-year contract to supply an estimated 10 million MWh of electricity to US federal facilities as part of the …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Monticello NPP Operating Licence Renewed

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licence of the boiling water reactor (BWR) at unit 1 of the Monticello Nuclear …

Offshore Wind Power

ØRsted Books Eur 1.6 Billion Impairment From Increased Costs, Sunrise Wind Delays in US

Ørsted has reported impairment losses of DKK 12.1 billion (approximately EUR 1.62 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2024, citing rising costs for its of…

Crude Oil

Trump Says He’ll Fill US Strategic Oil Reserve ‘Right to the Top’

President Donald Trump said he plans to fill the US’s strategic oil reserve right to the top after it reached lows not seen since the 1980s under Presiden…

Hydropower Plant

DOE Awards $15 Billion to PG&E for Hydropower and Clean Energy Upgrades

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the approval of a $15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to fund clean energy initiativ…

SMR

US Companies Join Forces to Accelerate SMR Deployment

GE Vernova's vision of a BWRX-300 plantA TVA-led coalition including BWRX-300 developer GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is applying for federal funding to support…

Nuclear Technology

Tennessee Valley Authority Leads $800M Bid for Nuclear Tech Funding

TVA plans to use this opportunity to establish a domestic supply chain and support future advanced nuclear unit deployments across the US and internationally.Th…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Convergent Bags $585M for PV, BESS Schemes

US energy storage developer Convergent has closed a $585m guaranteed loan facility from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build solar and battery capacity ac…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Role of Steam Generators in Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s Extended Future

Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the containment structures for Unit 1 and 2 reactors.In November 2023, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) submitted an operating…

Offshore Wind Power

Ocean Winds Receives Final Boem Approval for 2.4 GW Southcoast Wind

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the SouthCoast Wind offshore wind project. This is t…

Hydrogen Project

US DOE Grants $1.66bn to Plug Power to Develop Hydrogen Facilities

Plug Power plans to develop clean hydrogen facilities across the US, supplying its national customer base with scaleable, end-to-end clean hydrogen.The US Depar…

Crude Oil

EPA Grants West Virginia Class VI Well Primacy

EPA grants West Virginia Class VI well primacyThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted West Virginia primary enforcement responsibility of Class…

Photovoltaic （PV）

LRE and Google Sign 700 MWac Solar PPAs

The new solar portfolio is set to advance renewable energy infrastructure in the region, with the potential to power 865,000 homes annually.Leeward Renewable En…