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SMR

EDF Pulls Out of UK SMR Bid

SMRs are considered a versatile form of nuclear energy production. Credit: Luo Yunfei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.French state energy company EDF ha…

Solar Power Plant

Statkraft Inks PPA for 80-MWp Solar-Storage Site in UK

Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has sealed a deal to off-take power from an 80-MWp solar plant coupled with a battery energy storage system (BESS) in…

Nuclear waste

Nukem Technologies Acquisition Agreement Announced

Japan's Muroosystems Corp has signed an acquisition agreement for Nukem Technologies Engineering Services, which specialises in decommissioning, waste manag…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kansai Gets More Approvals Relating to Takahama Units

Kansai Electric Power Company has been given prior consent by Fukui Prefecture and Takahama Town for the steam generator replacement plan for Takahama nuclear p…

SMR

EDF Withdraws From UK’s SMR Selection Competition

While other shortlisted vendors have submitted bids for their respective small modular reactor (SMR) designs, EDF has withdrawn its Nuward model from Great Brit…

Offshore Wind Power

New UK Government Plans Big Push on Wind Power

The UK’s new Labour Government has great ambitions for accelerating the deployment of wind energy, both onshore and offshore. To deliver on their new goal…

Hydropower Plant

Drax Signs Major Partnership for Hollow Mountain PHES Project

Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. Companies like owner Drax say the government …

Offshore Wind Power

China's CNPC, Samruk-Kazyna to Build Wind Power Plant in Kazakhstan

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Kazakh state welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna inked a deal for the joint development of a 400 megawatt wind farm in CN…

Offshore Wind Power

Transformers for 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Arrive in UK

Two transformers for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm have completed their overland and sea journey from Zagreb, Croatia. The transformers traveled via R…

Solar Panel

UK Surpasses 16GW of Installed Solar Capacity

April’s capacity figure has also been revised to 0.9GW. Image: One Earth Solar FarmAccording to new statistics from the Department for Energy Security and…

SMR

Korean city to study feasibility of i-SMR deployment

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Daegu Metropolitan City for the construction of a small modular reactor power p…

Hydrogen Production

UK's First Offshore Hydrogen Production Trials Kick off in South Wales

After six years of development, sustainability consultancy ERM has launched offshore trials to test its Dolphyn Hydrogen process which combines electrolysis, de…

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas Wins Order for 347 MW Enventus Wind Turbines in Canada

Vestas has received a 347 MW order for the Pohénégamook – Picard – Saint-Antonin – Wolastokuk (PPAW) wind farm in Quebec, Canada…

Solar Power Plant

UK Solar Deployment in 2024 to Remain in the 1.5-2GW Range

Large-scale ground-mount installations saw the largest growth in 2023, accounting for almost half of the annual capacity deployed. Image: UK Parliament.The UK&r…

Hydrogen Project

Lloyd's Register Unites With h2terminals and Partners for UK Hydrogen Project

Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with technology company H2Terminals and its supply chain partn…