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Nuclear waste

Method Developed For Sellafield Floc Retrieval

A technique has been developed to suck up and move a sludgy radioactive substance, known as flocculant, currently stored in legacy effluent tanks at the Sellafi…

Wind Farm

The United Kingdom Re-engages With The North Seas Energy Cooperation

The United Kingdom (UK) is re-engaging with the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC). At a signing ceremony on Sunday evening, the UK has signed a Memorandum of…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Why The Humble Hybrid Vehicle Isn’t Going Anywhere Yet

In the first nine months of the year, drivers bought almost 2 million hybrids, a 45 per cent increase year-on-yearEmployees work on the production line at the B…

Coal Mine

Australia Revises Up Resources Export Earnings To $308bn For FY23

Australia revised upwards its resources and energy export earnings for the current financial year to hit a record A$459 billion ($308 billion) on Monday, as the…

Nuclear Reactor

First Reactor Vessel for Hinkley Point C Completed

The manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel for the first of two EPR units at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, UK, has…

Solar Power Plant

Bluefield Secures Planning Permission For 200MW Of Sites

The four sites will sit within BSIF's portfolio, which currently stands at 107 solar farms in the UK. Image: Bluefield.Bluefield Renewable Developments has …

Nuclear Policy

Energy Policy For The Long Haul

While news of nuclear new build is welcome, will it also finally establish the long-term pipeline that the world needs?As the UK, like much of Europe, hovers on…

Germany

Germany's Half-a-trillion Dollar Energy Bazooka May Not Be Enough

Specialists work at high voltage power lines near Hohenhameln, Germany, August 2, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerFRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany is bleeding c…

Energy Storage Battery

Team Overcomes Obstacles To Commercializing Next-generation Batteries By Moving Electrolytes Remotely

A joint research team led by Professors Lee Hong-kyung, Lee Yong-min, and Lee Ho-chun of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at Daegu Gyeongbuk Ins…

Energy Storage System

Econergy Reaches ‘Significant Milestone’ With first EPC Agreement In The UK

Econergy described the EPC agreement as a significant milestone for its UK storage pipeline, which amounts to almost 2.5GWh according to the company. Image: Eco…

Uranium Project

Westinghouse Wins UK Funding To Explore Uranium Conversion Services

Image by Markus Distelrath from PixabayNuclear services company Westinghouse has received a Direct Award Grant from the UK Department of Business, Energy and In…

Power Construction

U.S. Finding Grid Equipment For Ukraine At Home And Abroad - Officials

electric power lines damaged by Russian military strikes in Kherson region, Ukraine November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko/WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - As W…

Coal Mine

UK Government Approves New Coal Mine In Cumbria

The UK government has approved the development of the country’s first new deep coal mine in decades, drawing criticism from opponents concern about climat…

Energy Storage Battery

NNL To Develop Americium-Powered Space Batteries

The UK Space Agency and the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) are to collaborate on the world's first space battery powered by americium-241. The isotope wi…

United Kingdom

New Coal Mine Approved In UK

Image: West Cumbria MiningThe new coal mine, the first in 30 years, is intended for steel production, with uncertainty about the pace of the emergence of low-ca…