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Electric Car

Tesla Sales Rise 36% In First Quarter, Following Price Cuts

Tesla's first-quarter vehicle sales rose 36% after the company cut prices twice in a bid to stimulate demand.The electric car, SUV and heavy truck maker sai…

Nuclear Power Plant

Watch for It—Advanced Nuclear “Liftoff” Needs 5–10 Reactor Contracts by 2025

These graphs illustrate how rapidly scaling the nuclear industrial base would enable nearer-term decarbonization and increase capital efficiency, versus a five-…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Researchers Synthesize a Highly Graphitized Carbon Support to Improve the Lifespan of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

The research team led by Professor Jong-Sung Yu of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST has developed a low-temperature method to synthesiz…

Nuclear Power Plant

Used Fuel From US EBR-II Reactor Transferred to Dry Storage

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has transferred all of the used nuclear fuel from the closed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage.…

Energy Security

Xcel Says Leak Is Fixed at Monticello NPP

US Xcel Energy says workers have repaired the leak at the Monticello NPP, which will resume power production shortly. The company temporarily shut down the plan…

Energy Storage Battery

A Novel Ultramicro Supercapacitor With Ultrahigh Charge Storage Capability

Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have designed a novel ultramicro supercapacitor,…

SMR

Polish-US Nuclear Cooperation Expands to USNC Microreactors

Grupa Azoty Police, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and the West Pomeranian University of Technology have signed an agreement to build a nuclear energy research …

Electric Car

‘War of the States’: EV, Chip Makers Lavished With Subsidies

States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric vehicle and battery factories, inspiring ever-more competition as they…

Nuclear Power Plant

New Isotope-Producing Research Reactor for Missouri

The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor (…

Nuclear Power Plant

Mochovce 3 Output Increased to 55%

Slovenské elektrárne says that Mochovce 3's energy start-up has now seen its output increased to 55% - with the final trial run at 100% power …

Nuclear Power Plant

Fortum Permitted to Operate Loviisa Repository Longer

Finland's State Council has granted a new operating licence to Fortum for its low and intermediate-level waste (LLW/ILW) disposal facility at the Loviisa nu…

Nuclear Reactor

Third Egyptian Reactor Receives Construction Permit

Egypt's nuclear regulator has issued a construction licence for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, which will eventually house four Russian-supplie…

Electric Car

Many Electric Vehicles to Lose Big Tax Credit With New Rules

FILE - An electric vehicle is plugged into a charger in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

First Hydrogen Auction to Be Launched in Portugal

The European country intends to launch a pioneering auction.To reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the nation, Portugal recently announced that it would launch a…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Ballard Power Systems Reaches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Milestone

The company has announced that its H2 equipment has now powered vehicles over 150 million kilometers.Ballard Power Systems has announced that its proton exchang…