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Nuclear Power Plant

Dive Team Enters Sellafield Pond

For the first time in over 60 years divers have entered Sellafield's Pile Fuel Storage Pond. As they clear some of the most challenging spots to clean up, d…

Wind Farm

Pattern Energy Announces $20.5 Billion in Anticipated Economic Impact From Sunzia Transmission and Wind Projects

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy), a leader in renewable energy, announced its SunZia Transmission and SunZia Wind projects are expected to generate $20.…

Nuclear Technology

Act Aims to Accelerate US Deployment of New Nuclear

The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023, introduced to the US Senate by a bipartisan group, aims to su…

Nuclear Technology

Two More Natrium Units for Coal-To-Nuclear Switching

US utility PacifiCorp has increased its ambition for using Natrium advanced reactors in the 2030s, adding two further units to its plans in addition to the demo…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Mine Water Projects to Benefit From Us DOE Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced funding opportunities for clean energy projects, including geothermal, on current and former mine lands.

Geothermal Power Plant

Request for Eoi – Public Communication for Geothermal in the Eastern Caribbean

Expressions of Interest are currently being accepted for a Public Information and Communications consultancy for geothermal energy in the Eastern Caribbean.

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Senate Backs Lifting Nuclear Construction Ban

In a 39–13 bipartisan vote on March 30, the Illinois Senate passed legislation that would end the state’s prohibition on nuclear power plant constru…

Electric Car

NIO Says Tesla Can’t Dictate EV Prices in China, and It Won’t Partake in the Price War

According to NIO’s CEO, William Li (Li Bin), Tesla has little influence over EV prices in China, unlike in the US, where it dominates the market.NIO CEO says T…

Energy Technology

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions

The multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is tested at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. The…

Energy Technology

Partnership Unveils Plan For Helium Test Facility

X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC and Kinectrics have announced a partnership to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale facility to test and verify the pe…

Electric Car

Alfa Romeo Starts Production of Its First Plug-in Hybrid; Tonale Offers 30 Miles Electric Range

Alfa Romeo started retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. (Earlier post.) Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico…

Carbon Emissions

Potent Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Chemicals Called Cfcs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, a New Study Finds

A U.S. chemical plant in Louisiana that produces a common refrigerant may be partly to blame for increased emissions of CFCs—chemicals thousands of times more …

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle Unit 3 Generates Electricity, Connects to Power Grid

Georgia Power has announced another milestone for the two-unit reactor expansion at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power site, as Unit 3 on April 1 successfully gener…

Carbon Emissions

A New Report Is Out on Hurricane Ian’s Destructive Path. The Numbers Are Horrific

The category 4 storm was the costliest in Florida’s history. Storm surges rose as high as 15 feet and over 20 inches of rain fell on some communities.

Hydrogen Production

Element 1 and Mmm Energy to Deliver Methanol-To-Hydrogen Generators to the Energy Industry

Element 1 and MMM Energy have signed a strategic partnership agreement to enable the production of methanol-to-hydrogen generators.The agreement, signed through…