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Wind Turbine

Vestas Wins 370 MW Order for Two Repowering Projects in the USA

Vestas has received an order for two wind projects totalling 370 MW to repower the Pleasant Valley and Border Winds projects owned by Xcel Energy in the USA.The…

Electric Car

Tesla Gigafactory Texas Achieves Production of 4,000 Cars in a Week, but Trails Behind Berlin

Tesla Gigafactory Texas has achieved a new production milestone of 4,000 cars in a week, but the factory trails behind Gigafactory Berlin in its friendly produc…

Energy Storage Project

FERC Issues Draft EIS for Goldendale Energy Storage Project

Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in the U.S. have prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for licensing of the 1,200 MW Goldend…

Carbon Emissions

New York’s New Mayor Has Assembled a Seasoned Climate Team. Now, the Real Work Begins

The president of the New York League of Conservation Voters says action is needed on bike and bus lanes, waste collection, curbside composting and outsize emiss…

Hydropower Plant

Major Overhaul Begins at OPG’s R.H. Saunders Hydroelectric Project

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has launched a 16-year overhaul of the 1045MW R.H. Saunders Generating Station, the second-largest hydroelectric project in Ontar…

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…

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 (…

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…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE, Entergy Team Up to Explore Gulf of Mexico Offshore Wind Potential

RWE and US utility Entergy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly evaluate developing offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico.Under the MoU, RWE…