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Nuclear Power Plant

US DOE to Offer Funding for Nuclear Energy Projects

The funding will support projects that will improve resiliency and develop carbon-free nuclear power.

Market Analysis

Biden's Silence on Minnesota Oil Pipeline Frustrates Advocates

Line 3, a comparable project to the canceled Keystone XL pipeline, runs counter to the president's stated climate and environmental goals.

Crude Oil

Brent Rallies Close to $76 as Markets Remain Tight

Oil also gained from a projected drawdown of US crude inventories

Electric Vehicle Battery

United States Still Heavily Dependent on Chinese EV Batteries

The ratio fell to 43 percent last year, but rebounded in that period.

Nuclear Power Plant

Duke Applies for Oconee Subsequent Licence Renewal

The company plans similar operating licence renewals for all 11 reactors it operates, to support its carbon reduction goals.

Electricity Transmission

New Orleans to Build New $74 million Substation

The city of New Orleans has announced plans to build a new $74 million substation in order to reliable power the city’s drainage and water pump systems.

United States

Stem Partners to Enhance US Small Utility-Scale Storage Projects

Collaboration between clean energy storage solutions provider Stem and investment company CleanCapital aims to accelerate the rollout of small utility-scale sto…

Wind Power Project

Leeward Renewable Energy Constructing 145-MW Wind Farm for Colorado Utility

Guzman Energy and Leeward Renewable Energy have executed a power purchase agreement for the 145-MW Panorama Wind Farm in Weld County, Colorado.

Power Construction

Texas Grid Operators Have Another Mess On Their Hands

It’s been one heck of a year for Texas energy grids. Six months ago only a very select group of industry insiders and policy nerds had ever heard of The Electr…

Digitalization

AES Ohio Secures Green Light for $249m Smart Grid Project

The Public Utility Commission of Ohio has granted US utility AES Ohio approval to implement phase 1 of its $249 million smart grid programme.

Solar Power Plant

Astronauts Install New Solar Panels in 6-Hour Spacewalk on International Space Station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet conducted a spacewalk Sunday -- their second in the past week -- to install ne…

Power Construction

Grid Operator Says Texans can Return to Regular Electricity Use

"Grid operator says Texans can return to regular electricity use" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that inf…

Gas turbine engine

Siemens Energy to Supply Turbines to Power Turtle Creek Station

Siemens Energy will provide two SGT6-5000F turbines to power Omaha Public Power District’s new Turtle Creek Station Peaking Plant in Papillion, Nebraska.

Market Analysis

Xcel Energy Sets New Regional Wind Energy Records

Boosted by strong production from Xcel Energy’s new Sagamore Wind Project in New Mexico, wind energy accounted for more than half the region’s electricity sup…

Oil Price

Biden, Putin Did Not Discuss Oil Prices Or OPEC+ Deal

The leaders of the United States and Russia did not discuss oil prices or the OPEC+ deal at their summit in Geneva on Wednesday