United states

Wind Farm

Vestas Lands 138MW US Repowering Contract

Vestas has received a 138MW order to repower an undisclosed wind project in the US.

Oil Pipeline

Nord Stream 2 to Start Laying Gas Pipes in Danish Waters

The Russia-led Nord Stream 2 consortium is expected to start laying gas pipes in Danish waters after construction was suspended for a year owing to the threat o…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Pacific Drilling to Emerge from Bankruptcy by Year-End

Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by year-end following the confirmation of its prearranged plan of reo…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Video: Navajo Generating Station Demolished

8:30 a.m. December 18th, 2020: Explosions rocked the base of the first of the three massive smokestacks that have dominated the horizon on the western edge of t…

Wind Farm

Kosovo Signs Agreements for 100MW of Wind, Solar

Kosovan grid operator Kostt has signed connection agreements for two wind farms and a solar plant in the Kamenica municipality with a combined capacity of 99.6M…

Electric Car

SK Innovation to Make Massive Investment in Battery Business in U.S.

SK Innovation will invest about 1.1 trillion won to build a second battery plant in Georgia despite the spread of the new coronavirus.

Nuclear Reactor

DOE Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Versatile Test Reactor

The U.S. Department of Energy invites the public to review and comment on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for construction of the Versatile Test Reactor.…

Wind Farm

Enel Green Power Starts Operations at US Wind Farms

Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has started operations of a 199MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas, US.

Nuclear Reactor

Hot Tests Completed at Ukraine’s ISF-2 Storage Facility

The American Bureau of Shipping said on 17 December that it had issued a Feasibility Statement for the Compact Molten Salt Reactor developed by Danish nuclear c…

Market Analysis

Does Geothermal Energy Have A Future Under The Biden Administration?

The Biden Administration – due to take office January 20th, 2021 – is expected to turn political rhetoric into political action when it comes to the nation’s…

Solar Technology

Oxford PV Retakes Tandem Cell Efficiency Record

Oxford PV today announced a new record efficiency for its perovskite/silicon tandem, edging ever closer to the 30% milestone at 29.52%.

Energy Storage Battery

U.S. Looks To Boost Energy Storage By 525% By 2025

240 percent: this is the increase in battery storage capacity added in the United States during the third quarter of this year, compared with the second quarter…

Tidal Energy

EMEC Starts Independent Assessment for Verdant Power’s Tidal Project

The European Marine Energy Centre has started an independent power performance assessment for Verdant Power following the deployment of three 5th Generation tid…

Solar Power Plant

McCarthy Completes 128-MW Solar Project in Utah

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy and Storage Group recently celebrated the completion of construction and final commissioning of the 128-MWdc Milf…

Net Zero Emission

US President-elect Biden Eounds out Climate Team with Progressives to Push Clean-Energy Agenda

Debra Haaland would become first Native American to head Department of Interior, while environmentalist Michael Regan in frame to run EPA