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The Largest Dam Ever Built In India Could Cause More Harm than Good

Hydropower projects are back in focus in India, with the government declaring in the past sixth months that large hydropower projects would have renewable energ…

U.S. Ethanol Industry Nearing Breaking Point

The U.S. ethanol industry is about to break under the weight of the Trump Administration's trade war with China and the surge in the number of small refineries …

Wind Farm

Australia Transition to 100% Renewables?

As Australia installs renewable energy at a record rate, and sets new benchmarks on output and the share of wind and solar in the grid, the next question must s…

Different Weather Patterns Impact Wind Market Value

With the rapid expansion of wind energy production in Australia, the accurate assessment of wind resource variability has become of interest to project proponen…

Nuclear Fuel

Dealing with the Spent Fuel Discharged by the Plants. Could this Fuel be Recycled?

The nuclear power plant construction boom of the 1960s and 1970s held the promise of a new energy era and at the same time brought about a new challenge: dealin…

Wind Energy Technology

Glosten Launches Floating Wind Hybrid Energy Storage Concept

US offshore engineering outfit Glosten has unveiled an innovative hybrid energy storage concept that ties together a floating wind farm substation platform with…

American Researchers Collaborate to mproving the Reliability and Durability of Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure

H-Mat seeks to improve the reliability and durability of materials used in hydrogen stations and beyond.

No Deal Brexit, Raising Fears it Could Seriously Erode Environmental Standards

The government continued to step up warnings over the weekend that a 'no deal' Brexit at the end of October was now a "very real prospect", revealing that it wa…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Fossil Fuel Giant BP Wants to Charge Electric Cars 100% in 5 Minutes by 2021

In a recent interview, BP’s head of technology David Eyton said that it wants to provide batteries for electric cars by 2021 that can charge to 100% within jus…

Climate Policy

The 2020 US Election Looks Set to Deliver Either the Greenest or the Dirtiest President

Senator Kamala Harris teams up with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to table Climate Equity Act, as leading candidate up decarbonisation plans.

Nuclear Fuel

Very Small Quantities of Ruthenium-106 were Detected in Several European Countries

A used fuel reprocessing plant in the southern Urals region of Russia is the most likely source of a release of the isotope ruthenium-106 detected across Europe…

Electric Vehicle Battery

UK Is Developing EV Battery Cooling Technology to Minimising Range Anxiety

The i-CoBat project, operating under the UK government’s Faraday Battery Challenge, aims to create an electric vehicle (EV) battery pack which is cooled throug…

Nuclear Policy

The U.S. DOE Announced $14 Million in Funding for Nuclear Fusion Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding for 10 university-led research projects using the DIII-D National Fusion Facility.

Power Construction

Serious Electricity Shortage!47 Out of 62 Power Projects Are Delayed in Vietnam

Vietnam could face an electricity shortage of 6.6 billion kWh in 2021 and 11.8 billion kWh in 2022, a report by Vietnam Plus revealed.The shortage is blamed on …

Nuclear Power Plant

China Government Has Approved Three Nuclear Power Projects After A Three-Year Hiatus

One in Shandong province is already under construction. The other two in South China's Guangdong Province and Southeast China's Fujian Province are poised to st…