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Nuclear Reactor

South Africa ‘Committed to New Nuclear and PBMR’

The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new…

Solar project

Bison Energy to Increase Solar Generation at Victorian Water Treatment Plants

Tokyo-headquartered renewable energy company Bison Energy Australia has won an engineering, procurement and construction tender for two solar farm projects thro…

Hydrogen Production

Waste-To-Hydrogen Firm Looks to AI to Maximise Efficiency

Waste-to-hydrogen firm SGH2 Energy has expanded a partnership with ABB to integrate AI and digital solutions to make their operations more sustainable and effic…

Nuclear Reactor

EnergySolutions, Terrestrial Sign MoU on IMSR Deployment

Terrestrial Energy will work with the North American nuclear environmental remediation specialist to collaborate on the siting and deployment of Terrestrial'…

Pumped Storage

Borumba Project Cost Rises to $18 Billion; Completion Delayed

The cost of the Borumba pumped storage hydro project has increased by $4 billion, bringing the total to over $18 billion, according to a new report by Queenslan…

Nuclear Reactor

Tractebel to Help Develop Steady Energy’s Heating SMR

Finland's Steady Energy has signed a contract with Tractebel to provide engineering services to develop its district heating-focused LDR-150 small modular r…

Dam

GHD Expands Dams and Hydropower Operations Into US West

GHD has announced its expansion into the US West dams and hydropower market by forming a new team, led by Sridhar Sadasivan, Regional General Manager for the US…

Tajikistan

Tajikistan to Adopt Hydropower Sustainability Standard in National Policy

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hydropower Sustainability Alliance (HSA) to int…

Spent Fuel (Used Fuel)

Licensing of Finnish Repository Further Delayed

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has been given another one-year extension to complete its review of Posiva Oy's operating licence appli…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US and UK Partner With Tokamak Energy on ST40 Upgrade

The energy departments of the US and UK governments are to partner with Tokamak Energy for a USD52 million upgrade of the ST40 fusion facility, which will coat …

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome to Share Fast Reactor Experience With Japan

France's Framatome has signed a Design Cooperation Implementation Arrangement for the development of sodium-cooled fast reactors with the Japan Atomic Energ…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Explosives Speed Sizewell A Turbine Hall Decommissioning

More than 1200 holes were drilled and 700 kilogrammes of explosive used for the demolition of large concrete plinths in the turbine hall of Sizewell A nuclear p…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Beznau to Operate Beyond 60 Years

Swiss utility Axpo announced it plans to invest a further CHF350 million (USD400 million) to enable the two-unit Beznau nuclear power plant to operate until 203…

Electric Vehicles

European Auto Industry Turmoil at Volkswagen & Stellantis Likely to Accelerate in 2025

The European auto industry is facing a perfect storm in 2025. Analysts are predicting a tumultuous year for Volkswagen and Stellantis as declining sales, increa…

Hydrogen Project

Multibillion-Dollar Plan to Convert Coal Into ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Falters

A multibillion-dollar plan to create clean hydrogen from Australian brown coal and ship it to Japan is on the brink of collapse.Japanese media have reported Kaw…