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Electricity Transmission

US Power Use Expected to Reach Record Highs in 2024 and 2025, Eia Says

The downtown Los Angeles skyline is seen behind an electricity pylon at sunrise in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Ph…

Renewable Energy

Argentina Sees Energy Investment Reaching $15 Bln Next Year, Fueled by Deregulation

Wind turbines are pictured in Azul, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2021. Picture taken December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File…

LNG

Japan Considers Company Support Measures for Long-Term LNG Contracts, NHK Reports

Model of LNG tanker is seen in front of Japan's flag in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing …

SMR

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Signs Mous to Deliver SMR Technology in the UK

BWRX-300 small modular reactor. (Credit: GE Vernova)GE Vernova’s nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has entered into several Memorandums o…

Wave Energy

WEDUSEA Wave Energy Project Approved by EU

Render of WEDUSEA OceanEnergy OE35 wave energy device, due to launch in UK in summer 2025The European Union has approved a €19.6 million partnership projec…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Hermes 2 Passes Environmental Review

Concept art for a Hermes plant (Source: Kairos Power)The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published its final environmental assessment and finding of …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Cancelling Angra 3 Would Cost Almost as Much as Completing It, Study Says

Eletronuclear says a study by Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development has concluded that the cost of abandoning construction of the part-…

Nuclear Technology

Nuclear Key for End-User Decarbonisation, Says Microsoft

Microsoft sees nuclear in the same vein as renewables for helping it to meet its clean energy goals - but currently has no intention of directly investing in it…

Offshore Wind Power

Vestas Secures First US Offshore Wind Order for 810 MW Empire Wind 1 Wind Farm

Vestas has secured an 810 MW offshore wind order from Equinor for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New York. The order includes 54 V236-15.0 MW wind turb…

Energy Storage System

RWE Builds Ultra-Fast, Innovative Battery Storage System in the Netherlands to Help Safeguard the Grid

RWE is expanding its battery storage business with an innovative technology for grid stability. The company has begun construction of an ultra-fast battery stor…

Geothermal Power Project

RFI– Transformative Technologies for Superhot Geothermal Power

test of the IDDP-1 well at Krafla, Iceland (source: Kristján Einarsson)The U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency&n…

Solar Power Plant

Innova to Expand 27.7mw Solar PV Blythe Solar Farm

The initial consented application for the 27.7MW solar PV and 30MW energy storage project received unanimous planning approval in February 2023. Image: Innova.R…

Energy Storage Project

Econergy Group Secures Funding for 102MWH Swangate Storage Project

The Swangate Project (pictured) uses Trina Storage’s Elementa technology. Image: Econergy.Independent power producer (IPP) Econergy Group, through its UK …

Solar Power Plant

Actis Invests in 3.5 GW/4.5 Gwh of Solar-Plus-Storage in Philippines

London-based investor Actis has agreed to invest in the Terra Solar Project in the Philippines. The planned installation has been touted as the world’s la…

Green Hydrogen

Turquoise Hydrogen Plant Opens in Finland

Hycamite TCD Technologies has opened its methane splitting plant for low-carbon hydrogen production near its headquarters in Kokkola in southwest Finland.The &l…