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Nuclear waste

Xcel Gets Approval to Expand Used Fuel Storage at Monticello

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel Energy's application to allow increased storage of used nuclear fuel at the Monticello nuc…

SMR

Saskatchewan Seeks to Develop Smr Supply Chain

Saskatchewan's Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) is providing CAD479,000 (USD352,296) to the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association (SIM…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Environmental Group Tried to Shut Down Diablo Canyon. Judge Just Dismissed Case

PG&E can continue to operate California's last nuclear power plant past 2025 despite a contract it signed with environmentalists to shutter it, a San Franci…

Geothermal Power Project

German Chancellor Visits Eavor's Geretsried Geothermal Site

Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the Eavor Geretsried geothermal project, Germany (source: Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz via Twitter)In a tremendous show of political …

Energy Storage Project

Engie to Acquire US Battery Storage Company Broad Reach Power

Broad Reach Power owns an energy storage portfolio of 350MW in operation and 880MW in construction. Credit: petrmalinak/Shutterstock.com.French utility company …

Oil&Gas Drilling

Indianoil Sets Sight on Being '360-Degree Energy' Company; To Invest Rs 4 Lakh Crore

India's top fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation will invest over Rs 4 lakh crore in this decade to expand oil refining and petrochemical business as well a…

Coal Production

France to Stick With Coal for Longer to Ensure Energy Security

France has extended a provision for electricity generators that allows them to use more coal in their operations in order to secure supply in the coming months.…

Solar Power Plant

Mix of Renewable Energy Sources Provided More Than of Quarter of U.S. Electrical Generation in First Half of 2023 as Solar Out-Produced Hydropower in June.

Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy …

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Sarawak Tests World's First Hydrogen-Powered Smart Tram in Kuching

Sarawak’s Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) Hydrogen Vehicle (H2V) has finally begun its on-road testing in Kuching. — SoyaCincau pixKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 —…

Carbon Emissions

Biden Administration Pledges $1.2bn for World's Largest DAC Plants

The US Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced $1.2bn of investment in two commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) facilities in the states of Texas an…

Renewable Energy

Xi Says Ready to Strengthen Cooperation With Namibia in Clean Energy

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 24, …

Microgrid

Tesla Receives Approval for 2 Virtual Power Plants in Texas

Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas.Virtual power pl…

Energy Storage Project

SK on to Invest up to KRW 1.5t (Us$1.1b) In Battery Manufacturing Expansion in Seosan City

SK On will make a KRW 1.5-trillion (US$1.1-billion) investment in its domestic battery production base in Seosan, South Korea, paving the way for the completion…

Electric Vehicle Charging

DOE Intends to Award up to $37M to Advance EV Battery Recycling, Transportation and Design

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure…

Green Hydrogen

Clean Hydrogen Gets a $34 Million Boost From the DOE

Projects led by universities and the industry will be developing H2 technology and infrastructure.The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it is awa…