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Electric Vehicles

NIO Planning Small Budget EVs For European Expansion

Chinese EV giant NIO plans on building on its initial Europe success with a new lineup of affordable compact cars. However, given NIO's premium status they …

Renewable Diesel

Inpex, Sanyu Energy Collaborate on Renewable Diesel Use in Japan

Inpex Corp. and Sanyu Energy Co. Ltd. have launched a collaboration on the use of renewable diesel in the Kansai region of Japan.Sanyu Energy will supply renewa…

Biofuel

West Biofuels Breaks Ground on California Bioenergy Plant

This week, West Biofuels LLC, broke ground on a critically needed 3-megawatt (MW) bioenergy plant in Burney, California, that will convert forest waste and sust…

Solar Battery (Storage)

DOE Offers $3BN Loan to Create Solar and Storage VPPs

The US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment to Sunnova Energy Corp.’s Project Hestia for an up to $3 billion…

Solar Cell

Chinese Institute Made Progress in Improving Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Stability

The research team of Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently has made progress in high efficient and stabl…

Solar Power Plant

China’s Solar Industry Surges: Q1 Report Reveals Record Growth

China‘s solar industry has experienced a surge in growth during the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest report from the National Energy Adminis…

Wind Farm

1st Wind Turbine Installed in China’s Westernmost Prefecture

The installation of the first wind turbine in Kizilsu Kirgiz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was completed on April 22, 2023. [Photo/X…

Nuclear Technology

US Warns Russia Not to Touch Us Technology at Zaporizhia NPP

The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department o…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Bangladesh Pays Russia in Yuan for NPP to Avoid Sanctions

Bangladesh has recently approved payment of $318m for payment to Russia in the Chinese currency of yuan for construction of the Rooppur NPP. At a recent meeting…

Nuclear waste

US DOE Contract Awarded for Hanford Site Work

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) to…

Nuclear Technology

Japan Adopts National Strategy on Nuclear Fusion

Japan has adopted its first-ever national strategy on nuclear fusion reflecting the need to create a domestic fusion industry. The strategy calls for the wider …

Canada

Canada Lures Volkswagen’s New Battery Plant North by Matching Billions in Subsidies Offered by US

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a massive deal with German automaker Volkswagen Group to implement its first electric vehicle plant outside…

Nuclear Fuel

Urenco, Cameco Sign Supply Deals for Bulgaria’s Kozloduy

Urenco and Cameco are joining Westinghouse in the supply chain for one of the Kozloduy units in Bulgaria as the country diversifies its nuclear fuel supplies.Ko…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Partnership Formed to Deploy Seaborg’s Power Barge

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg Technologies have established a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plan…

Carbon Emissions

Four Proposals to Reduce Colorado’s Ozone Pollution and Improve Air Quality, Explained

If there's one thing that can be agreed upon when it comes to protecting Colorado's environment, it's that the state must act to clean its air. But …