Ut

Nuclear Technology

Argonne Researchers Win Defense Programs Award for Nuclear Safety Work

stock image only - Argonne National LaboratoryAward recognizes work carried out in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers to secu…

Nuclear waste

Lithuania / Consortium Chosen To Plan Dismantling And Waste Management At Ignalina

Project could offer important lessons for UK nuclear power station cleanupIgnalina has two Soviet-era RBMK units that were shut down permanently in 2004 and 200…

Nuclear Power Plant

Samsung completes design of CMSR Power Barge

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on c…

Nuclear Power Plant

Outer Containment Dome Completed at Russia’s Kursk-Ii Unit 1

Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Molten Salt Reactor

Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet - part of Rosatom) has completed the preliminary design of a res…

Nuclear Technology

Russia’s Nuclear Industry Looks to Robots

Rusatom Service (part of Rosatom) has signed an agreement with Technored for cooperation in the field of robotics. Technored, founded in 2018, is now based in S…

Nuclear Reactor

Gidropress to Develop Fast Microreactor

OKB Gidropress, a major Russian design Bureau, is developing a fast neutron 10MWe Generation 4 microreactor, SVET-M, for small NPPs. Sergei Lyakishev, Head of t…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops New Technology for Decontamination of NPP Equipment Using Ozone

A technology unique to the Russian nuclear industry has been developed by order of Rosatom’s fuel company Tvel at the Troitsk Institute for Innovation & F…

Solar Technology

Australia Funds Ultra-Low-Cost PV Future

The strength of applications for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s ultra-low-cost solar research funding round was so strong that the agency had to…

China

Huasun Unveils 715 W Heterojunction Solar Module

China’s Huasun launched a new line of five heterojunction (HJT) solar modules in 2022, with power outputs ranging from 680 W to 700 W. The company has now…

Energy Storage Project

Battery storage projects from RWE and Hitachi Energy in Germany, Switzerland & Dutch Developer Deal

RWE commissions solar-plus-storage system at lignite mine in NRWMultinational energy firm RWE has commissioned a solar-plus-storage project at its Inden lignite…

Carbon Emissions

SSEN Advances 12 Low Carbon Tech Projects Worth £41MN

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has reached an important stage in delivering 12 low carbon tech projects, worth a total £41…

Energy Storage Battery

Companies Already Pivoting From Europe to Us for New Lithium Battery Gigafactory Projects

Some companies which were previously considering Europe for lithium-ion gigafactory projects are now looking to the US instead, executives working in site selec…

Solar Power Plant

Utility Hawaiian Electric has said that the AES Waikoloa solar PV and battery storage project on Hawaii Island is nearing completion.

The system is due to begin commercial operations by April this year, or earlier. When it does, it will begin delivering power to the utility under a 25-year pow…

Solar Power Plant

Smart Solutions for Reliable Electricity Supply

In rural Nigeria, solar mini-grid distribution company GVE was working on an electrification project in Onono Village, but they had ongoing field issues creatin…