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Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Acquires Bhi Energy to Form Integrated Outage Business

US-based nuclear technology firm Westinghouse Electric Company has completed its acquisition of energy services provider BHI Energy.

Distributed Grid

Hitachi Energy’s Thyrow Converter to Guide Power Supply to Greater Berlin Rail Network

Hitachi Energy has announced that it will provide a 120MW converter station to enable Deutsche Bahn Energie to secure power supply for the Greater Berlin rail n…

Oil & Gas Supply

Gazprom Cuts Gas Supply to Orsted and Shell Energy

Russian gas producer Gazprom has cut off gas supplies to Denmark's Orsted and to Shell Energy for its contract to supply gas to Germany, it said on Wednesday, c…

Brazil

Biomass Beats Wind and Solar in Brazilian Power Bids for First Time in Low-Energy Tender

Just under 1GW of renewable capacity awarded in the South American country’s latest tender, which underlined impact of weak domestic economy and low power dema…

Wind Farm

Wind Farm Size to Expand in Next Decade Amidst Cost-Cutting Pursuit

Onshore and offshore wind farms could rise to 370 megawatts (MW) and 850MW, respectively, by 2031 as developers seek ways to reduce its cost.

LNG

First Dutch Bio-LNG Installation Produces Millionths Kilogram

The Netherlands’ first bio-LNG plant has now achieved a production milestone of 1 million kg, enabling approximately 4 million km of sustainable transport with…

Solar Power Panel

Plant Inspired Nanoparticles Have Potential Use in Solar Panels

Plants have inspired researchers to develop innovative and efficient nanoparticles that could be used to build the solar panels of the future.

Nuclear Fusion

‘Robotic Snake’ Solves Nuclear Fusion Pipework Challenge

A laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ developed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority has demonstrated its capability to operate inside fusion energy powerplant pipewor…

Smart Energy

SolarEdge Launches Solar Battery Factory in South Korea

SolarEdge Technologies and its subsidiary Kokam have announced the opening of Sella II, a 2GWh battery cell manufacturing facility in the Eumseong Innovation Ci…

ITER

Hydrogen Breakthrough Unlocks New Potential for Fusion Energy

A revision of a fundamental law for tokamak fusion energy has doubled the fuel potential, thereby increasing the output energy potential.

Solar Power Panel

Can Solar Panels in Space Power the Race to Net Zero?

The UK government is weighing up a £16bn project to put a solar power station in space. Although it sounds stranger than fiction, it isn’t.

Power Cable

Siemens Energy’s AI and Multi-Sensor Kitted Helicopter to Inspect German Power Lines

German grid operators Schleswig Holstein Netz AG and Bayernwerk Netz GmbH have commissioned Siemens Energy to inspect approximately 4,000km of high-voltage over…

Clean Energy Transition

U.S. Says It Will Cut Costs for Clean Energy Projects on Public Lands

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it would substantially reduce the cost of building wind and solar energy projects on federal lands to help spur renewab…

Nuclear Power Plant

Shutdown of Hinkley Point B Nuclear Plant Will Not Be Delayed, Says EDF

The two reactors at the nuclear power station in Somerset are scheduled to be shut down on 8th July and 1st August.

LNG

Nearly Six Million UK Homes ‘Could Be Hit by Power Cuts Due to Energy Shortage’

Experts have warned that energy-intensive industries will be the first to feel the pinch.