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Energy Storage Battery

West Virginia is getting a big new battery storage factory

Michigan-based Our Next Energy (ONE) is going to open a long-duration battery storage factory in West Virginia, next to a 420 MWh solar microgrid.West Virginia&…

Hydropower Plant

New Center of Competence for Generator Components Opened by Voith Hydro

Voith Hydro has opened a new center of competence for generator components in Bosnia and Hercegovina to serve western markets, from North and Latin America to E…

Offshore Wind Power

Giant wind farm appeals order for turbine shutdowns as opponents fight approval

The developers of a 900MW wind farm in north-west Tasmania have appealed the Environment Protection Authority ruling that its turbines must shut down for a tota…

Coal Trade

UK Calls on Reserve Coal Power as Supply Tightens

National Grid ESO, serving the grid of Great Britain, has used reserve coal power units for the first time this winter during expected supply shortages.Two coal…

Nuclear Power Plant

The West Hasn’t Gone After Russia’s Nuclear Energy. Here’s Why

Much of Russia’s energy exports have been hit by Western sanctions since the country launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a notable exception…

Energy Storage Battery

Battery Maker Choses West Virginia Site for Ldes Production

A Michigan-based energy storage technology company, Our Next Energy, agreed to locate its Aries Grid battery storage system manufacturing facility in West Virgi…

Concentrating Solar Power

Plans unveiled to install solar PV on roof of london stadium

The 66,000-seater 2012 Olympic stadium, which is now home to West Ham United, could soon install a solar PV membrane on its roof. Image: LLDC.The 66,000-seater …

Solar Technology

Entergy Louisiana Seeks Approval to Add 225 MW of New Solar

Entergy Louisiana is purchasing the power generated by Capital Region Solar, a 50-megawatt solar plant constructed in West Baton Rouge Parish, under a 20-year a…

Energy Technology

Westinghouse Makes Major Component for Evinci Microreactor Project

Westinghouse team members display a 12-foot heat pipe fabricated at their Waltz Mill facility in Pennsylvania.Westinghouse Electric CompanyWestinghouse Electric…

Wind Farm

RWE Renews Three Wind Farms

RWE has been awarded three projects in the German Federal Network Agency’s auction for onshore wind. The company will renew existing wind farms in Lower S…

Offshore Wind Power

Boskalis Wins ‘Sizeable’ Moray West Offshore Wind Contract

Boskalis has secured a multidisciplinary role in the development of the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland.On behalf of its client, Boskalis will carry o…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Potential of Düsseldorf and Duisburg, Germany Under Study

Düsseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany (source: suchosch / flickr, Creative Commons)The technical and economic feasibility of developing a geothermal …

Energy Storage Battery

Bill Signed for West Virginia Renewable Energy Battery Plant

West Virginia's governor on Friday signed a bill that gives $105 million in state funding for a renewable energy battery plant in a former steel town.Gov. J…

Climate Policy

Bill signed for West Virginia renewable energy battery plant

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, right, hands a pen used to sign House Bill 2882 to Weirton Mayor Harold "Bubba" Miller, while Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo wa…

Energy Saving Products

Plastic Upcycling to Close the Carbon Cycle

A new method to convert low-density plastic waste to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle. Credit: Art by Melanie Hess-Robinson | Paci…