Conventional Fuels, News and Policies, Nuclear, World
April 2, 2024
Power MagazineFuel loading at the domestically developed PFBR site (Figure 1) adjacent to the Madras Atomic Power Station was witnessed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 4. “Upon completion of the core loading, the first approach to criticality will be […]
Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World
April 1, 2024
Power MagazineChinese wind turbine makers continue to pace the global market, taking four of the top five spots in a ranking of the world’s top manufacturers of both onshore and offshore wind power equipment. Research from BloombergNEF (BNEF) published March 27 […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 29, 2024
CleanTechnicaThe Biden-Harris administration has just announced the Department of the Interior’s approval of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project – the nation’s seventh approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind project under President Biden’s leadership. These seven projects have the potential […]
March 28, 2024
PetrolPlazaFord and Allego announced a strategic partnership to bring ultra-fast charging infrastructure to hundreds of the manufacturer’s dealerships across Europe. The new collaboration will further expand convenient and reliable charging solutions for customers of Ford electric vehicles (EVs), as the […]
March 27, 2024
Power MagazineThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades LLC to finance the restoration and resumption of service of the Palisades Power Plant, an […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 27, 2024
IRENARenewable Capacity Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that 2023 set a new record in renewables deployment in the power sector by reaching a total capacity of 3 870 Gigawatts (GW) globally. Renewables accounted […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 26, 2024
CleanTechnicaThe offshore wind industry is apparently not satisfied with producing carbon-free renewable energy. They are also cleaning up around the edges, too. One area of attention is the replacement of dirty petroleum fuels used by the working vessels that ferry […]
March 25, 2024
CleanTechnicaEnergy storage is the key to feeding more wind and solar power into the grid, but the question is how to get all that stored-up renewable energy to someone who can use it. The same goes for recovering waste heat […]
March 22, 2024
PetrolPlazaThe global focus on hydrogen as a clean, versatile, and sustainable energy carrier continues to intensify. The Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of a $750 million investment across 52 projects to support America’s growing clean hydrogen economy, as highlighted in a recent […]
Conventional Fuels, News and Policies, Nuclear, World
March 21, 2024
Power MagazineThe UK government has ambitions for 24 GW of nuclear energy by 2050 to help in providing energy security for the UK and for meeting its net-zero goals. Among groups helping to revive and expand the UK’s nuclear industry is […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 20, 2024
CleanTechnicaWeren’t we just saying that the case against onshore wind farms is collapsing? Well it is, and the US startup Radia has just busted out of stealth mode to pick up the pieces. Radia has come up with a way […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 19, 2024
Tech XploreA team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, developed a new material for perovskite solar cells. After polymerization, it can be used as a hole transporting layer in both regular and inverted architecture solar cells; in both […]
March 19, 2024
CleanTechnicaRemember those golden days when natural gas was a clean-burning bridge fuel, a nice way to reduce emissions as we ditched coal and switched to renewables? It was such a pleasant fantasy, while it lasted. Remember how the USA has […]
Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy
March 18, 2024
Power MagazineThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its designation of an offshore wind energy area in the Gulf of Maine. The BOEM, in a notice published in the Federal Register on March 18, said two million acres has been […]
Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World
March 15, 2024
reNewsIgnitis Renewables’ 50MW Silesia wind farm 1 in Poland has reached its commercial operation date. The project is located in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, near the border with Czech Republic. It comprises of 14 wind turbines with […]
Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy
March 14, 2024
Tech XploreAs traditional energy methods increase in cost and take their toll on the environment, Penn State researchers are turning to two underutilized renewable resources, the sun and outer space, for solutions to generate electricity and passively cool down structures. Led […]
Commercialization, Renewable Energy
March 13, 2024
CleanTechnicaPrimergy Solar LLC (‘Primergy’), a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and storage projects, announced today that it closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for the 408 MWac Ash Creek Solar project in Hill County, Texas. […]
Mainstream technologies, News and Policies, Renewable Energy, World
March 13, 2024
CleanTechnicaAdani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest and one of the world’s leading renewable energy (RE) companies, has operationalized cumulative capacity of 1,000 MW solar energy at the world’s largest RE park at Khavda, Gujarat. With this, AGEL has achieved […]
March 12, 2024
CleanTechnicaWith a rapidly growing economy, vast coastlines available for offshore wind power, and high solar radiation levels, Vietnam has all of the ingredients to be a world leader in renewable energy. A report by McKinsey & Company found that Vietnam […]
March 11, 2024
Power MagazineEntergy Louisiana has asked state officials for approval to build a floating natural gas-fired power plant that would serve areas along the Gulf Coast. The utility’s recent March filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission calls for construction of a […]