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Production starts at the Mendubim solar plant
12 March, 2024
On 8 March the 531 MW Mendubim solar plant in Brazil started...
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National Gas to study Gravitricity’s H2FlexiStore
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by National Gas – the UK’s gas transmission system owner and operator – has secured Strategic Innovation Funding (SIF) from the UK energy regulator Ofgem to study a new kind of...

AI protection system to be deployed in the nuclear industry
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by An innovative Artificial Intelligence camera system designed to cut the risk of serious injury on busy construction sites, is set to be implemented across the nuclear power industry.

UK budget backs nukes
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by Energy related measures in the UK spring budget (presented by the chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, on 6 March) reflected an emphasis on nuclear power. The chancellor...

Shelling continues near ZNPP
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, in his 8 March statement Update 215 concerning the situation in Ukraine, reported his meeting...

UK government proposes new ‘dash for gas’
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by The UK government “will stand with you as you build new gas fired power stations,” Claire Coutinho MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero...

Iberdrola secures approval for Valdecañas pumping project
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 by Spanish electric utility Iberdrola has secured administrative authorisation to build the 275 MW Valdecañas pumping project in Spain.

Conditional agreement achieved for Empire Wind 1 project
Thursday, March 07, 2024 by Following Equinor’s successful rebid in New York’s fourth offshore wind solicitation (NY4) and with a current conditional order in place for the 810 MW Empire Wind 1 project, the...

CIP signs preferred supply agreement for Taiwan wind project
Thursday, March 07, 2024 by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has signed a preferred supply agreement with LS Cable for the supply of offshore and onshore cables to CIP’s third offshore wind project in Taiwan,...

BBC report alleges that Drax is still burning rare forest wood
Wednesday, March 06, 2024 by A recent report by the BBC’s long standing current affairs ‘Panorama’ programme stated that Drax, a power company that has received £6bn in UK green subsidies to date since it...

New report says wave energy has vital role in meeting net zero ambitions
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by A new report from LUT University Finland has highlighted the pivotal role of wave energy in achieving a cost-effective net zero energy system. According to the research findings, the...

Growth of clean energy ‘has limited the rise in emissions’
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, as indicated by new analysis from...

Germany’s aim for 80 % renewables by 2030 ‘well within reach’
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by The German government’s target of sourcing 80 % of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is ‘very much achievable’ for Germany if current positive trends...

Masdar breaks ground on two UK BESS sites
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by Masdar Arlington Energy, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar – has broken ground at the sites of two new battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the UK.

R-R supplies large-scale storage to the Latvian grid
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by Rolls-Royce has received an order from the Latvian transmission system operator Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) to supply an mtu large-scale battery storage system to help secure the...

RWE and Masdar to develop 3 GW of UK offshore wind
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by RWE and Masdar have closed their transaction, flagged up in December, and will now go ahead with the delivery of two flagship projects under the name Dogger Bank South, DBS.

Grid connection for Vogtle 4
Tuesday, March 05, 2024 by US-based Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co, announced that unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, has been connected to...

105km Finland – Estonia EstLink 1 to be upgraded
Thursday, February 29, 2024 by Hitachi Energy has won an order to provide Fingrid and Elering, the transmission system operators in Finland and Estonia, with an extensive control and protection system upgrade of...

Bekaert and Toshiba sign PEM electrolyser agreement
Thursday, February 29, 2024 by Bekaert and Toshiba Energy Systems have entered into a global partnership that includes a strategic co-operation agreement, and a manufacturing technology licence for membrane...

India boosts nuclear expansion with launch of two new units at Kakrapar
Thursday, February 29, 2024 by India aims to add 18 new nuclear power reactors with a capacity of 13,800 MWe by 2031-32, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) announced after Prime Minister Narendra...

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