Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 +0000
In July 1968, the U.S. Army sent the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Sturgis, to the Panama Canal to help overcome a regional hydroelectric power plant shortage, which was driven by a severe
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:08:28 +0000
Workers at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia, have installed what they call the world’s largest multipurpose fast neutron research reactor, or MBIR, at the site. The group on Jan. 18 said the installation of the MBIR, a milestone in the assembly of the reactor facility, was completed 16 months ahead […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 18:30:14 +0000
Six EU states join up to harvest green hydrogen from the Baltic Sea and transport it to industrial clusters in the Baltic region and beyond.
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:37:03 +0000
Major French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) said it will again extend maintenance outages at some of its nuclear reactors by several months, meaning France will continue to import power and putting more strain on the country’s supply of electricity. EDF has returned some nuclear units to service in the past several weeks, but […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:15:19 +0000
Two countries seeking to expand development of their nuclear power programs have announced new projects. Iranian officials on Dec. 3 said construction of what would be that country’s second nuclear power plant has begun. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s government on Dec. 4 said it is looking for investors to support development of what would be the country’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:13:00 +0000
John Stevens Cabot Abbott, the 19th century American historian perhaps best known for writing History of Napoleon Bonaparte and History of the Civil War in America , is attributed with the quote, “War is the
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:16:31 +0000
Ford wants the U.S. to be a bit loose in determining whether EVs comply with new EV tax credit requirements. Read on for what’s going on here. Some Background Rare-earth minerals are a big deal. By mining rare-earth minerals, we are then able to obtain the rare-earth elements needed for renewable energy, mobile devices, and […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:16:53 +0000
Russia’s ability to keep signing nuclear contracts in the midst of massive sanctions over its illegal invasion of Ukraine is a complicated story. I certainly wouldn’t be signing contracts for energy with Russia right now.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 14:47:32 +0000
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sent one very clear message to Europe — ween yourself off dependence on Russian fossil gas, and gas in general. That led to record growth in wind and solar power this year, and a new analysis from E3G and Ember finds that the EU’s increase in wind and solar power deployment […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:01:37 +0000
A wave of retirements for U.S. coal-fired power plants continues, with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting almost a quarter of the nation’s remaining facilities could be shuttered by the end of 2029. The EIA in its preliminary monthly electric generator inventory report released Nov. 7 said that 23% of the nearly 201 GW of […]
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