Hoping for better times, Germany shuts down its nuclear power plants.

A law passed in 2002 mandated the eventual elimination of the emission-free power source, and the Fukushima accident in 2011 sealed the deal. Starting at 10 p.m. on Saturday, the Isar-2 nuclear facility near Munich will begin gradually reducing its power output by 10 MW/min.  After 45 minute...

GE POWER DELIVERS VSDS, E-HOUSE SUCCESSFULLY TO SHELL’S PETROCHEMICAL PLANT

Highlights:

• GE Power, one of the world leaders in power generation- has successfully delivered an e-house and VSDS to the petrochemical plant controlled by Shell Nederland Chemie B.V.
• GE’s VSDS encompasses high-speed induction motor and variable...

JAPANESE TURMOIL: THE CONTROVERSIAL COAL FUELED POWER GENERATION

Highlights:

• Japan heavily dependent on coal after Fukushima nuclear disaster
• Heavily criticized in the COP25 summit for carbon emissions
• Citizens at a loss on the choice to be made

Japan has taken a lot of flak for heavily...

JAPAN IN A FIX: UNABLE TO FIND WAYS TO SAFELY DISPOSE SPENT NUCLEAR RODS

The Fukushima nuclear disaster was a wake-up call to Japan from relying too much on nuclear energy. The country had tried to reuse spent nuclear material by creating mixed-oxide reactor rods. Post this, disposal of the spent nuclear rods in a safe manner has become an issue for the nuclear plants...

Fukushima Reborn As the Wind And Solar Base in Japan

The proposed introduction of renewables, comprising of 11 new solar plants and 10 new wind turbines on radiation-contaminated land, would push the prefecture towards its electricity goals and add 600 megawatts of combined generating capacity by 2024. New grid technology to link power to existing ...

Japan's demand for oil could be reduced quickly

He International Energy Agency's November World Energy Outlook forecasts only a relatively small 54mn toe gap in Japan's 2040 oil demand between the "government strategies" scenarios of the world and "sustainable development." Such a conservative forecast for the latte...

Moixa, using Gridshare reaches 100 MWh power plant capacity

The company says its network is the world's largest battery fleet under the control of digital power plants.

A year after agreeing to work together, 10,000 residential storage systems with a combined capacity of 100 MWh were installed by the Japanese conglomerate Itochu and the ener...

56.5 Million USD awarded by DOE awards to 32 projects focused on coal tech

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is granting $56.5 million in government financing to 32 cost-shared innovative work (R&D) ventures for cutting edge coal advancements and research under six separate subsidizing opportunity declarations (FOAs). The activities spread a scope of points, includi...

Projects aimed at making Steady-State Fusion Power Plants Possible

An announcement was made today by the United States Department of Energy that they will be funding $14 million for 10 university-led research projects using the DIII-D National Fusion Facility.  The Development of methods of sustaining the steady-state or constant operation of fusion reactors is the...