The first new nuclear reactor ordered in the U.S. in roughly three decades is beginning to take shape near Augusta, Ga. Southern Company and its partners have dug 27.5 meters down to reach bedrock and are now refilling the hole to provide a stable, anchored foundation for what is likely to be the first of a new generation of reactors in the U.S.: two new AP1000 models at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant that stand next to two older pressurized water reactors, which came online in the 1980s—the first of some 14 AP1000s and 20 new reactors in total that may be built in the U.S. in the next 15 years.

"It's great to see the intersection of three things that I love," Snyder told the audience that included hundreds of students. "We're talking about innovation and entrepreneurship, we're talking about clean energy, something that is vitally important for our future. It's about economic growth, and doing it in the most responsible way possible in terms of the legacy we leave and the opportunity it provides us and the third thing is it involves students”

Poland's government approved two bills creating a legal framework for the nuclear power industry and taking another step towards building the country's first nuclear plant, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. The bills, which now will be sent to parliament, create grounds for oversight of the investment process by National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) as well as instruments for state-controlled PGE to choose technology supplier.

France's consumption rose by 7% – and in Europe only Denmark and Ireland used less energy per unit of GDP than UK.The EU energy commissioner, Günther Oettinger, is expected to recommend member states are set individual targets on efficiency improvements.The UK is one of the top performers in Europe on energy efficiency, according to a European commission report.

The Umeox Apollo is named after the Greek Sun God, and comes with a built-in solar panel covering the rear of the phone allowing the user to place a call when the batteries are discharged, provided there is sufficient sun available. Daily usage recharge needs about 2.5 hours of sunlight with a complete recharge requiring 17 hours.

CyberSmart Africa implements a practical and scalable solution to enlighten the frequently ignored rural schools with contemporary education. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), CyberSmart’s “tech-lite” approach, which includes a specially adapted interactive whiteboard and other low-power digital tools, puts learning first. The system uniquely focuses on teacher training and puts the latest low-power, portable equipment to work directly in the classrooms of off-the-grid rural schools.

The capital's nuclear programme is progressing well but must now begin to pay greater attention to areas surrounding nuclear fuel supply and disposal, and protection of facilities, said a review board set up by the emirate's Government.

Clearing up the regulatory hurdles that are slowing development of electricity transmission lines would provide a significant boost to U.S. wind power development, industry officials said Wednesday. The American Wind Energy Association is holding a two-day workshop in Omaha focused on the challenges of transmitting power to places that need it. The biggest regulatory barriers have to do with who pays for high-voltage transmission lines and who decides where the lines will go.

Until last year, wind power appeared immune to the worst ravages of an economic storm sweeping the globe. Then the world's biggest manufacturer of wind turbines took an axe to 3000 jobs in its native northern Europe. Did it signify not just a readjustment to a single producer's business model but a threat to the technology's continuing worldwide deployment? Or, as some believe, are fears of a decline in the sector's fortunes simply overblown?

Năm nay, Geoplasma dự định xây dựng một nhà máy với chi phí 120 triệu USD ở California (Mỹ). Rác thải từ các hộ gia đình địa phương cung cấp cho nhà máy sẽ tạo ra lượng syngas đủ để sản xuất điện phục vụ hơn 20.000 gia đình.

Các nhà khoa học thuộc đại học tổng hợp Cornell đang có hi vọng dùng một số loại vi khuẩn trong chất thải nhà máy bia để sản xuất xăng sinh học và các sản phẩm hữu ích khác. Largus T. Angenent, phó giao sư ngành kỹ thuật sinh học và môi trường, tác giả chính cùng trợ lý Jeffrey J. Werner gần đây đã đăng một bài viết về nghiên cứu của mình trên tạp chí Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Biên bản của Viện hàn lâm khoa học quốc gia).

Gaining new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste, Cornell scientists hope to use their new knowledge to shape these microbial communities to produce liquid biofuels and other useful products.

The global market for LED light fixtures, which already stood at $3.8bn in 2010, is expected to grow to $8.3bn within the next three years, according to new research. The heightened awareness of energy efficiency together and global fiscal stimulus has created suitable conditions for the adoption of white light application of LED technology, which would otherwise have faced high costs.

Thus, from March 1st, the average price of electricity will increase from 1,077vnd/kWh to 1.242vnd/kWh, equivalent to a 15.28% increase. With this increase, many of EVN’s costs shall continue to be kept from being allocated to the price, the rate of return on state capital of EVN is zero and coal price has not risen in the electricity price structure.

Theo phòng kỹ thuật của Công ty Đức Anh Quân, hệ điện mặt trời quy mô hộ gia đình cụ thể như sau: với mức đầu tư khoảng 540 USD sẽ trang bị được hệ điện mặt trời loại 54 Wp (kích thước 639 x 652 x 54 mm), 12 V DC. Các linh kiện gồm có tấm pin mặt trời, hệ điều khiển nạp, ắc quy (70 Ah - 12 V DC), khung sắt đỡ tấm pin mặt trời, đèn 12 V DC và các phụ kiện khác như dây điện, công tắc... Pin mặt trời có thể lắp trước sân, bên hông hoặc trên mái nhà. Lượng điện cung cấp từ 250 - 300 Wh/ngày (tùy theo bức xạ mặt trời, thời gian nắng trong ngày). Nguồn điện cung cấp là điện một chiều 12 V DC. Có thể thắp sáng sinh hoạt, xem ti vi (loại đen trắng 14 inch), radio-cassette.

Từ năm 2011 tại Việt Nam, Công ty Trường Thành và Công ty Jatro sẽ trồng 100.000 hecta cây Jatropha tại Việt Nam để tạo nguồn nhiên liệu dầu bio-diesel thân thiện với môi trường. Với dự báo đến năm 2020, nếu chỉ cần 10% xe hơi trên toàn cầu dùng nhiên liệu sinh học, thì thị trường cho loại dầu này cũng có giá trị lên đến 300 tỷ USD.

India was taking serious steps to promote alternative technologies that used bio-fuels and solar and wind energy, a senior official said Saturday. India also has plans to produce more bio-fuels and electric vehicles to save petrol for other vital needs, Sohail Akhtar, director in the ministry of new and renewable energy, said.

Phó Thủ tướng Hoàng Trung Hải chỉ đạo Bộ Công Thương sớm hoàn thiện cơ chế trình Chính phủ ban hành quy định hỗ trợ, tạo điều kiện, khuyến khích các dự án đầu tư điện gió tại Việt Nam được thuận lợi, hiệu quả. Đầu tư điện gió ở Việt Nam còn chưa phát triển do nhiều khó khăn từ điều kiện tự nhiên, thời tiết, công nghệ và đặc biệt là suất đầu tư cao dẫn tới giá thành, giá bán điện cao. Suất vốn đầu tư điện gió thế giới cũng như ở Việt Nam còn khá cao, mức dao động lớn. Mức cao nhất là 2,77 triệu USD/MW, thấp nhất là 1,77 triệu USD/MW và trung bình là 2,2 triệu USD/MW.

Solar power could be on the brink of economic breakthrough, reaching investment levels of €70 billion in 2015, according to a major study out this week. The report, Solar Generation 6, by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) and Greenpeace International estimates that photovoltics could meet 12% of European demand by 2020 and up to 9% of the world’s demand by 2030.

Will electric car charging networks have the type of roaming commonly found between cell phone providers? If Nokia Siemens Networks– a joint venture between the European networking giants — has anything to say about it, in Europe they will. This week at Mobile World Congress (MWC), an annual telecom conference in Barcelona, Nokia Siemens and a German public utility group called Smartlab announced they are developing an authentication and authorization service to enable electric vehicle drivers to “roam” when charging up via various service providers.