Opinion: Sodium-Ion Batteries – A Sustainable Answer to India’s Energy Storage Challenge

Representational image. Credit: Canva While lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) dominate the current landscape of battery energy storage systems (BESSs), they have significant safety issues, as evident from the increasing number of…

NHPC Invites Bids For 500 MW/1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System Project In Andhra Pradesh

Representational image. Credit: Canva The NHPC has issued a Request for Selection (RfS) for a 500 MW / 1,000 MWh InSTS-connected standalone Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Andhra…

Sarawak Energy Launches Malaysia’s First Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System at Sejingkat Power Plant

Representational image. Credit: Canva Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) has unveiled Malaysia’s first utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the Sejingkat Power Plant, marking a significant step in the country’s…

NHPC Invites Bids For EPC Contract To Develop 1,200 MW Solar Power Park Infrastructure In Uttar Pradesh

Representational image. Credit: Canva NHPC Limited has invited online bids through domestic competitive bidding for an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the development of solar power park infrastructure…

Launch of RuTAGe Smart Village Center Highlights Sustainable Solar Power Solutions for Rural India

Representational image. Credit: Canva The inauguration of the RuTAGe Smart Village Center (RSVC) in Mandaura village, Sonipat, yesterday marked a significant step towards sustainable development in rural India, with a…

Gurīn Energy Completes 75 MW Solar Plant in the Philippines, Launches Solar Education Program

Photo credits to: Gurīn Energy Singapore-based renewable energy developer Gurīn Energy has officially completed its first operational project in the Philippines, the 75-megawatt (MW) Palauig Solar Power Plant. The facility,…

Croatia to study potential locations for new nuclear capacity

Monday, 17 February 2025 (Image: Ministry of Economy) The working group, created by the Ministry of the Economy, brings together experts from academia, the energy sector and government, with a…

Swiss nuclear plants to be fuelled by Kazakh uranium

Monday, 17 February 2025 Zimmermann and Baiguzhin at Axpo AG’s Swiss headquarters, where the contract was signed (Image: Kazatomprom) The contract between Kazatomprom and Axpo Power AG, alongside Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt…

Tennessee governor pledges support for nuclear projects

Monday, 17 February 2025 Tennessee Governor Bill Lee gives the State of the State address (Image: screengrab from YouTube/Gov. Bill Lee) The commitments in Tennessee’s proposed budget were on 10…

Belgium retires oldest nuclear power reactor

Monday, 17 February 2025 Doel units 1 and 2 (Image: Engie Electrabel) Operator Electrabel, the Belgian subsidiary of France’s Engie, said the 445 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor was shut…