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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Zap and Helion are part of a renaissance in fusion-energy R&D aimed at achieving practical fusion power using much more modest facilities than the vast International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in southern France, at a cost estimated to be north of US $22 billion by the time it’s completed.

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ABB and Volvo Buses partnering on fast-charging system for hybrid and electric buses

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ABB and Volvo will contribute with their respective expertise in power grids and e-buses to further develop e-bus fast-charging standards, such as communications protocols for infrastructure, electrical grids and e-buses. Developing e-bust fast-charging standards. Batteries Electric (Battery) Fleets Heavy-duty Infrastructure'

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How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

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Just a few hours before massed Russian troops and missiles surged over borders with deadly force last month, Ukraine’s grid operator opened a series of high-voltage breakers, disconnecting the nation’s grid from those of Belarus, Russia and the rest of the giant UPS/IPS synchronous AC power zone controlled from Moscow.

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OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada

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OPG and GE Hitachi will collaborate on the SMR engineering, design, planning, preparing the licencing and permitting materials, and performing site preparation activities, with the mutual goal of constructing Canada’s first commercial, grid-scale SMR, projected to be completed as early as 2028. GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Ltd.,

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