Energy

Nuclear waste

IAEA Commends Sweden’s Management of Radioactive Waste

Sweden demonstrates a solid commitment to ensuring the safe implementation of nuclear radioactive waste and used fuel management activities, including its effor…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Cavendish Contracted to Support Decommissioning of Japan’s Monju Reactor

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has awarded UK-based Cavendish Nuclear, a subsidiary of Babcock International Group, a contract to support of the decommis…

Nuclear Reactor

First Concrete for Korea’s New Research Reactor

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has said that first concrete has been poured for its Kijang Research Reactor (KJRR) at the Radiology Science …

Hydrogen Production

Balearic Islands to Develop Green Hydrogen Roadmap With Government Approval

The Government Council has approved the temporary Green Hysland program of the Balearic Energy Institute (IBE) for non-permanent needs, with a total budget of 1…

Energy Saving

Boosting the Capacity and Voltage of Zinc-Air Batteries

With potential high density, low cost and a nature-friendly makeup, zinc-air batteries are touted to be the future of many energy devices.Still, their low volta…

Hydrogen Production

Carbon-Negative Hydrogen Production Technology: A New Perspective for Bio-Energy With Co₂ Capture and Storage

Hydrogen, seen as the "ultimate energy" for the 21st century, boasts benefits such as being clean and renewable as well as storable and versatile. The Internati…

Energy Saving

Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells With up to 26.81% Efficiency

Solar energy is the cheapest and most accessible form of energy. Now, it promises to be more efficient than ever. Scientists from a Chinese solar technology com…

Nuclear Technology

UAE Signs Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreements With China

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Chinese nuclear energy organisations to boost co-operation. The Emirate…

Biofuel

New Swedish Government to Reduce Biofuel Mandates

Sweden minority coalition has cut the amount of biofuel that must be added to diesel and petroleum.A government agency spokesman admitted that the country will …

Hydrogen Production

Cactus Plant Inspires Cost-Effective Hydrogen Production

More than 100 years ago, scientists discovered how to turn water into hydrogen gas—a highly desired green energy that's been nicknamed "the fuel of the fut…

Energy Saving

Study Shows Similarity Between Solid State and Liquid State Electrolytes Used in Batteries

New research at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis is the first to show that a solid-state electrolyte has a high level of…

Renewable Diesel

Vertex’s First Renewable Diesel Unit up and Running

Vertex Energy cut the ribbon on its first renewable diesel facility at the company's mobile refinery and the first renewable diesel facility in Alabama.In 2…

Renewable Diesel

Oleo-X Launches Feedstock Facility for Renewable Diesel and SAF

Oleo-X has announced the launch of its renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock pretreatment facility.Located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, …

Renewable Diesel

PBF Energy: SBR Renewable Diesel Unit Mechanically Complete

PBF Energy Inc. on May 5 announced that the renewable diesel production unit under development as part of the St. Bernard Renewables (SBR) project in Louisiana …

Energy Policy

Texas Senate Approves Tight Permit Restrictions on Solar, Wind

Under a new bill, existing projects could be retroactively removed if new permit requirements are not made. New solar and wind farms would need to win the appro…