France

Nuclear Reactor

Framatome's Protect Fuel to Be Tested in French Reactor

Framatome has signed a collaboration agreement with EDF to test its PROtect enhanced accident tolerant fuel (EATF) technology. Under the agreement, four lead fu…

SMR

EDF Begins Permitting Process for Two New Reactors at Penly

EDF announced it is seeking the necessary authorisations to construct two EPR2 reactors at the Penly nuclear power plant site in Normandy, northern France.The P…

Coal Production

Indonesia Needs 1.5 Billion USD to Terminate Coal in Production

Indonesia needs a grant of about 1.5 billon USD from the International Partnership Group (IPG), including the US, Japan, Canada, Denmark, the European Union (EU…

Hydrogen Project

HDF Energy Spearheading Green Hydrogen in Ecuador

HDF Energy (Hydrogen de France), has officially commenced its operations in Ecuador. The official inauguration ceremony took place at the French Embassy in Quit…

Oil & Gas Trade

Investment of $75BN Needed to Reduce Oil and Gas Methane Emissions by 2030, IEA Says

Burning methane from oil production near Watford City, North Dakota. Fossil fuels made up nearly 82 per cent of the total global energy supply in 2022. APInvest…

ITER

ITER Delays Revision of Project's Timeline

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project's council has put back for a year an announcement on its updated timeline for the…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Paris 2024 to Use Hydrogen Vehicles Powered by Air Liquide

Amara Raja Infra Private Limited announced that it has secured a new solar project in Bangladesh, worth $130 million. The venture serves as ARIPL’s entry …

Hydrogen Production

World's First Offshore Hydrogen Production Project Yields First Kilograms of Green Hydrogen

The offshore hydrogen production platform that Lhyfe is testing in France, named Sealhyfe, began producing its first kilograms of offshore hydrogen on 20 June a…

Floating Solar

EDF Group Unveils Floating Solar Power Plant at Lazer Dam, France

EDF Group has inaugurated the Lazer floating solar power plant in the Hautes-Alpes, the first for its EDF Renewables subsidiary in France and the first to combi…

Offshore Wind Power

ABL Wins Work on Another French Offshore Wind Farm

ABL has been awarded a marine warranty surveyor (MWS) contract for the EolMed floating offshore wind project in France, where the consultancy will provide MWS s…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Monte Firms Order for up to 100 Zeroavia Hydrogen-Electric Engines

ZeroAvia disclosed during the Paris air show that it has a purchase agreement for up to 100 of its hydrogen-electric engines with the UK’s Monte Aircraft …

SMR

Tractebel Increases Cooperation in Nuward SMR Project

Belgian engineering firm Tractebel has signed a framework cooperation agreement to strengthen and extend its collaboration with France's Nuward and EDF in t…

Service Operation Vessel

LD Tide Orders Hybrid CTV From Strategic Marine

LD Tide, a joint venture between French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and UK-based Tidal Transit, has ordered a hybrid-ready crew transfer vess…

Energy Saving

Doubling Global Energy Efficiency Progress by 2030 Endorsed by Governments

Forty-five governments from around the world took part in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Conference on Energy Efficiency and endorsed the …

Electric Vehicles

Elon Musk to Meet With President Macron for 2nd Time in a Month Amid Rumors of Tesla Factory in France

Elon Musk is set to meet with President Macron for the second time in a month amid rumors of Tesla potentially building a factory in France.Less than a month ag…