Fuel

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of Fuel Assembly Simulators Loading at Unit 2 of BNPP

On March 7, the loading of fuel assembly simulators started at Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP

Combined Heat and Power

German Bioenergy Project Reaches Financial Close

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, Wismar Pellets and PEARL Infrastructure Capital have reached financial close on the Bioenergie Wismar Combined Heat and Pow…

Crude Oil

PetroSA Merger to Form South African National Petroleum Company

In South Africa, the portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy was recently briefed by the department of mineral resources and energy on the merger of…

Biobattery

French Albioma Expands Biomass Capacity in 2020

French renewable energy provider Albioma increased its biomass-fired capacity in 2020, despite delays to plant conversions as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Enters Next Stage of ATF Development

This marks the latest milestone in the development of Russian accident tolerant fuel, state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced today.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

US Consortium to Develop Next-Generation Fuel Cell Technology

A US-based consortium is working to develop breakthrough materials to help strengthen manufacturing in the fuel cell sector and bring high-temperature proton ex…

Nuclear Power Plant

TVEL Unit Launches CFR-600 Fuel Production Site

Elemash Machine-building plant has launched a production site for the fabrication of fuel for China's flagship fast neutron reactor, the CFR-600.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Singapore's Union Gas Considers Switch to Electric Charging at Fuel Station

Union Gas has commissioned a study from builder Surbana Jurong to redevelop its sole fuel station in the island's west, the companies said in a joint statement

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Daimler Truck and the Volvo Group Finalise Fuel Cell Joint Venture

Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group have finalised a joint venture agreement for the development, production and sale of fuel cell systems for heavy-duty vehicles.

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops Fast Reactor Fuel, Launches Tender for Pyrochemical Processing Study

The Bochvar Institute has developed a fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.

Gas turbine engine

Japan’s Mitsubishi Developing Ammonia-Fired Gas Turbine

Japanese engineering firm Mitsubishi Power is developing a 40MW gas turbine fuelled by ammonia for power generation, targeting commercial use after 2025.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

New Hydrogen Station Opens in Switzerland

A brand-new hydrogen filling station is now operational in Switzerland.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hyundai Motor Group Breaks Ground on Fuel Cell System Plant in Guangzhou

Hyundai Motor Group announced on March 2 that it held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for HTWO Guangzhou, the group’s first fuel cell system facility outside…

Nuclear Fuel

Tokyo Electric Completes Nuclear Fuel Removal from Fukushima No. 3 Unit

The No. 3 unit is one of the three reactors that suffered core meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Is Toyota’s Fuel Cell Module a Hydrogen Breakthrough?

The largest automaker in the world says the technology will help achieve global carbon neutrality goals