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Thermal Coal

Indonesia's Salim Plans Australian Coal Mine Growth

The Indonesian owners of Australia's 8mn t/yr Mount Pleasant high-grade thermal coal mine in New South Wales have applied to expand the mine to 17mn t/yr and ex…

Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy Formally Begins SMR Partnership with DOE

X-energy has signed the cooperation agreement which officially begins its participation in the US DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), a project t…

Oil&Gas Drilling

ReconAfrica Updates Kavango Drilling Program

ReconAfrica recently provided an update on its drilling program in the Kavango sedimentary basin in the Kalahari Desert of North East Namibia.

Power Construction

SP Energy Networks Completes £30m Grid Upgrade

Work took two years to refurbish overhead transmission lines in southern Scotland.

Hydrogen Project

International Group Launches $1.8/kg Hydrogen Initiative

A group of 30 companies has unveiled an initiative to deliver 100% green hydrogen across Europe at €1.5 a kilogramme, inclusive of transmission and storage cos…

Graphene

The Advantages of Graphene for Photovoltaics

Enel Green Power is taking part in the EU-backed GRAPES project to research new applications for a very versatile material called graphene which boosts the effi…

Solar Cell

Spacewalking Astronauts Prepare International Space Station for New Solar Arrays

Two spacewalking astronauts began preparing the International Space Station for new solar arrays on Sunday, battling tough bolts to kick off a major power upgra…

Oil Refinery

Iranian Firm Wins Tehran Refinery Upgrade Project

Iranian contracting company Chagalesh Consulting Engineers has been awarded a €200mn engineering, procurement and construction contract to upgrade a number of …

Carbon Neutral

South Korea and Visegrád Four to Further Economic Cooperation

The first forum took place four months ago.

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Hydropower Plant

En+ Group Upgrades Hydroelectric Units at Russian Hydropower Plant

The total investment in the project for this stage of the project is more than 1.5 billion roubles.

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II-2 Enters Final Testing Phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacit…

Personnel Appointment

Jennifer M. Granholm Sworn in as 16th Secretary of Energy

Jennifer M. Granholm was sworn in today as the 16th Secretary of Energy by Vice President Kamala Harris, following a broad bipartisan confirmation vote of 64-35…

Hydropower Plant

Six Units to be Replaced at Bratsk Hydro Plant, Siberia

En+ Group has announced it has begun the replacement of six hydraulic units at the it’s Bratsk hydropower plant in Siberia as part of its large-scale "New ener…

Energy Storage Battery

Grid Connected Battery Storage being Installed in Uruguay

One of the first grid-connected battery storage systems is to be integrated in Uruguay’s electricity system.