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Nuclear Power Plant

Eskom Shuts Down Some Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Units

According to South African news media reports, due to the leak, Eskom has taken the Koeberg nuclear power plant's Unit 1 off the assembly line and has accelerat…

Pumped Storage

Early Works Programme Starts at Kidston Pumped Storage

Following the news yesterday on the final investment decision for the 250MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project in Australia, developer Genex Power has announc…

Oil Price

Oil Moves Higher on Brexit Deal, U.S. Inventory Draw

Oil prices moved higher on Thursday as news that Britain and the European Union had signed a post-Brexit trade deal, as well as a draw in U.S. inventory sparked…

Crude Oil

Russia’s Crude Oil Exports Drop 10% In January-October

Due to lower demand and the OPEC+ deal, Russia’s crude oil exports declined by 10.4 percent in volume year over year in January to October, data from the Russi…

Oil & Gas Trade

Putin: Russia Reduces Its Dependence On Oil

Russia is successfully weaning itself off oil revenues, President Vladimir Putin said today during an annual end-of-the-year news conference, as quoted by RT.

Nuclear Fuel

Ukrainian Ministry Meets to Discuss Uranium Production Suspension

According to the national Ukrinform news agency, all uranium mining by state enterprise VostokGOK was suspended on 7 December.

Crude Oil

Global Oil Prices May Remain Range Bound Between $40-50 per Barrel in 2021

The news of a successful coronavirus has ignited the oil market again with crude price moving up mire than 20 per cent in a month to hover close to $50 a barrel…

Offshore Wind Power

Orsted Renews US Maritime Research Partnership

Orsted has announced a new three-year partnership with the US Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies.

Joe Biden

Clean Energy Industry Applauds Biden Victory

On Saturday the global clean energy industry breathed a collective sigh of relief as most major news outlets declared Joe Biden the new US President-elect Biden…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

FS Italiane, Snam to Collaborate on Hydrogen Trains

Hydrogen trains in Italy moved a step closer to reality today with the news FS Italiane and Snam will collaborate on a study promoting hydrogen rail transport.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Energy to Replace Natural Gas at Hospital in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Dutch news portal Gawalo has published an interesting article about efforts by a hospital in the Netherlands looking at replacing natural gas with geothermal en…

United States

California to Ban Sale of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035 to fight climate change and smog-foul…

Geothermal Power Plant

Puna Geothermal Power Plant in Hawaii Expects to Restart This Month

Local news report, that the Puna geothermal power plant by Puna Geothermal Ventures on Hawaii Island is to restart at the end of September 2020.

Russian Federation

Russian Energy Minister Novak Tests Positive for COVID-19

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was himself diagnosed with COVID-19 in May and successfully completed treatment, was the one to deliver the news.

Crude Oil

California Oil Production Limits Stall in Legislature, Leaving the Issue to Newsom

In his first year in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed to protect Californians against hazards and pollutants from oil and gas production.