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Russian Federation

First Fuel Delivered for New Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

The first of the freshly delivered fuel assemblies is expected to be loaded into Kursk II's unit 1 later this year.Kursk II pictured last year (Image: Rosat…

Oil & Gas Trade

Venezuela Mulls Proposal to Extend PDVSA-Chevron Oil Joint Venture Through 2047

Boards outside PDVSA headquarters are pictured, during a news conference on the Chevron deal in Caracas, Venezuela, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez…

Oil Pipeline

Canada Increases Loan Guarantees for Trans Mountain Pipeline to C$19 Bln

The last section of pipeline is assembled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project before operations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2024…

Offshore Wind Power

First Foundations in Place at EnBW's He Dreiht Wind Farm Offshore Germany

Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel (SSVC), Thialf, has installed the first three monopile foundations and transition pieces at EnBW…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Fuel Loading Completed at France's Flamanville 3 EPR

The process of loading fuel assemblies into the core of the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in France has been completed ahead of its start-up. The 1650 MWe (gross) p…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Plans to Ramp up Tesla Semi Deliveries to Pepsico

Tesla is planning to ramp up Tesla Semi deliveries to PepsiCo, its main customer, ahead of the electric semi truck’s volume production.The Tesla Semi prog…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Asia's First Cylindrical FPSO Coming to Work on Chinese Oilfield

The loading operation of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is said to be independently designed and built by China as Asia&rsq…

Geothermal Power Project

Spanish Geothermal Assocation Geoenergia Launched to Promote Geothermal in Spain

Margarita de Gregorio, Celestino GN, Carmen López, Paloma Pérez, Ana M Lancha, Iñigo Arrizabalaga at the GEOPLAT Assembly event (source: GE…

Electric Vehicles

Infineon Providing SiC Power Chips for Xiaomi's New SU7 Smart Electric Vehicle

Infineon Technologies AG, a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, will provide silicon carbide (SiC) power modules HybridPACK Drive G2 CoolSiC a…

Geothermal Power Plant

First Semi-deep Geothermal Pilot in Estonia Starts Operations

Minister Kristen Michal with EGT's Aivar Auväärt at the pilot geothermal project in Tallinn, Estonia (source: Sirli Sipp Kulli)The first semi-deep…

Electric Vehicles

Toyota Investing $1.4b in Indiana to Prepare for Assembly of New Three-Row Electric SUV and Battery Pack Assembly

Toyota will prepare for assembly of an all-new, three-row battery-electric SUV in the US as part of a new $1.4-billion investment in its Princeton, Indiana faci…

Offshore Substation

First Hai Long Offshore Substation Sets Sail for Taiwan Strait

The first of two offshore substations built for the Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 offshore wind projects has set sail from Vung Tau, Vietnam, and is en route to the…

Electric Vehicles

First ever electric semi truck rides into Mexico with SDG&E

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) says the maiden voyage of their Class 8 heavy-duty electric semi marks the first time an electric semi has crossed the border h…

Electricity Trade

Irish Power Prices Expected to Drop as Gas Storage Levels Remain High

New forecasts from Cornwall Insight’s SEM Benchmark Power Price Curve indicate power prices are set to fall in 2024-25. Power prices are expected to drop …

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Man to Build 200 Hydrogen Trucks — To Prove That Hydrogen Doesn't Work?

Europe’s second-largest commercial truck maker is going to build 200 hydrogen-powered semi trucks, but remains skeptical about the viability of hydrogen a…