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EV Market

EV Uptake Reaches New Highs as Tesla Deliveries Play Catch Up, BMW Trumps Mercedes

EV Uptake in Australia reached a new monthly high in January 2023, with EVs making up 5.7% of all vehicles sold nationwide. This has meant that Australia’…

Energy Taxation

Fuel Tax Exemptions Make No Sense – For the Climate or the Economy

Petrol and Diesel pumps at a service station in Sydney. (AAP Image/James Gourley)Revising the generous fuel tax credits given to businesses should be a priority…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Nuclear Technology

Can New Cheap, Frequent “Laser” Monitoring of Critical Components Extend Nuclear Plant Lifetimes by Decades?

A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors. Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components…

Thermal Plant

Duke Energy’s N.C. Coal Plants More Expensive to Run Than Building New Solar Farms, Report Finds

The Allen coal plant just west of Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: Murr Rhame / Creative CommonsBy Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News NetworkDuke Energy spends twic…

LNG

Wärtsilä Supplying LNG Container Ships

Kota Capar, one of Pacific International Lines's container vessels. (Image: Pacific International Line)Wärtsilä will supply systems for four new 8…

Nuclear Power Plant

Velocys Completes Construction on Reactor Core Assembly Facility

Velocys plc on Jan. 26 released a business update, reporting that the company has completed construction on a new reactor core assembly facility in Ohio. Velocy…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Concludes Safety Process Review for Uzbekistan’s First Nuclear Plant

The mission was held from 16 to 20 January upon the Uzbekistan government’s request.A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has co…

Hydrogen Production

Skills Survey Seeks to Bridge Australia’s Clean Energy Jobs Gap

The federal government is launching a national energy jobs survey, as concerns mount that major labour shortages will derail Australia’s shift to renewabl…

Energy Investment

Sun Cable: It’s Much More Viable Than You Think, at the Right Price

We think interest in Sun Cable assets will be high, and that the project may well be viable. Yet as an external analyst without access to inside information, th…

LNG

LNG Has ‘Much Bigger’ Trucking Potential Than CNG

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has much bigger potential than Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) for regional and long-haul trucking, according to Lars Mårtensson,…

Hydrogen Production

CGA Launches Safe Hydrogen Project

The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) has launched its Safe Hydrogen Project to establish and promote industry-wide standards for the production, transportation …

Solar Company

Mingyang Will Invest RMB 1.5 Billion in Base inZhongshan for Assembling Equipment Used inManufacturing of HJT Products

At the beginning of January, a ceremony was held in Zhongshan to mark the signing of a project investment agreement between Mingyang Group and the local governm…

Energy Subsidies

EU Must Answer U.S. Clean Energy Subsidies, Commissioner Says on Washington Visit

European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton speaks at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoWASHING…

Solar Power Panel

Onshore Solar To Cut Emissions From Docked Vessels In Kenya

A new study looking at the usage of PV-powered cold ironing in the largest port in East Africa has concluded that small-scale solar plants could be crucial to r…