Water

Nuclear Fuel

Plans Announced for Pilot US Nuclear Fuel Recycling Plant

Orano USA and SHINE Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the development of a US pilot plant with commercial-scale technology …

Oil & Gas Trade

Trinidad and Tobago Extends Deadline for Shallow-Water Oil and Gas Auction

Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday extended by almost two months a deadline to submit bids for an auction of shallow-water oil and gas blocks, the government said.…

Hydropower Plant

USACE and USBR Release Joint Report on National Water Infrastructure

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) have jointly released the "State of the Infrastructure" report which offers insig…

Pumped Storage

Upper Hunter Hydro Awarded Development Agreement for Pumped Storage Hydropower Projects in Australia

WaterNSW has recently granted a development agreement to Upper Hunter Hydro (UHH) to explore two significant pumped hydro projects with the capacity to store ov…

Nuclear waste

Japan Starts 4th Discharge of Nuclear-Contaminated Water Despite Backlash

Japan started the fourth release of the nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean at around 11:30 a…

Nuclear waste

4th Fukushima Treated Radioactive Water Release to Start Wednesday

The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing the fourth round of treated radioactive water into the ocean on Wednesda…

South Africa

Bridge Construction Progressing as Part Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II

The Polihali Dam will create a 5042ha reservoir at the confluence of the Senqu and Khubelu rivers. The Polihali Dam and the Polihali to Katse Transfer Tunnel ar…

Oil & Gas Trade

Nigeria Issues Call for Deepwater Gas, Infrastructure Investment

Sitting on an estimated 203 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, Nigeria is on a mission to monetize its gas resources and become a leading LNG exporter to globa…

Nuclear waste

Fukushima Plant Operator Warned Over Contaminated Water Leak

Japan's government has warned Tokyo Electric Power Co. after contaminated water was found to have leaked from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power p…

Finland

Oulu Energy Plans a 100MW Hydrogen Plant in Finland

The planner’s vision for a new hydrogen production plant in Laanila, Oulu, northern Finland. The picture shows both the facilities where hydrogen is produ…

Carbon Emissions

China Releases Carbon Emissions Trading Regulations

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows a view of Maowei floating photovoltaic power station on water in Gucheng Township of Yingshang County, east China'…

Hydropower Plant

Biden-Harris Admin: Nearly $72 Million in Largest Single Investment to Support America's Hydropower Facilities

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Funds the Largest Single Investment in the Nation’s Waterpower Production, 46 Projects Across 19 State…

Oil&Gas Drilling

China-Developed Deepwater Gas Field Reports Record High Gas, Oil Output

China's first independently-developed and built ultra-deepwater gas field Shenhai Yihao, or Deep Sea No.1, has recorded an accumulated natural gas output of…

Nuclear Equipment

Replacement Steam Generators Arrive at Cruas-Meysse

Three new steam generators were delivered last month to the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant in south-eastern France. The components will be replaced at unit 3 …

Carbon Emissions

Climate Software Firm Watershed Raises $100 Million in New Funding Round

Climate software company Watershed has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round led by investment firm Greenoaks, valuing the company at $1.8 billion.Seq…