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Wind Turbine

20 MW Wind Turbine Prototype in China Suffers Blade Failure

Mingyang Smart Energy issued a statement on 13 December, following reports that two blades broke off of the company’s 20 MW offshore wind turbine prototyp…

Electric Vehicles

Rho Motion: Record Number EVs Sold in November

November 2024 marked another record-breaking month for EV sales with 1.8 million units sold globally according to EV research-house, Rho Motion. November overto…

Solar Inverter

PowerChina Wraps up Record 102 GW Solar Equipment Procurement Tender

China Power Construction Corp. (PowerChina) says it has concluded the largest procurement tender in solar industry history, involving 51 GW of PV modules and 51…

Solar project

UK Government Seeking Developers for Solar Project in Cyprus

The UK Ministry of Defence has launched a tender for a 875 kW solar array to be built within its base in Cyprus. The deadline for expressions of interest is Jan…

Uranium Project

US Regulator Authorises Urenco Plant to Increase Enrichment

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved Urenco USA's licence amendment request to increase uranium enrichment levels up to 10% at its facility in …

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse and BWXT Canada Sign MoU for Projects

Under a memorandum of understanding with Westinghouse, BWXT Canada has the potential to manufacture key AP1000 and AP300 reactor components, including steam gen…

Nuclear Reactor

Last Energy’s South Wales Nuclear Project Gets US Export Bank Boost

Microreactor developer Last Energy says it has received a letter of intent from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for USD103.7 million debt financing …

Solar project

UK Targets 45 GW Solar, 22 GW BESS in Clean Power 2030 Plan

Policies and targets confirmed in 138-page government plan to decarbonize Great Britain’s electricity generation by 2030. Solar and storage to play a key …

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Tests Advanced VVER Reactor Fuel

The tests are being carried out at the NIIAR at the MIR.M1 research reactorTests are underway using the MIR.M1 research reactor at Russia’s Research Insti…

Wind Turbine

Vestas to Repurpose Factory on Isle of Wight, UK, to Manufacture Blades for Onshore Wind Turbines

Since 2002, Vestas’ facility on the Isle of Wight has played a key role in manufacturing turbine blades for wind projects around the world. Currently, our…

Oil Price

Oil Prices up With China Demand Hopes

Oil prices increased on Wednesday supported by economic stimulus measures in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, aimed at boosting domestic growth.…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Natural Gas

Shell to Explore for Oil and Gas in the Black Sea

Shell Exploration and Production (96) B.V, a subsidiary of Shell, will explore for oil and natural gas in Block 1-26 Khan Tervel, located in Bulgaria's excl…

Oil Exploration

ORLEN Ramps up Its Exploration Activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

A total of 6 exploration and appraisal wells were completed by ORLEN Upstream Norway in 2024, 4 more than the previous year. As a result, the company discovered…

Crude Oil

Oil Production Hits 1.7mbpd – FG

The Federal Government has declared that Nigeria’s oil production, including condensates, increased by 9.9 per cent to 1.69 million barrels per day in Nov…