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Nuclear Power Plant

Rooppur Unit 1 Dome Installation Starts

The dome of the inner containment shell of unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is now being installed, Rosatom announced yesterday.

Net Zero Emission

Japan’s Unveils 'Ambitious' Plan to Cut Fossil Fuel in Energy Mix to 41%

WoodMac warns that this will have significant ramifications for coal, LNG, and oil demand.

Italy

Prysmian Energy Earnings Rise 12% in H1 2021

Growth attributed to volume increases and cost efficiency measures

Portugal

EDPR Posts 13% Earnings Dip in H1 2021

EDP Renewables has reported EBITDA of €654m for the first half of 2021, a drop of 13% from the same period last year.

Energy Storage Battery

Substantial Growth Predicted for Molten Salt Energy Storage Market

The global molten salt thermal energy storage market is expected to reach a market size of $1,743.663 million in 2026, up from $629.969 million in 2019.

Natural Gas

China's Sinopec Aims to Grow Gas Output 60% by 2025

The company aims to produce 13 bcm of shale gas from the Sichuan basin by 2025, which would make up nearly 30% of its total gas output, Zhu said.

Floating Offshore Wind

UK Regulator Advances Lease Process for Two 100 MW Floating Wind Sites in the Celtic Sea

The formal award will be subject to a Habitats Regulations Assessment, following which, the Llŷr project will progress with environmental assessments and surve…

Crude Oil

Libya Looks To Boost Oil Production To 1.6 Million Bpd In 2022

Libya could boost its oil production to 1.6 million barrels per day by the middle of 2022 if the industry has the necessary funding

Crude Oil

Venezuela Plans To Revive Its Oil Industry Despite U.S. Sanctions

Venezuela is ignoring U.S. sanctions with its plan to boost production to 1.5 million bpd by the end of the year, around three times the current output.

Solar Power Plant

Waaree Completes 300-MW Solar Module Production for US Project

The company added that this order has brought $105 million of foreign exchange into India

Hydropower Plant

RWE Couples Batteries with Hydropower in Innovative Facility

RWE has announced details of an innovative battery storage system in Germany that will virtually couple batteries with its run-of-river power stations along the…

Wind Farm

Duke Starts up 182MW Texas Wind

Maryneal Windpower has a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement with T-Mobile

Energy Storage Battery

Form Energy Announces Iron-Air 100-hour Storage Battery

They note that their new battery is based on iron, not lithium, and thus is much less expensive to produce.

Power Cable

LS Cable and System to Build High-Rise Undersea Cable Production Tower

LS Cable and System will invest 185.9 billion won to build an undersea cable system production plant in Donghae, Gangwon Province, the company said on July 25.

Wind Farm

Oyster Bay 140MW Wind Farm Ready for Operation

In South Africa, the 140MW Enel Green Power RSA Oyster Bay wind farm, situated in the Eastern Cape, has successfully reached commercial operation.