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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Environmental Regulator Approves BN-1200 Fast Reactor Deployment at Beloyarsk

The Beloyarsk nuclear power station in central Russia where the new Generation IV fast reactor will be built. Courtesy Rosatom.Russia’s environmental regu…

HTGR

Jacobs to Assist in Development of UK-Japanese HTGR

The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has appointed engineering group Jacobs to help in the development of a high temperature gas reactor design that i…

LNG

South Korea's KOMIPO and Vitol Extend Long-Term LNG Supply Contract

South Korea's Korea Middle Power Co (KOMIPO) and commodities trader Vitol (VITOLV.UL) on Tuesday agreed to extend an existing long-term liquefied natural ga…

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…

Wind Turbine

Tetraspar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Hits 63 Pct Capacity Factor in Norway

Stiesdal has revealed that its TetraSpar Demonstrator, located in Norway, has reached a capacity factor of 63 per cent.Source: Stiesdal via LinkedInSince its co…

Electric Vehicles

Musk Opposes US Tariffs on Chinese EVs

Tesla founder Elon Musk said he was taken aback by US President Joe Biden's decision to impose 100 percent tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles."In…

Energy Investment

China's Industrial Profits up 4.3% in January-April

Staff members work at a factory of a subsidiary of China First Heavy Industries (CFHI) in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 28, 2024. …

Energy Policy

Qld Gov Passes Renewable Energy Legislation

The new laws include a target of 80 per cent renewable energy generation in the state by 2035 and are expected to create more than 100,000 jobs.The passing of t…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Officially Breaks Ground at Megafactory in China

Tesla has officially broken ground on its new Megafactory project to build Megapacks for energy storage in China.The Megafactory in Lathrop, California, was Tes…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Totalenergies to Invest $600M to Boost E&P Activites in Congo in 2024

TotalEnergies has announced that it will invest $600 million to strengthen exploration and production activities in the Republic of Congo in 2024. The investmen…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Innovative Piping Rehabilitation Solution to Be Used at US Plant

Framatome has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to carry out its first major mitigation of buried condenser feed pipes using its innovative spray-in-…

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…

Service Operation Vessel

Siemens Gamesa Taps North Star for East Anglia Three SOV

North Star has secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa to build a hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) bound for long-term charter at the 1.4 GW East Anglia TH…

Geothermal Drilling

Bureau of Land Management Approves Wabuska Geothermal Exploration Project

The Bureau of Land Management will be exploring a future geothermal site out near Yerington now that they’ve completed their environmental assessment.Jona…

Offshore Wind Power

Shell-EDF Joint Venture Awards Onshore Cabling Contract for Atlantic Shores Project 1

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), a joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDF-RE Offshore Development, has selected Creamer-Jingoli to …