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Nuclear Fusion

Recent Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs and the Opportunities They Offer

A milestone has been reached in the quest to harness the power of the stars for cost-effective clean energy on Earth by scientists working to establish practica…

SMR

NuScale, Doosan Agree to Begin SMR Production

​NuScale Power and Doosan reached an agreement for Doosan to begin producing materials for NuScale’s small modular reactors (SMRs), with full-scale equipment …

SMR

US DoD Greenlights Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Pilot in Idaho

The US Department of Defense has announced that its Strategic Capabilities Office will go ahead with its plan to build and demonstrate a small nuclear reactor c…

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Sales Soar Despite Rising Battery Costs

Manufacturers have passed higher prices on to consumers with double-digit increases for EVs.

Crude Oil

Petroecuador Begins Meetings to Renegotiate Contracts with PetroChina

Ecuador's state-owned oil company Petroecuador has started meetings to renegotiate long-term sales oil contracts with PetroChina, a process it hopes to conclude…

Electric Vehicle Battery

White House Calls on Defense Production Act to Bolster EV Battery Supply

When the White House signed an executive order to get to 50% electric vehicle sales share by 2030 while relying on American manufacturing, there were some serio…

Nuclear Reactor

China Gives Green Light to New Nuclear Power Projects

With the future power supply growth coming mostly from nonfossil energy in China as the country is going through a green energy transition, nuclear power will b…

Oil Price

OPEC Tells IMF that Oil Price Rally Mainly Due to Geopolitics

OPEC told IMF's steering committee on Thursday that the surge in oil prices was largely due to the Ukraine crisis, in the latest signal that the producer group …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Plans More Battery, Vehicle Growth

Tesla plans to expand its battery manufacturing and recycling capabilities to meet growing demand as it continues to scale up electric vehicle (EV) production.

Energy Transition

Partnership Boosts Green Building Practices in Brazil

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the Brazilian Chamber for the Construction Industry (CBIC) are partnering to …

Electric Car

Gridserve’s Compact Electric Forecourt to Transform Norwich’s EV Charging

Gridserve, a tech-enabled sustainable business that runs the Gridserve electric highway, has opened the first compact electric forecourt in Norwich, England, UK…

Nuclear Reactor

Moltex and SNC-Lavalin Partner to Advance Nuclear Energy

Moltex is developing nuclear technologies, including a Stable Salt Reactor – Wasteburner, which uses recycled nuclear waste as fuel and a Waste to Stable Salt …

SMR

Rolls Royce Plans First UK Modular Nuclear Reactor for 2029

The engineering company has started the regulatory process for its new small modular reactor.

Solar Cell

Ultra-Thin Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cell with 24.0% Efficiency

Researchers in Germany have built a perovskite-organic solar cell with low interfacial losses and a high open-circuit voltage. The device achieved an open-circu…

Nuclear Reactor

New Unit with Hualong One Reactor Starts Operation

A new nuclear power unit in Pakistan powered by the Hualong One reactor, the China-developed third-generation nuclear reactor, has started commercial operation,…