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Nuclear Reactor

Electricity Production at Finland's New Nuclear Reactor Delayed to March

​Electricity production at Finland’s new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor has now been delayed to March from late February, according to operator Teollisuuden Voim…

Carbon Emissions

Scaling Up Battery Production Reduces Carbon Emissions Significantly

New research from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden shows how scaling up production through enormous 'gigafactories' can cut the environmental impact …

SMR

Largest US Public Power Company Launches New Nuclear Program

The largest public power company in the U.S. is launching a program to develop and fund new small modular nuclear reactors as part of its strategy to dramatical…

Nuclear Reactor

Macron Bets on Nuclear in Carbon-Neutrality Push, Announces New Reactors

​France will build at least six new nuclear reactors in the decades to come, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, placing nuclear power at the heart of …

Nuclear Fusion

UK Fusion Technology Breaks ‘Landmark Record’

Fusion technology has reached a new milestone after a reactor in Oxford broke its own world record for fusion energy output.

Hydropower Plant

Invitation to Tender Issued for Coire Glas Main Construction Contracts

Six groups have been invited to submit tenders for construction of the proposed pumped hydro storage scheme at Coire Glas, on the shores of Loch Lochy near Inve…

Offshore Wind Power

UK to Hold Yearly Contracts for Difference Auctions from 2023 Onwards

The UK government will increase the frequency of auctions for funding through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to every year rather than every two year…

Australia

All-Renewable 5 MW Kalbarri Microgrid Goes Live in Western Australia

Sophie Vorrath of One Step Off The Grid reports on the activation of an all-renewable microgrid that will back up the unsteady grid connection in the Western Au…

Solar Power Plant

Solar Sector Welcomes News That Contracts for Difference Auctions Will Be Held Annually

From 2023, Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions will be held annually, the UK government has announced.

LNG

MOL Signs Charter for New Arctic LNG 2 Ice-Breaking Carrier

Japanese shipping major Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has signed a charter contract for a newbuilding ice-breaking carrier to serve Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project.

Wind Turbine

ABB Awarded Turbine Installation Vessel Contract

ABB has secured an order of approximately US$27 million to supply Eneti’s two new-build vessels with advanced power, automation, and control systems for improv…

LNG

SSY: LNG Supply and Demand Maintain Volatile Market

Shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) looks at what’s behind the rise of LNG prices and the impact this has on the LNG shipping market.

Wind Farm

UK in a First Awards Offshore Wind Power a Contract to Help Stabilise Grid

Britain’s National Grid ESO has for the first time awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the power network stable, it said…

Hybrid Power Plant

GE Renewable Energy Opens New Renewable Hybrids Factory in India

GE Renewable Energy announced on Monday the opening of a new Renewable Hybrids factory in Vallam, near Chennai, India, where 250 people are employed yesterday. …

Rosatom

MBIR Reactor Construction Program Exceeded by 8% in 2021

The construction program for the MBIR research reactor, which is being built on the site of JSC “SSC RIAR” , was exceeded by 8% in 2021.