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Nuclear Power Plant

EDF to Buy Part of GE Steam Power’s Nuclear Activities

EDF has confirmed it would buy part of GE Steam Power’s nuclear energy activities, including its nuclear turbine unit in France.

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Power’s Future Is Looking Brighter

Between 2009 and 2019, global consumption of renewable energy grew at an annual average of 13.4%. Over that time, renewable energy consumption grew from 8.2 exa…

LNG

Qatar's Asian Gas Contracts Hamper Ukraine Planning

Qatar's deepening trade in natural gas with Asia is complicating global efforts to protect Europe from the threat of an energy squeeze by Russia.

LNG

U.S. Supplies Give China Muscle to Become Major Force in Global LNG Trade

Chinese firms are set to become a major trading force in the global liquefied natural gas market in coming years, thanks to liberalisations at home and recently…

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…