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Nuclear Power Plant

Fresh Delay to Flamanville 3 Blamed on Pandemic

The start of operations for the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in France has been put back, with EDF saying the Covid-19 pandemic had made preparations "more difficu…

Nuclear Power Plant

Applications Made to Build El Dabaa Units 3 and 4

Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power project has moved forward with the application for construction licences for units 3 and 4.

Nuclear Reactor

3D Printing for Nuclear Reactors Steps off the Big Screen

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation has licensed a novel method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors.

Electric Car

French City Cancels Hydrogen Bus Contract, Opts For Electric Buses

When vehicles are traveling millions of kilometers a year, every centime counts.

Nuclear Reactor

Hyundai Engineering Secures Exclusive EPC Rights for USNC's Micro Modular Reactor Projects

The amount of equity investment is US$30 million.

Electric Car

Apple Likely to Partner with Korean Automotive Electronics Companies

Apple is planning to accelerate Apple Car development this year and multiple South Korean auto parts manufacturers are expected to join the development.

Crude Oil

Several Asian Refiners to Receive Full Saudi Crude Allocation in February

Saudi Aramco has notified at least five Asian buyers that it will supply full contractual volumes of crude oil in February, same as January, sources with knowle…

Solar Inverter

Yaskawa Solectria Solar Releases New Utility-Scale Inverter Lineup

Yaskawa Solectria Solar announced its new SOLECTRIA XGI 1500-250 lineup of utility-interactive inverters that feature higher power and DC oversizing ratios from…

Kazakhstan

Kazatomprom Says Operations 'Normal' Despite Unrest

Kazatomprom's offices, production facilities and mines have not been impacted by civil unrest that began in the country on 2 January and are operating normally.…

Nuclear Power Plant

Heysham 2 and Torness End Dates Brought Forward by EDF

The Heysham 2 and Torness advanced gas-cooled reactor nuclear power stations in the UK are to stop generating electricity in 2028.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Chinese Li-ion Battery Maker Linkdata Launches 26-46mm Cylindrical Cell Family

Linkdata New Energy, a Chinese manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, launched its 26-46mm diameter series of cylindrical lithium-ion battery products.

Nuclear Power Plant

France Expects New Nuclear Reactors to Begin Operation in 2035-37

She said the new reactors would be EPR2 models, improved versions of EDF's EPR, which has suffered years of delays and billions of euros of cost overruns on uni…

Nuclear Fusion

Japan Seeks Nuclear Fusion Reactor Prototype by 2050

Japan aims to hammer out its very first research and development strategy for nuclear fusion by summer, Nikkei has learned, with the goal of achieving a prototy…

India

Sembcorp signs PPA to supply 625MW to India's Andhra Pradesh

The long-term contract will run for 12 years.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Japan's Honda to Build Battery EV Plant in China

Japanese auto manufacturer Honda's Chinese subsidiary Dongfeng Honda plans to build a battery electric vehicle production plant in central China's Hubei provinc…