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Emissions Trading System

Sinopec Completes the First Bulk Agreement Transaction in China's Carbon Market

Sinopec successfully completed the first major agreement transaction in the national carbon market, buying 100,000 tons of national carbon market carbon allowan…

Substation

Godrej Electricals Wins Mumbai Substation Contract

Godrej Electricals & Electronics’ Power Infrastructure and Renewable Energy arm has secured an order for a 400kV substation in Mumbai.

Offshore Wind Power

Fugro Gets Job on 3.5-GW Offshore Wind Project in Vietnam

Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro NV on Tuesday said it is part of a consortium that has been awarded the offshore geotechnical contract for the 3.5-GW La Gan off…

Energy Storage Battery

Group14 Technologies and SK Materials form JV to Build Plant for Lithium-silicon Battery Materials

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers o…

Nuclear Reactor

China Adding Finishing Touches to World-First Thorium Nuclear Reactor

China is moving ahead with development of an experimental reactor that would be the first of its kind in the world, but could prove key to the pursuit of clean …

Electricity Trade

French Power Exports Set for Record July on Strong Nuclear, Weak Demand

French power exports are set for a record July with net flows averaging 9.6 GW so far, with nuclear reactor output up sharply year on year while domestic demand…

HVDC

Aker Solutions to Build Offshore Wind HVDC Platform

Aker Solutions will supply the high-voltage, direct current converter platform for an unnamed offshore wind project under an EPCI contract.

Nuclear Reactor

Bechtel, Westinghouse Teaming up to Pursue Polish Nuclear Energy Projects

Longtime U.S. nuclear industry contractors Bechtel and Westinghouse will team up to pursue new reactor plant projects in Poland.

Nuclear Reactor

Energy Permit Granted for Second Slovenian Reactor

Slovenia's Ministry of Infrastructure today issued an energy permit to GEN Energija for a proposed second reactor at the existing Krško nuclear power plant, re…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korean Nuclear Restarts to Help Meet Peak Demand

Returning nuclear capacity in South Korea is expected to help the country cope with a spike in seasonal temperatures and peak power demand.

Nuclear waste

Cavendish Nuclear Wins Hinkley Point A Waste Removal Contract

Nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract to provide Magnox’s Hinkley Point A site in the UK with the capability to immobilise Int…

Thermal Plant

German Flood Disaster Impacts RWE Power Plants

Numerous RWE power plant sites have been affected by the severe floods in Germany and work is underway to avert further dangers and limit damage.

Oil Field

B.C. Fracking Fields Emit 1.6 to 2.2 Times More Methane than Federal Estimates

Methane emissions from British Columbia oil and gas fields are 1.6 to 2.2 times higher than the federal government is estimating, according to yet another study…

United States

Energy Infrastructure Act would be Good for West Virginia, Nation

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has been an outspoken advocate for domestic energy generation and a national energy policy that provides for cost-effective gene…

Nuclear Power Plant

Kairos Power Plans Hermes Demonstration Reactor at Oak Ridge

The project at Oak Ridge will be a redevelopment of a site at the Heritage Center, a former US Department of Energy site complex.