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Coal Production

Colombian Coal Production Hits 16-Year Low

Mining suspensions and a protracted strike cut Colombia's coal production to a 16-year low in 2020.

Energy Transition

E.ON Signs Prince of Wales’ Global Climate Action Pledge

The utility has set a goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2040.

Offshore Wind Power

Saipem Awarded French Offshore Wind Contract

The contract is subject to a Notice To Proceed, which is contingent upon EODC making a positive final investment decision.

Solar Power Panel

Japan's Panasonic to Scrap Solar Cell Production

Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. has decided to scrap its unprofitable solar cell manufacturing operations amid ever-increasing price competition.

Wind Turbine Blade

Siemens Gamesa Mulls Building US Blade Factory

Siemens Gamesa is considering opening a US turbine blade factory in Virginia in partnership with Dominion Energy.

Nuclear Technology

Foratom and Canadian Nuclear Association Strengthen Collaboration

The Canadian Nuclear Association and the European Atomic Forum have signed a Memorandum of Understanding om 27 January to collaborate in nuclear energy and to p…

Nuclear Reactor

Video: How China's First Hualong One Nuclear Reactor can Withstand a Plane Crash

​China's homegrown Hualong One is one of the world's most advanced nuclear power reactor designs.

Hualong One

Video: China's First Nuclear Unit with Hualong One Reactor Starts Commercial Operation

​The first nuclear power unit with China-developed Hualong One reactor starts commercial operation.

Nuclear Technology

China's First Hualong One Nuclear Reactor Begins Commercial Operation

China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, has started commercial operation on Sat…

Combined Heat and Power

GE Secures Equipment Contract to Power 300MW Plant in Senegal

GE announced today that it has secured an order to supply gas power generation equipment for West African Energy’s 300MW combined-cycle power project in Cap de…

Oil Exploration

Colombia Aims to Sign 15 Oil Exploration Contracts in 2021

Colombia aims to sign 15 oil exploration contracts in 2021, Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa said on Wednesday, while setting the country's crude production…

Nuclear Reactor

Contract Signed for Swedish Processing of Norwegian Reactor Fuel

The fuel is currently held in an ageing storage facility at the site which does not meet current requirements.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pre-Startup Peer Review Conducted Remotely at Chinese Reactor

The World Association of Nuclear Operators has completed a pre-startup peer review of unit 6 at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province.

Crude Oil

Oil to Average $54 per barrel in 2021 Amid Tightened Supply, ADCB Says

The promise of stimulus worth $1.9tn for the US economy has also buoyed oil markets

India

India Inks Pact with IEA to Bolster its Energy Security

India signed a ‘strategic partnership framework’ on Wednesday with the International Energy Agency, the world’s premier energy monitor, further bolstering th…