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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA's Grossi Praises Slovakia's Nuclear Progress

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited the "success story" of Mochovce's new nuclear power unit, and h…

Biofuel

USDA Increase Estimate for 2022-'23 Soybean Oil Use in Biofuel

The USDA maintained its 2023-’24 forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural and Supply Estimate report, released …

Wind Turbine

UKEF Backs 1 GW Hai Long Offshore Wind Project With GBP 380 Million

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK Government’s export credit agency, has guaranteed GBP 380 million (approximately EUR 436 million) in financing for the 1 …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Kazakh Plant Site Selection Process

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to Kazakhstan to review the country's …

Biofuel

USDA Awards Reap Grants to Biogas, Bioenergy Projects

The USDA on Nov. 1 awarded $145 million in loans and grants to 700 projects under the agency’s Rural Energy for America Program. Several biogas and bioene…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA's Expert Team Conducts Rotation at Occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as seen on Sept. 11, 2022. (Stringer / AFP via Getty Images)This week, a new team of experts from the Int…

Carbon Capture

US Agency Proposes Allowing Carbon Capture Projects in National Forests

The U.S. Forest Service wants to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects on national forest land, according to a proposed rule published by the agency o…

Nuclear Reactor

Japan and U.S.-Based Terrapower Expand SFR Development Partnership to Support Carbon Neutrality Efforts

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR), and TerraPower have expanded their Memorandum of Understand…

Nuclear Reactor

Terrapower Expands Cooperation With Japan on Fast Reactors

TerraPower of the USA and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR) have agreed to expand their…

Offshore Wind Power

Lithuania Approves EIA for Second Offshore Wind Farm

Lithuania’s Environmental Protection Agency has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the country’s second offshore wind farm…

Thermal Coal

Fortum Coal Power Plant to Act as Reserve in Emergencies

Fortum (FORTUM.HE) and Finland's National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA) have agreed to reserve a Fortum coal condensing power plant for severe disruptions …

Solar Technology

Australia's Science Agency Reports Breakthrough in Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Storage

CSIRO’s solar thermal facility in Newcastle has 400 mirrors. (Image by CSIRO).Australia’s science agency CSIRO announced that its concentrated solar…

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Agency Approves Operation Resumption of Hanul 4 Reactor After Maintenance

South Korea's nuclear safety agency said Friday it has approved the restart of the Hanul 4 nuclear reactor on the eastern coast after completing an inspecti…

Photovoltaic （PV）

IEA: Solar Can 'Bend the Emissions Curve' Back to a Path Consistent With 1.5 °C

Global renewable growth has led the IEA to conclude that a pathway to limiting global warming to 1.5 °C is very difficult – but remains open. Image: S…

Crude Oil

China to Cap Crude Oil Processing Capacity at 1 Bln Tons by 2025

China will cap its crude oil primary processing capacity at 1 billion metric tons by 2025 in an effort to streamline its vast refinery sector, the country's…