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Nuclear Power Plant

Successful Interconnection of Unit 4 of Hualong One, a Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Project

On March 25, Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 6, which Shanghai Electric helped to build, completed 168 hours of trial operation making it ready for commercial operati…

Energy Storage Technology

Liquid System Stores Solar Energy for Years and Releases It on Demand

Back in 2017 we caught wind of an interesting energy system from researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology designed to store solar energy in liq…

Smart Grid

HBKU and Iberdrola Collaborate on Smart Grid Cybersecurity

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) will collaborate with Iberdrola Innovation Middle East (ME) on research and development into cybersecurity for the smart gri…

Hydropower Plant

Analysing Europe’s ‘Hidden Potential’ for Small and Micro Hydropower

Diversion-type, run-of-river (DROR) hydropower schemes in the European Union have the potential to provide from 79 TWh to 1,710 TWh of electricity annually, acc…

Nuclear Technology

Singapore Government Backs Research Programme to Assess Nuclear Project Safety

The Singapore government said it is backing research on nuclear policy, science, and engineering, through the Nuclear Safety Research and Education Programme.

Hydrogen Technology

UK Backs Hydrogen Technologies with £400 Million Awarded to Johnson Matthey

UK Export Finance guarantees sustainability-linked loan, supporting homegrown research and development in sustainable technologies and hydrogen.

Nuclear Power Plant

SMR Startup Lines up Financing for Nuclear Power Plant Deployment

Small modular reactor (SMR) startup ARC Clean Energy Canada said it completed its Series A financing in the amount of C$30 million ($24.11 million) from private…

LNG

China's Guangzhou Development, Mexico Pacific Sign 2 Mil MT/Year LNG Deal

China's Guangzhou Development Group, a Guangdong provincial government-owned power and natural gas supplier, agreed March 31 to buy 2 million mt/year of LNG fro…

Hydrogen Storage

GTI Advancing Next-Generation Hydrogen Energy Storage Technology

Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will allow research organization GTI and its partners to proceed to the next phase of a hydrogen project.

Carbon Emissions

Researchers to Convert CO2 into Hydrocarbons for Energy Use

Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are to begin a £250,000 ($328,000) research project to use a plasma electrolyser to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into …

Net Zero Emission

No G20 Government Is Delivering on Their Promises, Says Report

No G20 government has implemented sufficient and concrete policies to match their promises to tackle climate change made at COP26 in Glasgow last year, accordin…

Paris Climate Agreement

Wind and Solar Energy Generate 10% of Global Electricity

Ember research found 50 countries generate more than 10% of their electricity from wind and solar energy in 2021, up from 43 in 2020.

Hydropower Plant

Companies Break Ground on Austrian Small Hydro Plant Construction

A groundbreaking ceremony on March 24 marked the official start of construction on the 11 MW Gratkorn small hydro plant on the Mur River in the Styria province …

Carbon Emissions

Covid-19 Cuts Japan’s Energy Emissions in FY 2020-21

Japan's energy-related CO2 emissions fell by around 83mn t in the April 2020-March 2021 fiscal year, as the Covid-19 pandemic limited economic activity and redu…

Nuclear Power Plant

UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief in Ukraine to Talk Safety Support

The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s director-general arrived in Ukraine March 29 for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance…