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Oil Refinery

Oil Refining Companies Discuss Carbon Neutrality

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, SK innovation, GS Caltex, S-Oil and Hyundai Oilbank discussed carbon neutrality strategies on March 11.

Personnel Appointment

Senate Votes to Confirm Regan as EPA Administrator

The U.S. Senate on March 10 voted 66 to 34 to confirm Michael Regan as administrator of the U.S. EPA. Representatives of the biofuels and bioenergy industries h…

Nuclear Power Plant

Presidents of Russia and Turkey Give Start to Full-Scale Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 During a Ceremony Via Videoconference

10 March, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nucle…

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: Recognizing 50 Years of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy at Robinson Nuclear Plant

​On March 7, 2021, Robinson Nuclear Plant celebrated 50 years of commercial operations, or more simply, 50 years of providing electricity to customers in the C…

Video| Star Scientific - Wins World Hydrogen Awards for Industrial Application 2021

Andrew Horvath, Global Group Chairman, Star Scientific Limited accepting the inaugural World Hydrogen Awards for Industrial application – March 9, 2021

Solar Power Plant

Advancing Standards for PV Mounting Systems| Thorsten Kray is the New Head of Research and Standardization at AEROCOMPACT

Satteins, Austria, March 8, 2021. The Austrian manufacturer of PV mounting systems AEROCOMPACT strengthens its team with the internationally known wind engineer…

Canada

SNC-Lavalin Joins Canada’s Nuclear Innovation Institute

Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group has become a Founding Member of the Nuclear Innovation Institute, joining other industry leaders to accelerate the pace of clean ene…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia Completes Tests of Accident Tolerant Fuel

Rosatom’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors and the AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), part of TVEL fuel company, have complete…

Energy Storage Technology

Scientists to Study Advanced Batteries with Neutron Diffraction

The Consortium for Battery Innovation has launched a new European research project using neutron diffraction to help improve the lifetime of energy storage batt…

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of Fuel Assembly Simulators Loading at Unit 2 of BNPP

On March 7, the loading of fuel assembly simulators started at Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP

China

China's Two Sessions: What You Need to Know

The Two Sessions, a key event in the Chinese political calendar of 2021, starts on March 4.

Coal Trade

Port of Vancouver Coal exports fall to 11-Year Low in 2020

Coal exports out of the Port of Vancouver fell to an 11-year low 31.55 million mt in 2020, down 14.5% from 36.91 million in 2019 and the lowest since 30.33 mill…

Electric Car

Chinese Manufacturers Dominating EV Battery Market

Market research firm SNE Research announced on March 2 that the supply of LG Energy Solution batteries for electric vehicles registered worldwide in January thi…

Smart Meter

Asia to Deploy more than 570 million Smart Electricity Meters

A new report released by research firm Berg Insight explores the deployment of smart electricity meters in China, India, Japan and South Korea between 2021 and …

United States

Texas Power Cooperative Files For Bankruptcy

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc., a power supplier in Texas, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of the energy crisis brought on the state by …