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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 …

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hyundai Motor Group Breaks Ground on Fuel Cell System Plant in Guangzhou

Hyundai Motor Group announced on March 2 that it held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for HTWO Guangzhou, the group’s first fuel cell system facility outside…

Graphene

The Advantages of Graphene for Photovoltaics

Enel Green Power is taking part in the EU-backed GRAPES project to research new applications for a very versatile material called graphene which boosts the effi…

Nuclear Fuel

Tokyo Electric Completes Nuclear Fuel Removal from Fukushima No. 3 Unit

The No. 3 unit is one of the three reactors that suffered core meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011.

Electricity Transmission

New York Begins Construction on $854m Transmission Project

The New York State government has started construction of the $854m Marcy to New Scotland Transmission Upgrade Project in the US.

Crude Oil

OPEC+ Considers Production Increase At March Meeting

OPEC+ will discuss the possibility of increasing its oil production levels at the next meeting, OPEC+ sources said on Wednesday.