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China

Chinese Company Contracted to Work on Tianwan 7&8

The two units, with VVER-1200 reactors, are being built by Rosatom, which said work on unit 7 should begin in May 2021, and on unit 8 in March 2022.

Energy Technology

New Method Converts Methane in Natural Gas to Methanol at Room Temperature

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a way to convert the methane in natural gas into liquid methanol at room temperature.

Joe Biden

How to Calculate the Social Cost of Carbon? Researchers Offer Roadmap in New Analysis

The Biden administration is revising the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decade-old cost-benefit metric used to inform climate policy by placing a monetary value…

Hydrogen Project

EDP Launches Green Hydrogen Research Unit

The EDP Group has launched two units that will study the potential of green hydrogen and energy storage systems.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Indian Oil Signs Pact with Greenstat Norway for Hydrogen Fuel

In the Union Budget for 2021-22, the government pledged to focus on generating hydrogen from green power sources as well as build more diverse and efficient ene…

Carbon Emissions

Skies of blue: Recycling Carbon Emissions to Useful Chemicals and Reducing Global Warming

Researchers optimize a novel process for the efficient conversion of carbon emissions into useful chemicals like acetate using microbes

Crude Oil

India Urges OPEC+ to Ease Production Cuts

"The price-sensitive Indian consumers are affected by rising petroleum product prices," Pradhan said ahead of a March 4 policy-setting meeting of the Organizati…

Hybrid Power Plant

Global Energy Storage Installations to Exceed 10GW in 2021

According to a new report released by research firm IHS Markit, the global market for energy storage will more than double in 2021 from the 2020 level.

Rosatom

Two key Russian Nuclear Institutes to Merge

Rosatom has decided to merge two of Russia’s key nuclear institutes – the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering in Obninsk and Research Inst…

Nuclear Power Plant

Finnish Research Reactor Fuel Sent to USA for Further Use

Dismantling of the Finnish reactor, which was shut down in 2015, is scheduled to begin at the end of 2022.

Hydrogen Project

Europe’s Hydrogen Projects Set to Double Due to Clean Energy Demand

The number of planned or announced hydrogen projects across Europe is almost double that of current operational projects, according to research by global law fi…

Energy Investment

CSIRO Receives $1 Million in Funding for Hydrogen Refueling Station As Part of VH2

The $10-million VH2 project is designed to bring researchers, industry partners and businesses together to test, trial and demonstrate new and emerging hydrogen…

Chinese, UAE Research Institutes Sign Memorandum to Step up Cooperation

The Chinese Academy of Sciences signed on Wednesday a memorandum of cooperation via video conference with the United Arab Emirates University, the first of its …

Electric Car

Molten Salt Metal-Air Battery Can Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles

A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with six research institutes of China, has designed a new rechargeable battery using s…

Hydrogen Project

Novel Catalyst Produces Green Hydrogen from Seawater Via Solar

Australian and Chinese researchers have developed a novel catalyst for the production of green hydrogen from seawater via solar.