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Nuclear Technology

Zodiac Maritime, HD KSOE & Partners Team Up on Nuclear Propulsion

UK-based shipping company Zodiac Maritime has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register (LR), South Korean shipbuilder HD KSOE and power plant design and engineerin…

Renewable Diesel

Brazil to Raise Mandatory Biodiesel Mix, Halt Imports

Gasoline drips from the nozzle of a fuel pump at a Brazilian oil company Petrobras gas station in Brasilia, Brazil March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File P…

Nuclear Fusion

DOE to Fund $42M Inertial Fusion Hub Programme

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for a programme that will establish multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary hubs to advance foundatio…

Nuclear Decommissioning

SMuRFs to help in nuclear decommissioning

Teams of autonomous robots known as SMuRFs (for Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet) could assist in the future decommissioning of nuclear power plants, according to re…

Carbon Emissions

Seven European Countries Pledge CO2-Free Power Systems by 2035

Steam rises from the chimneys of the coal power plant of RWE Power, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies in Neurath, north-west of Cologne,…

Hydrogen Project

White hydrogen project sparks interest in France

A project in France, launched in 2018, is now garnering unprecedented interest from experts and politicians. A team of two researchers is investigating a struct…

Hydrogen Production

DOE to Award $59M to Advance the National Clean Hydrogen Strategy

The Department of Energy (DOE) released a funding opportunity announcement (DE-FOA-0003213) for up to $59 million to accelerate the research, development, demon…

SMR

New Brunswick Releases Energy Strategy With SMR Focus

The strategy outlining how the province aims to transition to clean energy calls for the addition of 600 MWe of capacity at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generation…

Geothermal Power Project

Reykjavik Energy Applies for Geothermal Research at Meitli, Hverahlíð, Iceland

Hengill mountain, Iceland (source: Berserkur, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Reykjavik Energy (Orkuveita Reykjavíkur / OR) has applied for a 10-year…

Hydropower Plant

Portugal's Energy Transition Goals Pumped up by Hydro

Electric power cables are seen at power plant in Castelo de Bode dam March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro Acquire Licensing RightsPortugal sourced a recor…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exclusive: Gas Producer EQT Seeks to Sell $3 Bln Portfolio -Sources

U.S. natural gas producer EQT Corp (EQT.N) is exploring a sale of a portfolio of minority stakes in wells in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale formation, which…

Geothermal Power Project

Geothermal Cooling Research Ongoing at Mato Grosso, Brazil

Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil (source: Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons)A research project is ongoing to evaluate…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Opens 50 DC Fast Chargers at 15 Starbucks Stores

Volvo Car USA and ChargePoint have now opened Starbucks’ first public DC fast charging network at 15 of its stores.Volvo DC fast chargers at StarbucksThe …

SMR

Hyundai, Kaeri Team Up for Export of Smart SMR

Hyundai Engineering and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the commercialisation and…

Power Construction

Brazil to Resume Electricity Imports From Venezuela After Four Years

Electric power transmission tower in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo taken on 29 August 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Acquire Licensing RightsBrazil will resume electr…