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Nuclear Reactor

EDF CREATES NUWARD TO STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SMR

EDF (Electricité de France) announced the creation of its subsidiary NUWARD to boost the development of its small modular reactor (SMR) now entering the …

HVDC

GE AND MCDERMOTT CONSORTIUM TO BUILD HDVC SYSTEMS FOR TENNE T PROJECTS

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded three High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) contracts for a total of approximately 6 billion euros …

Electric Car

Tesla Gigafactory Texas Achieves Production of 4,000 Cars in a Week, but Trails Behind Berlin

Tesla Gigafactory Texas has achieved a new production milestone of 4,000 cars in a week, but the factory trails behind Gigafactory Berlin in its friendly produc…

LNG

GTT Entrusted by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries With the Tank Design of Three New LNG Carriers

GTT has announced that it has received an order from its partner the Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries for the tank design of three new LNG carrier…

Energy Transition

Expert Gas Analysis to Maintain High Sulfur Recovery Rates in the SRU

Analytical gas measurements in the sulfur recovery unit (SRU) help to ensure reliable, efficient, and safe operations. With decades of experience in sulfur reco…

Electric Car

BMW Motorrad Presents BMW Iface; Anti-theft Face and Eye Recognition System

BMW Motorrad is introducing BMW iFace—a face recognition system that makes the previous ignition key superfluous and complements the existing Keyless Go techno…

Ammonia

Yara and Enbridge to Develop and Construct a Low-Carbon Blue Ammonia Project at Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center

Yara Clean Ammonia, a Yara International ASA company, and Enbridge Inc. signed a letter of intent to develop and construct jointly a world-scale low-carbon blue…

Carbon Emissions

New York’s New Mayor Has Assembled a Seasoned Climate Team. Now, the Real Work Begins

The president of the New York League of Conservation Voters says action is needed on bike and bus lanes, waste collection, curbside composting and outsize emiss…

Hydropower Plant

The Major Energy Source for Bitcoin Mining Is Hydropower

When off-grid Bitcoin mining is factored in, the major energy source for the industry is hydropower, providing electricity for 23% of all bitcoin mining, accord…

Hydropower Plant

Major Overhaul Begins at OPG’s R.H. Saunders Hydroelectric Project

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has launched a 16-year overhaul of the 1045MW R.H. Saunders Generating Station, the second-largest hydroelectric project in Ontar…

Net Zero Emission

Scottish Widows Unveils £1.4BN Worth of New Environmental and Climate-Aware Investment Funds

Scottish Widows has announced the launch of a new Global Environmental Solutions Fund, focused on directing pension investment into companies that provide solut…

Net Zero Emission

UK Infrastructure Bank Announces Significant Investment to Help Supercharge Uk’s Net Zero Transition

UK Infrastructure Bank has announced it intends to invest up to £200 million across two investment funds to accelerate the development and deployment of crucia…

Nuclear Technology

Innovative Filtration System Shortens Schedule and Delivers Radwaste Savings

BWR spent fuel pool dual SCF system with shields.The return of low natural gas prices combined with the advent of high efficiency renewables has placed more pre…

Electric Car

Tesla Sales Rise 36% In First Quarter, Following Price Cuts

Tesla's first-quarter vehicle sales rose 36% after the company cut prices twice in a bid to stimulate demand.The electric car, SUV and heavy truck maker sai…

Nuclear Power Plant

Watch for It—Advanced Nuclear “Liftoff” Needs 5–10 Reactor Contracts by 2025

These graphs illustrate how rapidly scaling the nuclear industrial base would enable nearer-term decarbonization and increase capital efficiency, versus a five-…