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LNG

Wärtsilä Supplying LNG Container Ships

Kota Capar, one of Pacific International Lines's container vessels. (Image: Pacific International Line)Wärtsilä will supply systems for four new 8…

Nuclear Power Plant

Velocys Completes Construction on Reactor Core Assembly Facility

Velocys plc on Jan. 26 released a business update, reporting that the company has completed construction on a new reactor core assembly facility in Ohio. Velocy…

United States

Court Suspends RFS Obligations for 2 Small Refineries

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Jan. 27 suspended Renewable Fuel Standard compliance obligations for two refineries that were denied small re…

Joe Biden

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million to Develop Affordable Clean Hydrogen Technologies

The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today (Jan 27) announced up to $47 million in funding to accelerate the research, …

EV Technology

New Developments in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology

Battery technologies are central to electric vehicles (EVs.) These technologies have become more sophisticated in recent years, providing enhanced performance f…

Oil & Gas Trade

EU Ramps up Non-Russian Diesel Imports Ahead of Embargo

EU imports of non-Russian gasoil and diesel rose sharply last week, helping to build up inventories ahead of the bloc's impending embargo on Russian oil pro…

Ammonia

EU Ammonia Production Still Limited as Gas Prices Fall

European ammonia producers have so far had little response to falling European gas prices, but that dynamic could change if gas prices decline further and the n…

Oil & Gas Trade

Libya’s Oil Ministry Rejects Key Noc-Eni Gas Deal

Libya's oil ministry has rejected the $8bn offshore gas projects deal signed between the country's state-owned NOC and Italy's Eni on 28 January, sa…

Carbon Emissions

US Awards $93MN to Carbon Storage Projects

Two projects seeking to store CO2 beneath the seafloor in the US Gulf of Mexico will get a portion of $93mn in federal funding meant to kick-start the developme…

20th CPC National Congress

Thailand’s 14MW Hydropower Plant Starts Operations

It is located in Uttaradit Province.The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has started the commercial operations of the 14-megawatt Pha Chuk Da…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Concludes Safety Process Review for Uzbekistan’s First Nuclear Plant

The mission was held from 16 to 20 January upon the Uzbekistan government’s request.A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has co…

Nuclear Reactor

X-energy Canada and Invest Alberta Collaborate to Develop Economic Opportunities in Support of Potential Xe-100 SMR Projects

The Memorandum of Understanding will advance X-energy’s growing relationships in Alberta, helping the province seize the potential economic benefits offer…

Switzerland

Swiss Hydropower Plant to Power 2.5MW Hydrogen Production Facility

Swiss renewable energy companies Axpo and Rhiienergie are building a 2.5MW hydrogen production facility at the 18MW Reichenau hydropower plant in Domat/Ems, Swi…

Hydrogen Production

Linde Wins FEED Contract for Equinor’s Saltend Hydrogen Plant

Image courtesy: Zero Carbon HumberEquinor has awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for H2H Saltend to Linde Engineering, and an operation and …

Nuclear Power Plant

S. Korea Submits Proposal to Turkey on New Nuclear Power Project

SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Tuesday it has submitted a preliminary proposal to Turkey to take part in a…