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Natural Gas

Arktika Nuclear Icebreaker Escorted Vladimir Voronin Gas Carrier Through Difficult Parts of Northern Sea Route.

The lead universal nuclear icebreaker, the Arktika, took the Vladimir Voronin gas carrier under escort in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea, north of the New S…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Installed the Vessel of the Unique Russian Research Reactor – MBIR – in the Design Position

On January 18, 2023, the vessel of the world's largest multipurpose fast neutron research reactor (MBIR) was installed in its designed position at the const…

Electricity Transmission

Winter 2023-24 price cap forecasts fall further below EPG, but long-term prospects remain uncertain

The latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) released by Cornwall Insight, have shown energy bill predictions for a typical household1 have falle…

Hydrogen Production

Topsoe and Mintal Hydrogen to develop PtX plant in China

Topsoe and Mintal Hydrogen Energy Technology are set to develop a green ammonia Power-to-X (PtX) plant in China.Mintal Hydrogen has chosen Topsoe as its technol…

Nuclear Policy

Canadian and UK Regulators Agree Terms for Cooperation

Terms of Reference have been signed and published between the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) for a Mem…

Nuclear waste

US Approval for Metal Storage Cask

A metal cask for the storage of used nuclear fuel, jointly developed by Doosan Enerbility of South Korea and NAC International of the USA, has received design c…

Nuclear Reactor

Bulgaria Energy Strategy Includes Four New Nuclear Reactors

Energy minister Rossen Hristov has set out an energy strategy for 2023 to 2053 for Bulgaria, which includes plans for two new reactors at Kozloduy and two at Be…

India

Ballard, Adani & Ashok Leyland Team Up to Develop H2 Truck

Ballard Power Systems has signed an agreement to launch a pilot project to develop a hydrogen fuel cell electric truck for mining operations with Adani and Asho…

Japan

Toyota Unveils AE86 Hydrogen Car Concept

The vehicle places the spotlight on the potential for H2 a burning internal combustion engine.To draw greater attention to the appeal an H2-burning internal com…

Nuclear Fusion

DOE Announces New Funding for Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Fusion Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $2.3 million in funding for 10 projects that will pair private industry with DOE's National Laboratories t…

United Kingdom

Transfer of Waste From Berkeley Vaults Begins

The first concrete box containing radioactive waste from underground vaults at the shut down Berkeley nuclear power plant in the UK has been transferred to an i…

Biobattery

Japan Proposes Default Ghg Values for Solid Biobased Fuels

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has proposed default greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions values and calculation methods for biobased fuels that…

Geothermal Power Plant

Proposed Bills Seek to Spur Geothermal in New Mexico, U.S.

Santa Fe National Forest, NM (Source: Flickr, CC, By: Artotem)Senators Jerry Ortiz y Pino and William Soules are sponsoring a series of bills that aim to accele…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Exploration Drilling Planned in Ankara, Turkiye

Exterior of Ankara YIKOB (source: Ankara YIKOB 2021 Annual Report)State authority Ankara Investment Monitoring and Coordination Presidency (YIKOB) is planning t…

Geothermal Power Plant

Saudia Arabia to Undertake Geothermal Exploration

Mountain Range near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (source: flickr/ yosoynuts, creative commons)The Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Geological Survey (SG…