China

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Circular Belt of the Dome of Tianwan NPS Unit 7 Installed

The circular belt of the dome of Unit 7 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Station (TNPS) was successfully hoisted into place on May 19, in East China's Jiangsu Provi…

Oil & Gas Trade

SINOPEC, Kazakh Firm Kazmunaygas to Co-develop Polyethylene Project

China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, together with KazMunayGas, a state-owned oil and gas company in Kazakhstan, will develop the biggest polyethylene project …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Year-Round Navigation of Eastern Part of Northern Sea Route Planned for 2024

Russia's plans to rapidly expand the Northern Sea Route will ultimately need up to 100 Arctic-class vessels and 15 floating power units, and a "truly histor…

Nuclear Technology

CNNC Launches Test Platform to Extract Uranium From Seawater

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has commissioned a seawater uranium extraction test platform, said to be the largest such test platform to be built in…

Electric Vehicle Battery

A New Battery Intended to Power Passenger Airplanes and EVS, Explained

CATL, the China-based global leader in EV batteries, recently announced a “semi-solid state” design with the potential for super long range.

Solar Panel

Boosting Solar Cell Energy Capture Efficiency With a Fullerene-Derivative Interlayer

Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured …

Hydrogen Project

Global Market Projected to Surpass $850 Billion by 2050

A groundbreaking study titled Global Hydrogen Market Forecast to 2050 released by Rethink Energy reveals astonishing projections for the green hydrogen market.T…

Carbon Emissions

Research Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Is Not a Silver Bullet for the Industry’s Colossal Climate Woes

The global airline industry is fast recovering from the unprecedented pause to flying imposed by COVID-19. In some parts of the world, such as the Middle East, …

Clean Energy Transition

Will 2023 Be the Year of Energy Metals?

The concept of 'energy metals’ is not a new one within the energy industry, but it is a phrase that has gained public currency as the energy transitio…

Nuclear Fuel

TVEL Delivers New Equipment for Chinese VVER-1000 Fuel Production

The modernised ultrasonic unit supplied by TVEL is for fabrication at the Yibin plant, in China's Sichuan province, of Russian-designed TVS-2M nuclear fuel …

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted, Hsg Sungdong Sign Foundations Contract for Wind Farms Offshore Taiwan

Ørsted has signed a contract with South Korea’s HSG Sungdong Shipbuilding for the supply of foundations for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offs…

Solar Materials

Tongwei Led Global Polysilicon Output in 2022, Says Bernreuter Research

The world’s top four largest polysilicon producers in 2022 were Chinese companies, led by Tongwei with 345,000 metric tons (MT), followed by GCL Technolog…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Tesla Is Expanding Giga Shanghai, Adding Pouch Battery Cell Production

Tesla has applied to expand Gigafactory Shanghai to produce over 1 million vehicles and add pouch battery cell production.Gigafactory Shanghai is a significant …

Green Hydrogen

CGN Brasil Shows Interest in Building Green Hydrogen Plant in Bahia

CGN Brasil, a Chinese multinational, has expressed its interest in investing resources to construct a green hydrogen plant in Bahia, Brazil.This initiative alig…

Offshore Wind Power

Marlinks Secures First Cable Monitoring Gig Offshore Taiwan

Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044…