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Carbon Emissions

Veolia Advance Carbon Reductions for One of the Largest Teaching Hospital Trusts in England

Major projects will help the Trust towards the NHS net-zero goal by cutting CO2 by a further 3,847 tonnes per year across two large hospitals using heat pump an…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

How to Decommission a Nuclear Power Plant

Germany's last three nuclear power plants will stop generating electricity from Saturday but the arduous and decades-long process of decommissioning the sit…

Biofuel

Investing in the Future With Sustainable Ethanol

As demand for biofuels increases globally CropEnergies is planning to build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol.The M…

Solar Power Plant

India’s Solar Capacity up by More Than 12GW in 2023

Its wind capacity meanwhile grew by 2.2GW.India added a total of 12,784 megawatts of solar capacity and 2,276MW of wind capacity between April 2022 and March 20…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Should Nikola Have Kept Its Hydrogen Badger Pickup Truck?

Nikola Motor’s decision to abandon its hydrogen pickup truck, the Hydrogen Badger, has left some wondering if the move was premature. The company had init…

Nuclear waste

Radiological Operations of Idaho’s IWTU Begin

IWTU operators prepare to introduce radiological sodium-bearing liquid waste into the facility Tuesday. (Photo: DOE)More than a decade after construction was de…

Nuclear Technology

UCC Completes Nuclear Diving Project at Legacy Sellafield Pond

In December 2022, UCC UK became the first nuclear diving company in more than 60 years to enter Sellafield’s PFSP. (Photo: Sellafield Ltd.)Underwater Cons…

Hydropower Plant

Emrgy Secures $18 Million in Capital for Distributed Hydropower, Other Work

Emrgy, a woman-led renewable energy technology and project developer, has raised $18.4 million in a Series A funding round to deploy distributed hydropower proj…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Progresses in Germany

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility EnBW Kernkraft GmbH approval to decommission and dismantle unit 2 of its Neckarwesthe…

Hydrogen Production

Centrica Business Solutions Starts Work on Hydrogen-Ready Peaking Plant in UK

Centrica Business Solutions has started work on a 20MW hydrogen-ready gas-fired peaking plant in Worcestershire, UK.Centrica, which will develop, operate and ma…

Thermal Plant

What to Expect When Australia’s Oldest Coal Plant Closes

After more than five decades, the last operating units of the Liddell coal-fired power station will close this month. The station’s owner, AGL, is Austral…

Oil & Gas Supply

Guyana Extends Deadline for First Oil Block Bids

Growing oil producer Guyana has extended the deadline for bids in its first competitive auction for offshore blocks by three months to 15 July, the natural reso…

Nuclear Technology

U.K., South Korea Issue Joint Declaration on Nuclear Cooperation

As part of the run-up to the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment in Japan on April 15–16, U.K. energy security secretary Grant…

Nuclear Technology

South Korea, UK Enhance Cooperation in Nuclear Energy

The UK and South Korea have signed a joint declaration stating their agreement on the need for energy transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon power sources, …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Critical Metal Needs Rise While Cars, Trucks Decarbonize

As automobile electrification speeds up, the world faces an overwhelming need for critical metals and minerals to make atmosphere-saving electric vehicles possi…