Dec

Solar Power Plant

Bangladesh’s First Agri-PV Plant Set to Get Green Light

Bangladesh’s first agrivoltaic solar power plant is set to receive government approval on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

Solar Cell

Iran Brings 150MW Solar Cell Factory Online

Dec. 23 saw the inauguration of a new solar cell factory in the city of Khomeini, according to the Iranian government’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency …

Crude Oil

Turkey's Drillship Fatih Starts Operations in Türkali-7 well

Turkey’s first drillship, Fatih, began drilling in the Türkali-7 location in the Black Sea on Dec. 24, according to Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Min…

Nuclear Fuel

Equipment for Deconversion Arrives at Zheleznogorsk

The first equipment has arrived at a deconversion plant being built by Russia's Rosatom and France's Orano in eastern Siberia.

Nuclear Policy

Iran Nuclear Deal Talks to Resume on 27 December: EU

A new round of talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal will begin on 27 December, the EU said today.

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Convenes Global Experts to Assesses High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors for Electricity, Heat and Hydrogen

Several countries have come together at the IAEA to discuss their plans for developing and deploying advanced HTGRs to help decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors su…

Nuclear waste

China Opposes Japanese Decision to Release Nuclear-Contaminated Water into Ocean

China is seriously concerned about and firmly opposes Japan's unilateral decision to discharge the nuclear-contaminated water into the sea and its proceeding wi…

Crude Oil

Oil Prices Reach Four-Week High on Declining U.S. Crude Stocks

Oil settled at the highest level in nearly a month after U.S. crude stockpiles decreased and economic data pushed equities higher.

Power Construction

World Bank $500m Loan to Modernize Bangladeshi Grid

Investment is required so electricity distribution networks can be upgraded to keep pace with an explosion in generation capacity over the last decade, and to h…

Hydrogen Project

KRICT Develops Separator to Extract Hydrogen from By-product Gas

The KRICT and Danil Gaschem signed a technology transfer agreement on Dec. 21 regarding a separator process technology for hydrogen and carbon monoxide extracti…

Colombia

Colombia’s Oil, Natural Gas Reserves Said Rapidly Dwindling

Colombia’s oil and gas production along with its proven reserves are falling and investment will likely fail to recover to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels this de…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Permanently Closes Down Kursk 1

After 45 years of operation, unit 1 at Russia’s Kursk nuclear power plant was permanently shut down on 19 December.

Crude Oil

Nov Crude Imports from UAE Hit Record High at 1.1 mil b/d

China's crude imports from the UAE hit a record high of 4.47 million mt, or 1.09 million b/d, in November amid lower official selling prices, making it China's …

Nuclear Decommissioning

Germany Forges Ahead with Nuclear Phase-Out

Germany's nuclear phase-out will continue with the permanent closure of the country's last three nuclear reactors at the end of the year.

Hydrogen Storage

Power Giant Taps Floating Solar for India's First Green Hydrogen Storage Project

NTPC links PV output to electrolyser and storage to create microgrid designed to pave way for decarbonisation of off-grid locations