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Carbon Capture

Construction of First Dutch Carbon Capture & Storage Project Begins in Rotterdam

Aerial view of the Maasvlakte at the Rotterdam port. June 2020 - Credit: Danny Cornelisssen / Porthos CO2 Transport and Storage C.V. - License: All Rights Reser…

Oil & Gas Trade

IEA Lowers Global Oil Demand Forecasts on Weak OECD Consumption

The IEA's forecast on Friday stands in stark contrast to Opec's outlook released on Thursday. ReutersThe International Energy Agency has revised down it…

Green Hydrogen

MOL Inaugurates 10MW Green Hydrogen Plant for Danube Refinery

MOL Group has inaugurated a 10 MW capacity green hydrogen plant —the largest in Central and Eastern Europe—in Százhalombatta. The €22-million inve…

Hydropower Plant

Orrön Energy Divests Its 50% Stake in Leikanger Hydropower Plant to Sognekraft

Orrön Energy AB has finalized the sale of its 50% stake in the 77MW Leikanger hydropower plant in Norway for approximately €53 million. The buyer, Sog…

Nuclear Fuel

Licence Issued to Test Brest-Od-300 Nuclear Fuel Module

Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor has issued a licence which will allow the production of mock-ups of fuel assemblies with depleted uranium for the BREST-…

Germany

German Steel Manufacturers Sign PPA With EnBW for He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm

EnBW and SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 50 MW of generation capacity from the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore…

Hydrogen Production

MOL Group Opens 10 MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Hungary

Hungarian multinational oil and gas company MOL Group has inaugurated a 10-megawatt (MW) capacity green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta, Hungary, to red…

Coal Production

China to Establish Coal Capacity Reserve System by 2027

China vowed to set up a coal capacity reserve system by 2027, aiming to secure energy security through more flexible coal supplies, according to plans the count…

Oil and Gas Equipment

JSI Alliance completes Basrah Refinery heavy lift shipments for JGC

On 11 March, MV Svenja discharged her cargo of 9 modules. The discharge marked the completion of the JSI Alliance’s scope of work in the Basrah Refinery Upgrad…

Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen Uncertainty Could Delay Uptake of Low-Carbon Heating

Without clear evidence on hydrogen's role in home heating, the development of other low-carbon alternatives could be delayed, according to a new report from…

Solar Module

Excelsior and Heliene Enter 2 GW Supply Agreement for Domestic Solar Panels

An inspection station at the exit of the stringers before moving to the lay out station at Heliene's Mountain Iron Facility (Credit: Heliene)Excelsior Energ…

SMR

Digital Control System Installation Begins at Chinese SMR

Installation of the digital control system has begun at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island prov…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ČEZ Highlights Benefits of Increasing Output of Existing Units

The modernisation of existing nuclear power units in the Czech Republic has added extra capacity equivalent to the output of a large coal-fired power plant, ope…

Nuclear Reactor

Steady Energy Taps TVO Nuclear Expertise

Steady Energy - Finnish developer of the LDR-50 small modular reactor - has signed a collaboration agreement with TVO Nuclear Services related to the developmen…

Biofuel

DOE Announces $18.8 Million to Advance Mixed Algae Development for Low-Carbon Biofuels and Bioproducts

On April 10, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced the MACRO:…