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Nuclear Policy

US Order Promotes SMRs for Space Exploration and Defence

This includes directives to demonstrate the use of microreactors on military bases and also to ensure a viable US-origin supply of high-assay low-enriched urani…

Energy Infrastructure

Neptune Energy Awards $6.5M Contracts for Cygnus Gas Facility

Neptune Energy has announced the award of integrity management and fabric maintenance contracts for its operated gas production platform, Cygnus, to Oceaneering…

Power Construction

LS Cable & System Completes Cable Plant in Egypt

LS Cable & System has completed a cable plant in Egypt, the company’s first cable production plant in Africa.

Coal Trade

German Coal Moves Ahead of Gas for February

A spike in German NCG gas prices in recent sessions has depressed clean spark spreads for February, pushing more coal ahead of gas in the merit order.

Crude Oil

Altrad Snaps up Contracts Worth £30m for Work at Major Oil Refinery

Industrial services giant Altrad has signed two long-term contracts with a major oil refinery on the east coast of England, worth an estimated £30 million.

Coal Trade

US 2021 Coal Production Expected to Rise 15.6% on Year: EIA

The US is estimated to produce 602.6 million st of coal in 2021, the Energy Information Administration said in a Jan. 12 report, lowering its estimate from a mo…

Crude Oil

PetroChina's Overseas Oil and Gas Equity Production Exceeded 100 million tons

This is another 100 million tons after the overseas oil and gas equity production equivalent exceeded the 100 million tons mark for the first time in 2019.

Nuclear Power Plant

First Turbine Module Delivered for Turkish Nuclear Plant

Turkey’s first nuclear power plant reached a milestone with delivery of the first steam turbine module for the project, four months ahead of schedule.

Nuclear Power Plant

NuScale and UAMPS Agreements Progress Plans for SMR Plant

The Carbon Free Power Project will be a 720 MWe NuScale power plant, comprising 12 NuScale Power Modules, to be located at the US Department of Energy's INL sit…

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency Law Passed in Chile

Chile’s first energy efficiency law targets initially a 10% reduction in energy intensity by 2030 compared to 2019.

Market Analysis

Coronavirus Causes Largest U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Drop Since World War Two

The economic fallout from the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 - especially in big emitting sectors like transportation, power and industry - resulted in a sharp…

Biofuel

Trump Administration Expected to Grant Biofuel Waivers for Some Oil Refiners

USA-BIOFUELS-Exclusive: Trump administration expected to grant biofuel waivers for some oil refiners - sources

Nuclear Fuel

World’s Uranium Resources Enough for the Foreseeable Future

Sufficient uranium resources exist to support the long-term, sustainable use of nuclear energy for low-carbon electricity generation as well as for other uses s…

Rosatom

Rosenergoatom: Russian NPPs Finished 2020 with an All-Time Record

In the year that marked the 75th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry, Rosenergoatom JSC confirmed that it was the сountry’s largest power generating c…

Natural Gas

New Catalyst Can Make Natural Gas Burn Cleaner

Natural gas is the cleanest traditional fossil fuel source because it produces relatively low amounts of pollutants like carbon dioxide -- a potent greenhouse g…