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Energy Transition

Japan to lift 2030 Renewables Goal to 36-38%, Cut Fossil Fuels

Japan today presented a draft of its revised basic energy strategy, in which the share of renewables in the country’s 2030 power mix increases to 36%-38%.

Market Analysis

Carbon Capture is Expected to Play a Pivotal Role in the Race to Net Zero Emissions

Carbon capture technology is often held up as a source of hope in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, featuring prominently in countries’ climate plans a…

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Assembled Half-Shells for Akkuyu Unit 1

The Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technologies said on 19 July that it had assembled six half-shells for the passive core bay system tanks for unit 1 of the Akkuyu N…

SMR

Plans Progress for SMR in Russia’s Yakutia

The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East plans to create a working group for the construction of a small nuclear power plant in Yakutia.

Nuclear Power Plant

Integrity Tests Completed at Fuqing 6

Tests have been completed to evaluate the strength and leak tightness of the inner containment of unit 6 at the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China's Fujian pro…

Oil Pipeline

U.S., Germany Strike a Deal to Allow Completion of Controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline

The United States and Germany reached an agreement to allow completion of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a thorny, long-standing point of contention be…

Energy Storage Battery

Novel Material for Low Cost Flow Batteries

New research on the readily available organic compound fluorenone indicates its potential for lower cost battery energy storage.

Solar Power Plant

GABON: Total Eren to Build a 50 MWp Solar Power Plant Near Libreville

An agreement was recently signed between the Gabonese authorities and Total Eren for the construction of a 50 MWp solar power plant near the capital Libreville.

Wind Farm

Iberdrola Buys 550MW Vietnamese Pipeline

Iberdrola has acquired Sowitec Vietnam, a company with a 550MW renewable energy pipeline under development in the South-east Asian country.

Electrification

India-Morocco to Explore Joint Electrification Projects in Africa

Moroccan Minister of Energy, Mines & Environment Aziz Rabbah explained that India and Morocco can develop joint projects in the energy sector, with great opport…

Crude Oil

Goldman Cuts Q3 Brent Forecast to $75 a Barrel

Oil prices fell $5 a barrel on Monday in response to fears over the hit to demand from rising Delta coronavirus infections and an OPEC+ agreement to boost outpu…

CCS

Russia's Sakhalin Island Set for Carbon Capture Deal with Japanese Firm

The Russian Pacific island of Sakhalin is close to a cooperation agreement with a Japanese company on carbon capture and storage technology as it moves to carbo…

United States

US re-Joins World Energy Council Ahead of 2022 Summit

The World Energy Council has announced that the US has rejoined the organisation, which promotes international communication in the energy industry.

Energy-Eficient Building

Kosovo* Gets EUR 5 million for Saving Energy in Households

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a EUR 5 million credit line to Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo under the Green Economy Financing Facili…

Hydrogen Project

Policy Must Pave the Path for A Green-Hydrogen Economy in India

Indian enterprise is at the frontier of energy transition. Indian policy must support it with clearer pathways