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Carbon Neutral

Volvo Cars Torslanda Becomes Company’s First Climate-Neutral Car Plant, Second in Overall Network

Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status.

Solar Power Plant

Russian Oil Firm Energises 20MW Solar Plant Featuring Hevel Heterojunction Modules

Oil and gas company Lukoil has commissioned a 20MW PV plant that features heterojunction modules from Hevel and has been constructed at a refinery in Russia’s …

Power Construction

69-kV Transmission Rebuild Nearing Completion in Texas

American Electric Power is having one of its Texas transmission lines upgraded for a potential capacity expansion.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution to Set up Joint Venture Battery Factory in Indonesia

Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Energy Solution are expected to announce the establishment of a joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Indonesia as early as n…

Oil Refinery

France's Donges Refinery will not Restart Until 2022

France's 222,000 b/d Donges refinery will remain offline until next year after operator Total decided to bring forward planned maintenance.

Power Cable

Germany, Norway Flip Switch on $2.4 billion Undersea Energy Link

The 2-billion-euro project, called Nordlink, will allow Germany to export excess electricity from its wind parks to Norway, effectively banking it in Nordic nat…

Electric Car

Hyundai Aims to Sell One Million EVs per year by 2025

The move will result in a 50% reduction in models powered by fossil fuels, one of the people said, adding the strategy was approved by top management in March

Biofuel

Koehler Converts CHP Plant from Coal to Biomass

The Koehler Group has announced plans to fully convert its power plant at its Oberkirch location in Germany to a combined heat and power plant using biomass as …

Offshore Wind Power

SSE Plans to Invest $2.8bn in Low-Carbon Power Projects

UK-based energy company SSE is planning to invest almost £2bn in low-carbon power projects this year.

Solar Power Plant

Solar Alliance Signs Agreement for First U.S. Operating Asset

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. is pleased to announce it has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Abundant Solar Power Inc. to build, own and operate a 350 kilowa…

Nuclear waste

Japan's TEPCO to Divert 30,000 tons of Fukushima Wastewater Ahead of Release

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company will divert 30,000 tons of nuclear polluted water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to measure radioactive substance…

China

China Honors Deceased Nuclear Power Expert

Renowned Chinese nuclear power expert Peng Shilu, who passed away in March this year, was granted the title "Role Model of the Times" recently for his contribut…

Oil & Gas Trade

Nigeria Inks Massive Oil Deal With Supermajors

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation this week signed a deal with Shell, Exxon, Total, and Eni to develop an offshore oil block that includes the deepwater…

Nuclear Reactor

Moltex SMR Clears First Phase of Regulatory Review

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has completed the first phase of the pre-licensing vendor design review for Moltex Energy’s 300 MWe Stable Salt Reactor …

Nuclear Power Plant

Permit Issued for Chernobyl Used Fuel Transfer

Ukraine's nuclear regulator has issued a permit to SSE Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the retrieval of undamaged used nuclear fuel from the ISF-1 interim use…