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Wind Power Project

The 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 Moves Closer to Starting Construction

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed the environmental analysis of the proposed Vineya…

Nuclear Power Plant

China Should Speed Nuclear Development to Meet Carbon Goals

China should accelerate development of nuclear power to help meet Beijing's pledges to bring greenhouse gas emissions to a peak before 2030 and become "carbon n…

Power Construction

ERCOT Overcharged Power Companies $16 billion for Electricity During Winter Freeze, Firm Says

An independent market monitor for the Public Utility Commission of Texas wrote in a letter that the power grid operator kept market prices too high for nearly t…

Hydrogen Project

Trinidad and Tobago Launches Green Hydrogen Initiative

Investigations are getting under way on the creation of a sustainable hydrogen economy for Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector.

Oil Price

Oil up Nearly 5% on Possible Extension of Saudi Output Cuts

Oil prices rose nearly 5% on Thursday on a possible extension of voluntary output cuts by Saudi Arabia into April, as OPEC ministers and their allies continued …

Germany

Wind Energy Replaces Coal as Germany’s Biggest Energy Source in 2020

The share of renewable energy in the amount of electricity generated and fed to the grid in Germany reached a new record, rising from 42.3 percent in 2019 to 47…

Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

China

China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year

China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, ci…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Are Chinese Car Brands A Real Threat To Tesla?

While China turns to local brands of EV over Tesla, Indonesia’s natural resources show great potential for its battery manufacturing industry.

Hydrogen Production

Haldor Topsoe to Build Electrolyser Manufacturing Facility to Meet Demand for Green Hydrogen Production

Danish engineering firm Haldor Topsoe will build a solid oxide electrolyser manufacturing facility with a total capacity of 500MW per year to accommodate the “…

Germany

Germany Agrees Compensation for Nuclear Phaseout

The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reacto…

Nuclear Reactor

Hungary and Poland Plan Nuclear to Replace Coal

Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025.

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of Fuel Assembly Simulators Loading at Unit 2 of BNPP

On March 7, the loading of fuel assembly simulators started at Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP

Energy Storage Battery

Rosatom Subsidiary Acquires 49% Stake in Korean Power Storage Company

RENERA LLC, Rosatom’s integrator company for the energy storage business has finalized the deal to acquire 49% share of Enertech International Inc, a South Kor…

Energy Saving

Targeting Industry and Infrastructure to Realise Energy Efficiency

A new whitepaper reveals potential for significant energy efficiency improvements in industry and infrastructure enabled by the latest and most high-efficiency …