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Solar And Wave-Powered Cleanup System for Collecting Plastics And Other Marine Debris

Calgary-based Technika Engineering is developing technology for collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces powered by solar and wave energy…

EU Wants to Spend 1 Trillion Euros for “Sustainable Investments” Across The Coming Decade

Financing for this will come from the EU budget, co-financing from EU member states, and contributions from the European Investment Bank and InvestEU, a major f…

Nuclear Fuel

GNF Accident-Tolerant Fuel Loaded into US Reactor

Lead test assemblies using the company's ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad accident-tolerant fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon's Clinton b…

US And China Sign Trade Agreement of The First Step, Energy Tariffs Remain

The US and China have agreed the first step of a broader deal to diffuse a trade war between the two economic giants, though key tariffs on energy imports into …

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Repair Improvements Led to 3 TWh more Power in 2019

Greater efficiency in Russian nuclear power plant maintenance outages saved nearly 180 days last year and enabled 2.9 terawatt hours more electricity to be prod…

Coal Power

Germany Plans to Phase Out The Use of Brown Coal

Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing abou…

EIA: Wind, Solar PV will Outpace U.S. Gas-Fired Capacity Additions in 2020

The majority of new electric generation capacity being brought online this year will come from solar and wind projects, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

Electric Car

Production of ​Tesla's All-electric Semi Truck To Commence This Year

A leaked letter has confirmed that production of Tesla’s all-electric Semi truck will commence in limited numbers in the second half of 2020.

World Bank Coal Case a Testing Ground for Climate Liability

A David-versus-Goliath battle between aggrieved Indian villagers and an arm of the World Bank last year led the nation's highest bench to conclude that internat…

Offshore Wind Power

Visa Taps Solar and Wind to Reach 100% Renewable-Electricity Goal

By purchasing 100% renewable electricity, Visa mitigates the greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity the company consumes, it says.

Crude

Saudi Aramco Mulls Offshore Oil Expansions

The major expansions at Saudi Aramco’s offshore oil fields of Marjan, Zuluf, Safaniyah and Berri are expected to comprise the majority of the company’s upstre…

Why Solar Energy’s Prospects Look Bright for 2020

The global energy transition is the transformation of the world’s energy supply, away from polluting sources such as coal, oil and gas, and towards renewables.…

Power Construction

Ghana, Siemens Sign 250m-euro Deal to Upgrade Power Grid

Siemens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Ghana to upgrade the nation’s electricity grid using €250m of financing from Germany.

Oil & Gas Trade

Israel Starts Exporting Natural Gas to Egypt Under Landmark Deal

Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt on Wednesday under one of the most important deals to have been signed by the neighbors since they made peace decade…