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Nuclear Policy

Orano To Cooperate With Tepco On Fukushima Decommissioning

French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano has signed has signed an agreement with Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to collaborate on the deco…

Nova Innovation Applies to Develop Tidal Project in Canada

Tidal energy company Nova Innovation is planning to build a tidal energy array in Petit Passage, in the Bay of Fundy area of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Offshore Wind Power

​Ørsted Finishes Its Offshore Wind Farm Project

Power company Ørsted has announced the installation of its final wind turbine at Hornsea One offshore wind farm, more than 100km away from the Yorkshire coast,…

​Tractebel Unveil New Offshore Hydrogen Platform

Tractebel sees potential for carbon-neutral production of green hydrogen in large-scale offshore wind farms and its team is currently working on a detailed solu…

Energy Storage Battery

European Commission Set to Approve UK Billion-Pound Power Backup Plan

The European Commission is set to give the go-ahead for British power companies to receive a total of roughly one billion pounds to help them bear the cost of m…

Solar Power Panel

U.S. Eliminating Tariff Exemption for Imports of New Solar Panel Technology

U.S. trade officials said on Friday they were eliminating the exemption for bifacial solar panels from the Trump administration's tariffs on overseas-made solar…

Evolution Or Revolution? BP's Incoming CEO Tasked With Navigating Energy Transition

BP upstream chief executive Bernard Looney will take the reins from CEO Bob Dudley early next year, with investors eager to understand what this means for the F…

Hydrogen Fuel is Getting Buzz, but Here's Why it hasn't Gone Mainstream

The hydrogen fuel that launches NASA rockets into space and provides electrical power via fuel cells produces only one waste product: water so pure the astronau…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Hartlepool Power Station Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor for Nine Weeks

The shutdown will allow more than 1,200 pieces of work to be carried out over the next nine weeks after two years of planning. Around 500 extra workers will joi…

Oil Price

Oil Snaps Six-Day Drop as Shrinking Supply Offsets Growth Fears

Oil snapped a six-day losing streak as a surprise drop in U.S. stockpiles and tumbling OPEC output helped to offset more evidence the global economy is weakenin…

Crude

Iran Awards Contracts to Push Ahead with Major Oil Pipeline Project

Iran has awarded contracts to three domestic engineering firms for manufacturing giant pumping devices needed for a major pipeline project that would transfer I…

Oil Price

Saudi Ambition Confronts New Vulnerability

A year later, in his first interview on Arab television, he chastised the Saudi public for their addiction to oil and pledged to transition the economy to one b…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Submits Application to Shut Down Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant

French electric utility company EDF has submitted an application seeking approval for the termination of operations and permanent shutdown of both reactors at F…

Nuclear Power Plant

Romania and USA Agree to Nuclear Cooperation

The USA and Romania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on civil nuclear energy.

China’s Renewable Boom Hits The Wall

When earlier this year China announced subsidies for 22.79 GW of new solar power capacity, those following the country’s renewable energy story must have start…