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Carbon Neutral

UK to Spend £20 Billion on Carbon Capture in Clean Energy Push

Dungeness B nuclear power station, Kent, England. Credit: Adobe StockChancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will announce £20 billion ($24 billion) for d…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome Makes First TRIGA Fuel for U.S. Research Reactors

TRIGA International successfully made its first fuel element in more than ten years at its recently restored manufacturing facility in Romans, France. The fuel …

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF to Extend Heysham 1 and Hartlepool for Two Extra Years

Nuclear operator EDF has announced that it is to keep the Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power units operating until 2026, two years longer than previously pl…

Thermal Coal

Dark Summer Nights: India Faces High Risks of Power Cuts After Years of Coal, Hydro Power Neglect

The electricity deficits this summer could be worse than expected, as Grid-India's shortage forecasts were made weeks before India's weather office pred…

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle 3 reaches initial criticality, marking pivotal nuclear startup milestone

Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are the first nuclear plants to be built in the United States in 30 years. This photo shows Vogtle 3 under construction in January 20…

Net Zero Emission

Analysis: Warm weather and renewables push UK emissions down 3.4 per cent in 2022

Carbon Brief analysis of preliminary data suggests UK territorial emissions fell for the ninth time in 10 years in 2022, but much work remains to bring country …

Energy Saving

Reliability trumps decarbonization, energy execs say

Snipped from DNV's Trilemma and Transition report. Credit: DNV.The past two years have been tough for energy executives both on the electricity side and the…

Offshore Wind Power

Jan De Nul and Deme to Build World’s First Artificial Energy Island

The construction of the foundations of Princess Elisabeth Island will begin in early 2024 and will last 2.5 years 45 km off the Belgian coast. After that, the i…

Carbon Emissions

Global Warming Could Lead To Increase in ‘Hot Lightning’ Strikes Causing More Wildfires

A combined team of Earth scientists from multiple institutions has found evidence that suggests that in the coming years, a warming planet could lead to more "h…

Wind Farm

Birds Avoid Wind Turbine Blades

Seabirds deliberately avoid wind turbine rotor blades offshore – that is the main finding of a new study that mapped the flightpaths of thousands of birds…

Wind Farm

Statkraft Supplies Regional Green Electricity to Schott

Statkraft, Europe's largest producer of renewable energy, and SCHOTT have signed a power purchase agreement. Over a period of two years, Statkraft will supp…

Wind Farm

Statkraft Supplies Wind Power to Schott

Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, and SCHOTT have signed a power purchase agreement. Over a period of two years, Statkraft will su…

Nuclear Reactor

Loviisa Approved for Operation to 2050

The Loviisa nuclear power plant. (Photo: Fortum)The Finnish government on February 16 granted a new operating license to Fortum Power and Heat Oy for its two Lo…

Natural Gas

Armour Signs Gas Supply Heads of Agreement

The HOA contemplates the sale of gas produced from the Glyde Field from production startup (mid-CY2025) for 14 years through to the end of CY2039 providing fuel…

Oil & Gas Trade

GLOBAL MARKET FOR OILFIELD SERVICES CONTRACTORS TO REACH $1 TRILLION IN 2025

(Source: Rystad Energy – Image: Frack operation in the Permian Basin/Lorne Matalon)Rystad Energy expects the global market for oil and gas contractors to …