Energy

Nuclear Fuel

Iran boosts uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 SWUs: atomic chief

Iran has increased its uranium enrichment capacity to 16,500 separative work units (SWUs), Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEO…

Hydropower Plant

Akuo Expands Hydropower Portfolio in Bulgaria

Renewable energy producer Akuo from France has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a company with five hydropower plants.

Hydrogen Storage

Vattenfall JV Starts Work on Hydrogen Cave Storage

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have commenced building a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas on a pilot scale.

Energy Investment

Iberdrola Forges Spanish Investment Pact with Insurer

Partnership with MAPFRE targeting 1GW of wind and solar investments

United States

Rice Acquisition Corp. to Combine Aria Energy and Archaea Energy into the Industry-Leading Renewable Natural Gas Platform

The combined Company will be named Archaea Energy (the “combined Company”), with an experienced executive team comprised of leaders from Archaea LLC and Aria.…

Energy Transition

Newly Forged Partnership to Boost Green Transition in Denmark and Sweden

A new partnership between Novo Holdings, Sampension and European Energy has been established with the intention to buy land for the construction of solar and wi…

Net Zero Emission

Northern Ireland Sets out Net Zero-Carbon Energy Vision

Northern Ireland is consulting on plans to address climate change by implementing a net zero carbon energy policy by 2050, through an increase in renewables, in…

Morocco

Morocco Highlights Its Green Energy Strategy at 2021 Spring Meetings

President of Morocco’s Policy Center for the New South, Karim El Aynaoui, speaking at the virtual 2021 Spring Meetings, emphasized Morocco’s long-term renewab…

Energy-Eficient Building

Energy Efficiency Helps Turkey Save $158 million in 2020

Turkey’s investments in energy efficiency in 2020 totaled $635 million which helped to save 451,000 tons of oil equivalent valued at $158 million

Energy Storage System

Fire Guts Batteries at Energy Storage System in Solar Power Plant

A fire at a private solar power plant gutted an energy storage system that used batteries from LG Energy Solution affiliated with South Korea's LG Group, which …

Energy Investment

US Investors form Renewables Player

NuQuest Energy has built a proprietary site-selection system for development push

Geothermal Power Plant

Ecuador’s First Geothermal Plant Targeted for 2026

In the new Electricity Master Plan for Ecuador, geothermal energy has been set up of playing a part for the country’s ambitious expansion of the generation and…

Geothermal Power Plant

Australian Firm’s Mission to Repurpose North Sea Platforms for Geothermal Energy

An Australian company says its “unique” technology could lead to oil and gas rigs in the UK North Sea being repurposed as key infrastructure for geothermal en…

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome to Provide Outage Services to Dominion Fleet

Framatome recently signed a "multi-million dollar" contract with US utility Dominion Energy to support the long-term operation of its nuclear power plant fleet.…

Solar Power Plant

Phanes Group to Build Solar Power Plant in Uzbekistan

Dubai-based solar energy company Phanes Group has signed agreements with the Government of Uzbekistan to develop a solar power plant in the country.