Epa

Nuclear Power Plant

Atomenergomash Finished the First Ritm-200 Reactor for the Yakutia Icebreaker

The first RITM-200 reactor for the serial new-generation Yakutia icebreaker has been manufactured and prepared for shipment at the production site of JSC ZiO-Po…

Oil Price

Oil Prices Drop on Profit-Taking, Supply Fears Linger

Oil prices slipped on Monday, giving up earlier gains as investors took profits after a surge in the previous session, but global supply fears loomed with the E…

Electricity Transmission

US DOE Launches $2.5B Fund to Upgrade and Build New Transmission Lines

​The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office on May 10 issued a joint notice of information (NOI) and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholde…

CCS

Could CCUS Play into New Emission Rules for Gas-Fired Plants?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to propose updated carbon emission regulations for gas-fired plants in 2022, per comments from EPA head Mi…

Solar Power Panel

Portugal Set to Start up Europe's Largest Floating Solar Park

Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer pitches, to their mooring on Portugal's Alqueva reservoir in preparation to…

Solar Power Panel

US Agrivoltaics Benefit From Government Funding Boost

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale funding opportunity.

Gas Turbine

Siemens Energy Sells 100th H-Class Gas Turbine—Fleet Exceeds 2.5 Million Operating Hours

In late March, Siemens Energy announced separate agreements with Guangdong Energy Group Co. Ltd. and Shenzhen Energy Group Co. Ltd., in which the gas turbine gi…

Electric Car

US Students Challenged to Design Next-Generation BEV

The US Department of Energy, General Motors and MathWorks provide $6mn in the next-generation battery electric vehicle design challenge.

United Kingdom

UK Asks North Sea Oil and Gas Sector to Set out Plan to Reinvest Profits

Business minister Kwasi Kwarteng has written to the North Sea oil and gas industry asking it to set out a clear plan to reinvest its profits into British energy…

LNG

U.S. Authorizes More LNG From Two Plants in Development

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it authorized additional liquefied natural gas shipments from two plants in construction and development.

Hydrogen Project

Hydrogen Storage Project Wins Conditional Commitment From DOE

The Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project, which is expected to be one of the world’s largest industrial green hydrogen production and storage facilities, rece…

United States

DOE Funnels $12M to Enhance US Energy Systems’ Cybersecurity

The US department of energy (DOE) has announced $12 million for six new research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects that will develop cybersecurity …

Energy Saving

Philippines Calls for EEC Measures Amidst Looming Fuel Price Hike

The department also raised the need to attain energy independence and security.

Crude Oil

EU Prepares ‘Smart Sanctions’ on Russia

The European Union is preparing “smart sanctions” against Russian oil imports, The Times says, citing the European Commission’s executive vice-president, Val…

SMR

US DoD Greenlights Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Pilot in Idaho

The US Department of Defense has announced that its Strategic Capabilities Office will go ahead with its plan to build and demonstrate a small nuclear reactor c…