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Crude Oil

China Refined A Record Amount Of Crude Oil In 2021

Crude oil processing rates in China reached a record last year

Nuclear Power Plant

Brazil Looks to Nuclear Expansion

Brazil has begun a process to identify sites for the new nuclear power units it plans to have in operation by 2050.

Nuclear Power Plant

Hanhikivi 1 Licensing Work Nears Completion

Licensing work for the planned Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant in Finland has progressed "to the homestretch", with the final licensing materials expected to be…

Offshore Wind Power

ScottishPower Toasts 7GW Offshore Wind Success

Iberdrola-owned company will develop two floating projects with Shell and a fixed-bottom development on its own

Carbon Neutral

Xi Addresses 2022 WEF Virtual Session

Achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality are the intrinsic requirements of China’s own high-quality development and a solemn pledge to the international com…

Energy Investment

Econergy Completes Acquisition of Swangate Energy Storage

European renewable energy project developer and operator, Econergy Renewable Energy, has successfully acquired a 100% share of Swangate Energy Storage Ltd, a 50…

Thermal Coal

Tightness Limits North American Met Coal Exports

Supply setbacks weighed on US and Canadian coking coal exports in November, while historically high prices throughout October and early November gave mining fir…

Video: Upending and installing a vacuum vessel sector

In this short time-lapse, watch how an ITER vacuum vessel sector is installed in assembly tooling. ​

Nuclear Fusion

General Fusion Achieves Technology Milestone

Canada’s General Fusion announced that it had achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant.

Geothermal Power Plant

DOE awards $8.4M for Accessing Geothermal Potential from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

The US DOE selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells.

Solar Power Plant

Columboola Project Successfully Connects 162MW of PV to Australian Grid

The 162MW Columboola Solar Farm in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia, has been successfully connected to the transmission network.

Energy Storage Project

New Investor will Propel Hydrostor's Plans for Energy Storage

Hydrostor announced Jan. 10 that Goldman Sachs Asset Management has invested $250 million in the energy company.

United States

DOE Stands Up Clean Technology Demonstration Office

The office will be under pressure to overcome challenges that have plagued DOE-funded demonstration projects in the past.

Hydrogen Project

Australia set to Export Hydrogen to the Republic of Palau for Zero-Emission Shipping

Australia is set to export green hydrogen to the Republic of Palau, an archipelago of Pacific islands, to supply and implement hydrogen for fuel cells within ve…

Energy Investment

Apicorp and IsDB Collaborate on $1bn Infrastructure Financing Initiative

The multilateral lenders aim to address low private sector participation in funding energy projects