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Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan Looks at Possible Nuclear Power Plant Sites

Kazakhstan is considering the village of Ulken in the Alma-Ata region and the city of Kurchatov in the East Kazakhstan for the possible construction of its firs…

Nuclear Power Plant

First Concrete for Unit 2 of China’s San'ao Nuclear Power Project

First concrete was poured on 30 December for unit 2 of China’s of the San'ao Nuclear Power Project in Zhejiang Province.

Solar Power Plant

Roofing Giant Takes on Tesla to Make Solar Roof Shingles more Affordable

When Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Solar Roof in 2016, it was the first that many people had heard of solar shingles.

Electric Car

Tesco Launching UK’s First Commercial Electric Heavy-Duty Tractor-Trailer Trucks

Tesco is launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy-duty freight articulated trucks.

Nuclear Power Plant

Poland Selects Site for First Nuclear Power Plant

Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe, the government company responsible for plans to deploy up to six reactors at multiple sites by 2040, announced that it had selected…

Hydrogen Project

Korea Gas Corp. Looking to Supply 1.03 Million Tons of Hydrogen in 2030

As a first step toward realizing the plan, it broke ground for the construction of a hydrogen production base in Gwangju on Dec. 2.

Power Construction

GCCIA, CESI Launch Electricity Pricing Pilot Project for the GCC

This ambitious project consists in the creation of an electronic platform for the pricing of electricity in GCC countries, as part of the first phase of the ene…

RCEP

RCEP to Take Effect on First Day of 2022, Extend Asia-Pacific Industrial Chains in Closer Bond

The world will see the establishment of its largest trade bloc, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, from the beginning of 2022

Pumped Storage

Utility Pushes UK's First Big Pumped Storage Hydro Project in 30 Years

The project would involve construction of an upper reservoir providing a 500-m drop to the existing Loch Lochy lake, about 15 km northeast of Fort William in th…

Energy Storage Battery

VW-backed Northvolt Starts Output at Swedish Lithium-ion Battery Cell Gigafactory

Battery storage specialist commissions first factory at Skellefteå amid efforts by Europe’s car industry to lessen dependence on Asian producers

China

China Issues First White Paper on Export Controls

China issued Wednesday its first white paper on export controls to provide a full picture of related policies and help the international community better unders…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

First 1-GW Unit of Major China Coal-Fired Plant Comes Online

A Chinese power company said the first of four 1,000-MW units at a new coal-fired power plant in a northwestern region of Inner Mongolia has entered operation.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Million-kW Thermal Power Unit Begins Operation in N China

The first million-kilowatt thermal power unit of China's largest thermal power project under construction went into operation on Monday, after a successful 168-…

Substation

Linxon Secures Ireland Substation Contract

Linxon, has won its first strategic long term framework agreement for the turnkey delivery of high voltage substations for ESB in the Republic of Ireland, which…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Kawasaki’s Liquefied Hydrogen Carrier Departs to Pick up First Cargo

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia.