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Oil & Gas Trade

TotalEnergies Expects Lower Q3 Results Amid Outages, Shrinking Refining Margins

French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab expects its third-quarter downstream results to sharply decrease due to a 65% drop in refining margins i…

LNG

TotalEnergies Contracts Fourth LNG Refueling Ship

TotalEnergies SE has expanded its liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering fleet to four vessels with a charter agreement with Spanish shipping company Ibaizabal G…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF Seeks to Raise up to £4 Billion to Help Fund Construction of Uk’s Hinkley Nuclear Plant

Cranes surround a reactor under construction at Hinkley Point C, in Bridgwater, on Sept. 27.Electricite de France SA is holding talks with investors over fundin…

Electric Vehicles

France Plans to Cut Assistance for EV Purchases by Third, Toughen Penalties on Some Vehicles

A Renault Megane E-Tech 100% Electric car is displayed Renault Group capital market day for its new electric vehicle unit Ampere, in Paris, France, November 15,…

Pumped Storage

Romania in Talks With Itochu-EDF Tie-up to Build PHS Power Plant

Romania is holding talks with a consortium comprising Japanese corporation Itochu and French energy giant Electricite de France (EDF) for the development of the…

Hydropower Plant

French Power Group EDF Says Strike Expected Early Next Week

French power group EDF flagged possible strike action by some of its workers from the evening of Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, when the hardline CGT union will be organis…

Net Zero

Suez, Siemens and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company Join up in Desalination Initiative

The logo of Siemens is pictured at Global Industrie exhibition in Villepinte near Paris, France, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Purchase Lice…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

France’s EDF Will Scrap Plans to Convert Cordemais Plant From Coal to Biomass

The Electricite de France (EDF) coal-fired power plant is pictured as the sun rises in Cordemais near Nantes, France, February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/F…

Oil & Gas Trade

French-US Pair Bag Over $1 Billion for Revamp Project to Bring America’s LNG Import Terminal New Lease on Life as Large Export Facilities

The KTJV joint venture between France’s engineering company Technip Energies and the U.S. science, technology, and engineering player KBR has been put in …

LNG

Turkey UPS Export Capability, Supply Diversity With 10-Year Totalenergies LNG Deal

The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at the company's headquarters skyscraper in the financial and business district of La Defense, …

Solar Power Plant

Joint Roadmap Signed for Solar Thermal and Geothermal in France

Geothermal heating plant of Sipperec in Rosny-sous-Bois, France (source: SIPPEREC)The French Association of Geothermal Professionals (AFPG) and the Renewable So…

SMR

Regulators to Review Thorizon’s Molten Salt Reactor

Visualisation of a Thorizon One plant (Source: Thorizon)Netherlands-based Thorizon has said Dutch and French nuclear regulators have agreed to collaborate on a …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Flamanville EPR Approved for Start Up

The French nuclear safety authority (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire) has authorised the launch of divergence operations for the the 1,6…

Nuclear Reactor

France’s EDF Making Checks After Flamanville 3 Reactor Automatically Stopped

La centrale nucléaire de Flamanville 3 (EPR) dans le nord-ouest de la France. /Photo prise le 25 avril 2024/REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq Purchase Licensing RightsF…

Nuclear Reactor

Joint Preparatory Review for Thorizon One Reactor

Thorizon of the Netherlands has announced that the Dutch and French nuclear regulators are to collaborate on a preparatory review of its Thorizon One molten sal…