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Nuclear waste

Viewpoint: International Collaboration Is Key for Geological Disposal Programmes

Different countries planning the safe, permanent disposal of nuclear waste in geological repositories are sharing experiences and learning from each other, as N…

Energy Storage Project

World’s Largest Compressed Air Energy Storage Project Breaks Ground in China

Huaneng Group has begun phase two of its Jintan Salt Cavern CAES project in China. It is set to become the world’s largest compressed air energy storage f…

Solar Power Plant

Qcells Secures $1.45 Billion of DoE Support for Solar Plant in Georgia

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has finalized a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Hanwha Qcells to support its solar plant in the state of Georgia. It aims to r…

Sweden

Government Inquiry Recommends Lifting Swedish Uranium Ban

Sweden should remove its prohibition on uranium mining to allow it to be exploited like other natural resources regulated under the Minerals Act, a government i…

Energy Storage System

EOS Submits Planning for 100MW Teesworks BESS

Funding of £62 million is behind the BESS project, which will be built on a three-acre plot at the south west corner of the 4,500 acre Teesworks site. Image: T…

Tender/bid

Harmony Energy Income Trust Reaches Final Stage of Portfolio Sale

The sale has reached the final stage and is expected to conclude by February. Image: HEIT.Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has announced that it has reached a…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Aker BP Gets Green Light for Drilling Ops in Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in pr…

Wind Farm

TotalEnergies Closes on Two Danish Offshore Farms

[Image: Knud Erik Andersen (left) and Martin Rune Pedersen (right)]TotalEnergies has closed a deal to acquire a majority stake in two Danish offshore wind proje…

Offshore Wind Power

California Inks Agreement With Key Ports

Image: Port of Long BeachThe California State Lands Commission and the ports of Long Beach and Humboldt have signed an agreement to advance floating offshore wi…

Crude Oil

Venezuela Sends Crude to India in New Deal

A high-seas oil tango is back on between Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA and India’s Reliance Industries, rekindling a swap arrangement paused by …

Wind Farm

Nala Secures Funds for 99MW Romanian Wind Farm

Image: Nala RenewablesNorddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB) has joined with Erste Group Bank and BCR to finance the 99.2MW Green Breeze wind farm owned by Nala Rene…

Crude Oil

North Dakota Crude Output Cut by 520,000 B/D After October Wildfires

North Dakota, the third-largest producing state in the U.S., saw its crude production fall by 520,000 barrels per day in October after operators shut in wells t…

Wind Farm

1GW Nordlicht 1 Secures Planning Approval

[Image: Vattenfall]Germany's Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has granted planning approval for Vattenfall's 1GW Nordlicht 1 offshore wind…

Wind Power Project

Connecticut Omits Offshore in Latest Procurement

[Image: Conn. Governor Ned Lamont]The state of Connecticut has opted not to procure any capacity from offshore wind projects in its latest round of renewable en…

Wind Farm

Thrive Renewables Acquires Right to Scottish Wind Farm

Thrive Renewables has acquired the rights to build the 57 MW Whitelaw Brae wind farm in the Scottish Borders.As well as being the company’s largest projec…