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United Kingdom

Wind Power Sets New Record in the UK

UK wind energy set a new record on 21 May meeting almost two-thirds of electricity demand, according to preliminary data from National Grid ESO.

Hydrogen Project

Iberdrola Forms Green Hydrogen Electrolyser Team

Spanish energy company Iberdrola is teaming up with power technology company Cummings to develop large-scale green hydrogen plants in Spain and Portugal.

Tidal Energy

Simec Atlantis Japanese Tidal Plant Passes Local Test

Simec Atlantis Energy's tidal power generation facility in Naru Island, Japan, has passed the Japanese government’s pre-use inspection tests.

Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Installs First Unit at West Bakr

Siemens Gamesa has installed the first of 96 turbines at the 250MW West Bakr wind farm in Egypt.

Iran

Iran Agrees to Extend IAEA Nuclear Monitoring Deal for One Month

Iran has agreed to extend by one month an agreement allowing the International Atomic Energy Agency to keep surveillance cameras at nuclear sites.

Nuclear Power Plant

Oyster Creek Defuelled in Record Time

The final canister containing used fuel has been removed from the storage pool of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey, USA, and placed in an on-s…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Develops New Fuel Modification with Lower Uranium Enrichment for Finland’s Loviisa NPP

TVEL, the fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has completed development of a new modification of VVER-440 fuel for the Loviisa nuclear power plant…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea and United States to Cooperate in Nuclear Power Industry

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in released a joint statement on May 21 and declared that they would cooperate in the global nuclea…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan Power Firm JERA to Test Ammonia Fuel at Coal-Fired Plant to Cut CO2

Power generation company JERA Co. said Monday it will start using ammonia as a fuel at a coal-fired power plant in central Japan as part of a four-year test pro…

Nuclear Fuel

Seizure Of Radioactive Uranium In India And Depleting Nuclear Safety And Security

Very recently, in the first week of May 2021, the Indian police seized 7.1 Kilograms of illegally possessed Radioactive Uranium by two men in the state of Mahar…

Oil Shale

High Profile Merger Creates A New $17 Billion Shale Giant

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Cimarex Energy announced on Monday another merger in the U.S. shale patch in an all-stock merger of equals that would result in …

Oil Price

Oil Prices Rise on Potential Hitch in Iran Talks

Oil prices rose on Monday as a demand bump fueled by COVID-19 vaccination drives gave traders optimism that the market can absorb any Iranian oil that would com…

Hydrogen Project

ADNOC to Build Blue Ammonia Facility in UAE in Clean Energy Push

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. plans to build a blue ammonia production plant as the UAE's biggest energy producer seeks to become a leader in clean energy products…

Hydrogen Project

Cummins to Build 500MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Spain

Power solutions company Cummins has announced plans to build a €50 million PEM electrolyzer plant for the production of green hydrogen in Castilla-La Mancha, S…

Hydropower Plant

ADB to Finance 300MW Hydropower Plant in Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank will offer a $300m loan to finance the construction of a hydropower plant in Pakistan.