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Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel Installed at Xudabao 4

The reactor vessel has been installed in its design position at Xudabao 4, Rosatom has announced.(Image: Rosatom)In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreement…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …

Electrolyzer

BLS Plans 1 GW Fab to Make Battery-Powered Electrolyzers

Battolyser Systems’ (BLS) product is a patented dual-purpose electrolyzer with a battery function.Dutch company BLS has received €54.6 million ($57.3…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Oklo Signs Power Agreement With Data Centre Developer

In what is claimed to be "one of the largest corporate power agreements in history", US nuclear power plant developer Oklo has signed a non-binding Master Power…

Battery

ABB to Acquire Gamesa’s Power Electronics, Storage Business

ABB has agreed to purchase Gamesa’s power electronics and storage business, which produces doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) wind converters, industri…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Germany Deploys 1 GW of PV in November

Germany installed 1 GW of solar power in November, bringing its cumulative capacity to 97.55 GW by the end of the month.Germany deployed 1,016.9 MW of new PV ca…

Solar Cell

Nexwafe Claims 24.4% Efficiency for Heterojunction Solar Cell Built With Its Ultrathin Wafers

The German wafer manufacturer said the efficiency was achieved with an unspecified M6 HJT commercial production line, without specifying if the result was certi…

EU

EU Solar Installations Hit 65.5 GW in 2024, Says Solarpower Europe

Solar installations grew 4% year on year in the European Union in 2024, down sharply from 53% growth in 2023. The slowdown coincides with a decline in solar inv…

Natural Gas

PTTEP Appraising ‘Remarkable’ Offshore Oil and Gas

Thailand’s national upstream company PTTEP is appraising its Chenda discovery on Block SK 405B offshore Sarawak, East Malaysia, for which it expects to co…

Natural Gas

Gas Prices in Midland-Odessa Drop to Their Lowest Levels in Three Years

Usually, conversations around gas prices center on why they’re rising and how national and global economic factors in the oil and gas industry contribute …

Crude Oil

China Boosts Oil Inventories With Jump in Crude Imports

China’s crude oil imports soared in November, but most of the increase in purchases likely went to boosting stockpiles, data compiled by Reuters columnist…

LNG

Germany to Shut Down Key LNG Terminal in 2025

Germany will shut down its Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal in the first quarter of 2025, with government-owned operator Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) announcin…

Green Hydrogen

India’s Green Hydrogen Leap Presents INR 8-10 Trillion Opportunity

India’s target of achieving 5 million tonnes per annum of green molecule production by 2030 presents an investment opportunity of INR 8-10 trillion across…

Battery

Grenergy Secures $299M for Chilean PV-Battery

[Image: Grenergy]Spanish renewables player Grenergy has closed an additional $299m in financing for the third phase of a large solar-storage plant in northern C…

Battery

Reliance Power Arm Secures LoA for 930 MW Solar With 465 MW/1,860 MWh Battery Storage

This is India’s single largest project of solar and battery storage system.Reliance Power announced today its arm Reliance NU Suntech has received the Letter o…