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Electricity Transmission

World's 1st 660 KV Transmission System Sends Around 300-billion kilovolt Electricity in Decade

The world's first 660 kilovolt high-voltage direct current transmission line has transmitted around 300-billion kilovolt electricity from northwest China to eas…

Poland

Polish Minister Looks to Nuclear

Poland is moving towards a low carbon economy with wind farms and nuclear energy as its two pillars, Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Michal Kurtyka s…

Nuclear Reactor

X-Energy Formally Begins SMR Partnership with DOE

X-energy has signed the cooperation agreement which officially begins its participation in the US DOE Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), a project t…

Climate Policy

Global CO2 Emissions Continue Upward Trend Despite Pandemic

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell by 5.8% in 2020, primarily due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and economic activities, acc…

Nuclear Technology

Rosatom Develops Fast Reactor Fuel, Launches Tender for Pyrochemical Processing Study

The Bochvar Institute has developed a fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.

Electricity Reform

South Sudan Renews Push to Reduce Power Deficit

South Sudan is directing massive effort to develop the power sector to reduce a deficit of 170 megawatts by building several generation plants, implementing Sou…

Electric Car

Iberdola Joins Forces with Lexus to Promote Smart Mobility Across Spain

Spanish multinational energy company Iberdrola has partnered with automaker Lexus to promote the use of electric vehicles and to accelerate the installation of …

Solar Power Plant

Vietnam Sees 350 MW Solar Park Come Online

Chinese inverter maker Sungrow revealed a 350 MW solar facility was energized in Loc Ninh County, Binh Phuoc Province.

Carbon Emissions

API Expected To Endorse Carbon Pricing

The American Petroleum Institute is set to unveil a declaration in which it endorses carbon pricing as a means of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on …

Oil & Gas Trade

India Calls On OPEC+ To Ease Cuts And Stop Pushing Oil Higher

India is calling again on the OPEC+ coalition to boost production from April, because the world’s third-largest oil importer is not particularly happy with thi…

Energy Storage Project

Puerto Rico’s 1GW RFP for Renewables Also Calls for 500MW of Energy Storage

Puerto Rico has issued a request for proposals to construct 1GW of renewable energy capacity and 500MW of battery energy storage on the island.

Video

Belt and Road Initiative Thrives Despite Pandemic

Watch this video to review the global progress made by the BRI last year.

Power Construction

China’s State Grid Sets Peak Emissions Plan

China's state-controlled power network operator the State Grid has released a plan to achieve peak emissions and carbon neutrality, in line with the government'…

Gas turbine engine

Japan’s Mitsubishi Developing Ammonia-Fired Gas Turbine

Japanese engineering firm Mitsubishi Power is developing a 40MW gas turbine fuelled by ammonia for power generation, targeting commercial use after 2025.

Joe Biden

Biden Administration Backs Trump on Solar Tariff Suit

The new administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to Trump’s tariffs on imported solar.