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SMR

X-Energy Signs Agreement with Hatch to Promote SMR Development

US-based X-energy continues to advance its Xe-100 small modular reactor (SMR) design for deployment in Canada.

Nuclear Fuel

US and Kazakhstan Continue with HEU Elimination Programme

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration said on 22 September that the last remaining batch of unirradiated highly enriched urani…

Tennessee Power Group Takes Tentative First Step Towards Planned 5GW of Energy Storage

The US state of Tennessee is set to join the advanced energy storage age with the deployment of a 40MWh stationary grid-connected battery storage plant.

Biobattery

UK Opens Consultation on Green Gas Levy to Support Biomethane

The U.K. government has opened a public consultation an initiative that aims to scale up the production of renewable natural gas, also referred to as bioemethan…

Solar Power Plant

BayWa R.E. Acquires Land in Sweden to Develop at Least 100MWp of PV

BayWa r.e. will construct a PV facility in Sweden with a capacity of at least 100MWp, as the renewables developer eyes a significant solar expansion in the coun…

Crude Oil

Gazprom Neft Sees Full Oil Demand Recovery By The End Of 2021

Russia’s oil producer Gazprom Neft believes that global oil demand will return to its pre-pandemic levels in the second half of 2021.

Market Analysis

ConocoPhillips Sees Global Oil Demand Returning, Executive Says

U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips COP.N sees global demand returning to 100 million barrels per day and growing from there, with oil an "important part of the en…

Oil & Gas Trade

Iran Opens Navy Base At World’s Most Crucial Oil Chokepoint

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran opened this week a new naval base in a coastal town along the world’s most important oil chokepoint, the Strait of …

Floating Offshore Wind

Spanish Developer Unveils 200MW Canarian Floater

Four separate 50MW projects are in addition to the 50MW Gofio where permitting is already underway.

Wind Farm

Vattenfall, Glennmont Sign Piiparinmaki Balancing Deal

Vattenfall has signed an agreement with European clean energy investor Glennmont Partners to provide balancing services for what will be Finland’s biggest wind…

Oil&Gas Drilling

KrisEnergy Gets Funding to Bring Cambodia Offshore Project Online

KrisEnergy has reached a loan deal with Kepinvest Singapore to assist the company with bringing the Apsara project off Cambodia online on schedule.

Energy Transition

Morocco: 5-Point Plan to Mobilise a Decentralised Energy Transition

North Africa is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change, experiencing severe environmental degradation.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Inadequate Charging Stations Affect EV Adoption in Bengaluru: IISc Study

While people seem to recognise the environmental benefits of electric vehicles, they still are concerned about inadequate charging stations and recharging takin…

United States

California to Ban Sale of Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035 to fight climate change and smog-foul…

China

President Xi Tells UN that China Will be 'Carbon Neutral' Within Four Decades

China is targeting peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by the year 2060, according to President Xi Jinping.