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Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Tepco to Submit Decommissioning Plan Regarding Five Reactors

Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) will submit to a municipal official on Monday a plan regarding the decommissioning of five reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nucl…

Oil and Gas Technology

The Iraq-Turkey Oil Pipeline Dispute: Opportunity in an Arbitration

Fatigue and frustration aside, U.S. focus and engagement in Iraq remains critical to the national- and energy-security interests of the United States and its al…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Reviews Pre-operational Safety at Belarusian NNP

The operator of Belarus's first nuclear power plant has shown a commitment to strengthening safety, an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (…

Power Construction

It is Time for a Massive Public Takeover of the Nation’s Electric Grid

He held a town hall the same day he released a new climate plan, in which he declared that the days of investor-owned utilities—with their profit incentives to…

Oil&Gas Drilling

U.S. Sanctions Deadline is Threatening to Clobber Venezuela's Dwindling Oil-Rig Fleet

A looming U.S. sanctions deadline is threatening to clobber Venezuela’s dwindling oil-rig fleet and hamper energy production in the nation with the world’s la…

Solar Power Panel

Heat Is Actually Bad for the Performance of Solar Panels

Solar power has emerged as the dominant renewable source of energy in many places with a lot of sunny days during any given year.

The State of Lower Saxony Plans to Build a Green Hydrogen Economy

Hannover – The state of Lower Saxony plans to build a green hydrogen economy. More than 20 companies have joined forces for the H2 initiative.

Germany Continues to Rely on Hydrogen as Energy Source of the Future

At the beginning of August, the European Union (EU) announced that the funding for the “H2 Valley” project will not go to the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region…

Microgrid

Don't Follow One-time Disasters to Find Microgrid Opportunities

Don’t follow one-time disasters to find microgrid opportunities; look instead to areas with recurring power outages and businesses interested in resilience, sa…

Ameresco Sees The Growing Opportunity for Solar And Storage to Meet Customers' Holistic Energy Needs

Ameresco is best known as a commercial and industrial energy services company, or ESCO, competing against giants like Honeywell, Siemens, Johnson Controls and a…

LNG

The African LNG Market Holds 7.1% of Proven Global Gas Reserves

Africa is an exciting frontier in the global natural gas sector. On the demand side, Africa’s large, urbanised and industrialised societies of the future will …

Coal Trade

Report Shows: China Injected $1b in "Green" Financing to Coal-Related Projects

Chinese financial institutions provided at least $1b in “green” financing to coal-related projects in the first half of this year, Reuters reported in a revie…

WAPDA Generated the Highest-ever Electricity During the Peak Hours

The hydroelectric power stations owned and operated by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) generated the highest-ever electricity during …

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Insists 2-Reactor Unit is Safe as Tests are Planned in the Arctic

On Friday, three tugs will tow the Akademik Lomonosov barge out of Murmansk to begin a 5,000km voyage to a remote port on the other side of Russia’s Arctic coa…

Oil & Gas Trade

World's Biggest Oil Hedge May Not Happen After All

Despite its track record for turning a sizable profit from its super-secret oil hedge, Mexico may not go through with its massive hedge this year, according to …