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United States

Biden Wants ‘Clean’ Electricity By 2035. A Pandemic-Driven Fall In Solar Jobs Complicates That

The U.S. solar industry will need to nearly quadruple its workforce by 2035 in order to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of a carbon-free electricity industry, …

Nuclear Fuel

Work Starts on First Disposal Tunnel at Finnish Repository

Excavation of the first final disposal tunnel has started at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto

Wave Energy

EWP-EDF Wave Project Nears Construction Milestone

Pursuant to the engineering co-ordination permit from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv Jaffa Eco Wave Power has announced that it nears completion of the wall reinf…

Gas power plant

EnergyAustralia Plans 300MW Hybrid Hydrogen and Gas-Fired Plant

Privately held power utility EnergyAustralia will expand one of its generation stations to include hydrogen and gas-fired capacity in the near future.

Wind Power Project

Construction Starts on 103MW Serbian Wind Farm

Austrian developer Ivicom Holding has started construction on its 103MW Krivaca wind farm at Golubac, Kucevo and Krivaca in northeast Serbia, near the country's…

Power Construction

Siemens Energy to Rebuild Mosul Super Grid Destroyed in 2014

The planned grid station will help supply power to nearly 700,000 people in northern Iraq

Chile

Engie Says will Ditch Coal in Chile

The group reaffirmed a commitment to close six coal-fired plants, two of which have already been shut down, that generate nearly 1.5 GW of electricity, a statem…

Energy Security

Oil Tanker Leaks Crude After Collision Near China’s Qingdao Port

A 900-foot crude tanker leaked oil into the ocean just outside China’s biggest refining center, raising the specter of environmental damage and disruption of s…

Oil Field

Israeli Firm to Sell Gas Field Stakes to UAE Company: Statement

Delek is seeking to sell its stake in Tamar, a huge gas field under the Mediterranean some 80 kilometres off the coast of northern Israel

Nuclear Fusion

There are Plans to Build a £2bn Nuclear Fusion Plant Near Barry

The old coal-fired power plant at Aberthaw is being put forward as a site for an experimental nuclear fusion plant being developed in the UK

Hydrogen Project

Volvo Trucks Reaffirms Commitment to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks

Volvo Trucks has today reaffirmed its commitment in developing hydrogen-powered trucks with fuel cell variants set to come in the near future.

Geothermal Power Plant

Eden Project to Start Drilling for ‘Hot Rocks’ to Generate Geothermal Energy

If successful project will allow water to be injected down borehole to be superheated by rocks beneath

Smart Meter

EDF Completes Installation of 1 Lakh Smart Meters in India

The company marked this as the completion of the first stage of the contract and the beginning of the commercial roll-out of 5 million smart meters installation…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…

Offshore Wind Power

Tokyo Gas to Install 19 Offshore Wind Turbines in Carbon-Free Push

Tokyo Gas Co will install 19 offshore wind turbines near the eastern Japan coast from 2024 as the government moves toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050,…