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Nuclear Power Plant

Second Belarusian Reactor Nears Operation

Ostrovets 2 is at the hot test stage of commissioning and should begin generating electricity next year.

Crude Oil

Brent Nears $74 Amid Slow Return of US Oil Output

Brent crude neared $74 per barrel on Monday as it gained 31 cents or 0.42 cents to trade at $73.82 per barrel at the market, while the US West Texas Intermediat…

Solar Power Plant

Biden Administration Outlines How Solar could be Nearly Half of Electricity Supply by 2050

The White House is calling for solar energy to power nearly half of the electric grid by 2050.

Energy Storage Project

Battery Storage ‘Gigafactory’ Planned in India

Indian autoelectrical component manufacturer Lucas TVS is leading the development of a lithium-ion battery gigafactory near Chennai in eastern India.

Oil Exploration

Indonesia Awards First Oil and Gas Blocks in Two Years

Indonesia has awarded oil and gas blocks to local upstream energy company Energi Mega Persada and Canada's Husky Energy Inc, a senior officialhas announced, in …

Oil Field

Mubadala Petroleum Finalises $1bn Deal for 22% Stake in Israel's Tamar Gas Field​​​​​​​​​​

The company already operates in the Eastern Mediterranean within the Zohr gas field

Nuclear Policy

S Korea Hopes to Restart Talks with North Korea Amid Nuclear Concerns

It said that a nearby radiochemical laboratory, which reprocesses spent nuclear fuel, was active for five months leading up to July.

Energy Security

Syrian Oil Spill Spreads Into Mediterranean, May Reach Cyprus

Cypriot authorities are monitoring slick, as latest satellite imagery shows fuel oil leak from Baniyas power plant larger than anticipated

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Completes Upgrade Outage on UKs 1.2GW Sizewell B Nuclear Plant

The Sizewell B nuclear power station in the United Kingdom is generating electricity again after being offline nearly four months for planning refueling and mai…

Wind Power Project

NM Wind Project of Historic Size Nearly Complete

Renewable power developer Pattern Energy is nearing completion of a mammoth wind project in east central New Mexico that, once fully operational in December, wi…

Wind Farm

Wesley-Ciskei Wind Farm in Eastern Cape Now Connected to the Grid

EDF Renewables says their 34.5MW Wesley-Ciskei Wind Farm near Hamburg in the Eastern Cape has reached commercial operations and is now supplying electricity to …

Energy Storage System

‘World’s Largest Solar-Powered Battery Energy Storage’ Nears Completion

The ‘world’s largest solar energy-powered battery energy storage system’ that is being built by US energy company Florida Light & Power (FPL) is nearing comp…

Solar Power Plant

Alpine Solar Project to Help Fill Swiss Winter Energy Gaps

When it is completed foreseeably by year-end, the Muttsee site will be the largest alpine solar plant in Switzerland, with nearly 5,000 solar modules producing …

Energy Security

Oil Spill in Black Sea Much Bigger than Reported - Russian Scientists

A leak occurred as the Greek-flagged Minerva Symphony tanker took on oil at the Yuzhno-Ozereyevka sea terminal near Novorossiysk in southern Russia, the Caspian…

Nuclear Power Plant

Jacobs to Support Life Extension of South Africa’s Nuclear Plant

Infrastructure development company, Jacobs has been selected to carry out essential engineering modifications as part of a $1.2 billion programme to extend the …