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Joe Biden

Energy Storage Association ‘looks forward to working with President-Elect Joe Biden’

“The time has come for the U.S. to move beyond climate denial and resume a global leadership role in the fight against climate change.”

Estonia Forms Working Group on Nuclear Energy

The Estonian government has decided to establish a national Working Group to consider the introduction of nuclear power generation.

Nuclear waste

Priority Demolition Completed at California Legacy Site

The last of 10 buildings at the Radioactive Materials Handling Facility at the Energy Technology Engineering Center in Ventura County, California have been demo…

Hydrogen Project

RWEA Becomes a Member of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Through this alliance, the European Union aims to strengthen its position as global leader in this field, to support the EU target of reaching carbon neutrality…

Wind Power Project

30 MW to be Added to Iran’s Wind Power Generation Capacity by Mar. 2021

Mohammad Satakin, who heads Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, has said that 30 MW will be added to the country’s wind power generati…

Nuclear Power Plant

Long Outage Planned for Armenian Nuclear Plant in 2021

The Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor will be under repair in 2021, which will last 140 days, according to the head of the Public Services Regulatory Com…

Nuclear Policy

Iranian Parliament Approve Bill Specifying Increased Uranium Enrichment

Iran’s parliament on 2 November approved a bill requiring the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran to produce at least 120kg of 20% enriched uranium a year at it…

Substation

North Macedonia’s MEPSO, Croatia’s Dalekovod Sign EUR 3.2 million Deal

North Macedonia’s transmission system operator and Croatia’s Dalekovod have signed a EUR 3.18 million contract on the reconstruction of the 400/110 kV Bitola …

United States

Dominion Energy Proposes 500MW of New Solar Projects for Virginia

Dominion Energy has submitted proposals for nine new solar projects in Virginia with a combined capacity of nearly 500MW as the utility continues to build out i…

SMR

New IAEA Publication Looks at SMR Development

The 2020 edition of the biennial IAEA booklet, Advances in Small Modular Reactor Technology Developments provides the latest data and information on SMRs around…

Hydrogen Project

Linde to Fuel Californian Mobility Market with Green Hydrogen

Linde today said it will start producing green hydrogen at its Ontario plant for the mobility market in California – enough to fuel up to 1,600 vehicles a day.…

Oil Pipeline

Total Signs Pact with Tanzania for its EACOP Pipeline Construction Project

Total has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Tanzanian government for its EACOP pipeline project in the country.

A Battery Made from Nuclear Waste that can Last 28,000 Years

A California-based company NDB has made a self-charging battery by trapping carbon-14 nuclear waste in artificial diamond-case.

Carbon Neutral

Romania: OMV Petrom Launches OMV Climate Neutral Card

A first for the Romanian fuel market, this option is made available through ClimatePartner, an international provider of solutions for corporate climate action.

Hydropower Plant

CAMEROON-CONGO: the 600 MW Hydroelectric Project on the Dja/Ngoko River Relaunched in 2021

The Cameroonian and Congolese authorities have had the desire to revive the Chollet hydroelectric project in the drawers for almost a decade.