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Carbon Neutral

IEA Chief: Net Zero by 2050 Plan for Energy Sector is Coming

Global tracking and accountability will be required to address climate change.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Industry Leaders Call for Nuclear Restarts

Japan has confirmed its objective to raise the share of nuclear power to 20-22% by 2030, but the process to restart the reactors shut down after the Fukushima D…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Kursk-II on Schedule with RUB25bn Invested in 2020

More than RUB25 billion was invested in the construction of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP in 2020.

Wind Farm

Nordex Secures Turbine Contract from WPD for Finland Wind Farm

Nordex has secured a contract from German wind and solar developer WPD to supply wind turbines for the 188MW ‘Karhunnevankangas’ project in Finland.

Solar Power Panel

Sungrow Ends Year 2020 on High in India Crossing 7 GW PV Inverter Shipments

Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, declared that its cumulative shipments to India raced past 7 GW by the end of 2020, thrus…

Nuclear Power Plant

The World's First Batch of HTGR Nuclear Fuel Elements is Shipped

To provide fuel power for its subsequent grid-connected power generation, providing strong support for China to move from a “nuclear power” to a “nuclear pow…

Crude Oil

Floating Oil Storage Shrinks Amid Robust Asian Demand

Global floating oil storage declined at a fast pace in December as traders sold crude held on tankers in the absence of price incentives to store it and in orde…

Solar Power Plant

Westrafo Provide Two Transformers to Solar Plant

Westrafo has commisionned two power transformers at a photovoltaic plant in Spain.

Energy Storage Battery

Irish State-Owned Utility ESB Announces 100MWh of Battery Energy Storage

Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced almost 100MWh of utility-scale battery storage projects, kicking off its pipeline of projects in the Republic of Ir…

Energy Storage Battery

At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the World’s Largest Battery Storage System so Far is up and Running

The world’s largest battery energy storage system so far has gone into operation in Monterey County, California, US retail electricity and power generation com…

Offshore Wind Power

Significant Developments on Offshore Wind in the Baltic Sea

And the North Seas Energy Cooperation should help them build on the successes of offshore wind in the North Sea, as well as the UK.

Nuclear Power Plant

Tianwan 4 Handed Over to China as Upgrading of Simulators Begins

Rosatom announced that unit 4 of the Tianwan NPP had been handed over to the customer, Jangsu Nuclear Power Corporation, on 25 December after two years of warra…

Nuclear Fuel

Czech Government Approves Four Possible Repository Sites

Research and exploration work will be carried out on these sites to select the final and back-up site, which should be confirmed by 2030

Hydrogen Project

Haldor Topsoe and Aker Carbon Capture Partner on Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production

Aker Carbon Capture and Haldor Topsoe have joined forces to offer a complete solution for the production of low-emission and cost-effective blue hydrogen, as pa…

Crude Oil

Petrobras Sets Oil Production Record in 2020

Robust Chinese demand for pre-salt crude buoyed Brazil' state-controlled Petobras in 2020, helping spur record output of 2.28mn b/d of oil.