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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Consortium Advances Fusion-Grade Steel Production

NEURONE project billet leaving the caster and entering the product straightenerThe NEURONE (Neutron Irradiation of Advanced Steels) consortium is a GBP12 millio…

Electricity Transmission

Southern Areas in US Hit by Winter Storm Thaw Out as Power Slowly Returns

Earlier this week the storm brought heavy snow as much as 7 inches (about 18 centimetres) in some spots and made roads slick across much of Texas and OklahomaAf…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

S. Korea’s Nuclear Agency Launches Investigation Into Abnormal Discharge of Radioactive Waste

South Korea's nuclear safety agency has launched an investigation into the abnormal discharge of liquid radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor to the sout…

Carbon Emissions

China Launches Energy-Efficient Carbon Fiber Metro Train

A CETROVO 1.0 metro train leaves a parking lot before its operation in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 10, 2025.A carbon fiber metro train, du…

Biofuel

January Wasde Reduces 2024-’25 Forecast for Soybean Oil Use in Biofuel Production

The USDA reduced its forecast for 2024-’25 soybean use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Indiana Data Center Could Soon Be Powered by Coal

Merom Generating Station.Hallador Energy Company – owner and operator of a 1GW coal-fired plant in Indiana, USA – is a step closer to a final agreem…

Oil & Gas Trade

Chevron to Complete $53BN Hess Corp Acquisition

Chevron Corp is reportedly well positioned to grow its free cash flow by $6 billion to $8 billion by next year, and lower expenses by a couple billion dollars, …

Photovoltaic （PV）

ESC Releases Draft Solar Feed-in Tariff

The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on the minimum amount energy retailers are required to pay solar customers for electricity the…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Prosafe Signs $109 Million Contract Extension With Petrobras for Offshore Brazil Work

Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safe…

Electricity Transmission

Edison International Energy Firm Is Being Investigated for Possible Link to One of the LA Wildfires

Edison International, a multi-billion dollar energy company, is being investigated over a possible link to one of the wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area.…

Natural Gas

Norway Reports Record Natural Gas Exports From NCS in 2024

Gas production hit 124 billion standard cubic metres in 2024, surpassing 2022’s total of 122.8 billion.Norway achieved a record level of natural gas expor…

Solar Power Plant

Exus Renewables Acquires Portuguese Solar Farm From Lightsource BP

Independent power producer Exus Renewables has acquired the 130MWp Cibele solar farm from Lightsource bp, adding to Exus’ expanding renewable energy footp…

Hydro Generator Unit

Eight Projects to Share US DOE’s $800K Funding to Propel Hydropower and Marine Energy

The illustration for Powering the Blue Economy: Power at SeaThe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has allocated $80…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

India-Made Hydrogen Train Engine Most Powerful: Railway Minister

Union Minister for railways minister Ashwini VaishnawRailway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that the hydrogen fuel-run train engine developed by the…

Hydropower Plant

World’s Largest Pumped Storage Power Plant Fully Operational in China

Underground plant of State Grid Xinyuan Fengning Power StationThe Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station, the world’s largest facility of its kind, has commence…