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Hydropower Plant

Statkraft Announces Plan to Invest in Norwegian Hydro and Wind Power

The Svean powerhouse (photo courtesy Statkraft)Statkraft is planning to invest up to €6 billion (US$6.6 billion) in upgrades to its Norwegian hydro and win…

Energy Storage Project

Q4 2023 Sees Largest Quarterly Increase in Battery Energy Storage

Energy research consultancy Modo Energy has confirmed that Q4 2023 saw 420MW of new battery energy storage capacity become commercially operational.This new cap…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Plans Major Nuclear Power Expansion

The UK government has revealed an ambitious proposal to significantly develop its nuclear power facilities, signifying the most considerable expansion in this i…

CCS

Group of 27 Shell Investors Co-file New Climate Resolution

Shell CEO Wael Sawan attends the China Development Forum 2023 in Beijing, China, on March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsA gr…

Energy Storage Project

China-Based Betavolt Develops Nuclear Battery for Commercial Applications

China-based Betavolt New Energy Technology has successfully developed a nuclear energy battery (radioisotope battery), which integrates nickel-63 nuclear isotop…

Uranium Project

Supply Chain Issues Prompt Kazatomprom To Adjust Production Plans

The Kazakh national atomic company expects to adjust its 2024 production guidance due to factors including the availability of sulphuric acid and delays in comp…

Geothermal Power Plant

Colombia Awards First-Ever Geothermal Power Project License

Yopal, Casanare, Colombia (source: Cámara de Comercio de Casanare, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Colombia has awarded the first-ever license for a …

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Pilot Inaugurated in Kežmarok, Slovakia

Geothermal well in Kežmarok, Slovakia (source: Kežmarok official website)The trial operations of a geothermal well has been officially inaugurated in the town…

Electric Vehicle Charging

California Energy Commission Awards More Than $208M in V2X Grant Funding

Source: Owlie Productions / Shutterstock.comThe California Energy Commission (CEC) has recommended awarding more than $208 million in grant funding to the top a…

LNG Carrier

Qatarenergy Linked to $2.4 Billion Deal for 8 Q-Max LNG Carriers, Set To Be World's Largest

Qatar’s LNG heavyweight QatarEnergy has sealed a contract with Chinese shipbuilder CSSC Hudong Zhonghua shipbuilding for the construction of eight Q-Max u…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

JSW Energy Commissions Unit-1 of Ind-Barath Thermal Power Plant; Stock Down

JSW Energy Ltd has commissioned unit-1 (350 MW) at Ind-Barath 700 MW (2 x 350 MW) thermal power plant in Odisha.The stock exchange filing revealed that the comp…

Hydrogen Production

BMW Refuses to Close the Door on Hydrogen Power

BMW recently announced its latest step on the road to full electrification, namely that its flagship Munich factory will exclusively produce EVs from 2027.Howev…

Oil & Gas Trade

Bulgaria Replacing Russian Crude With Oil From Kazakhstan, Iraq, Tunisia

An oil and gas industry worker walks during operations of a drilling rig at Zhetybay field in the Mangystau region, Kazakhstan, November 13, 2023. REUTERS/Turar…

Crude Oil

Totalenergies Restarts Port Arthur, Texas, Crude Units -Sources

TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) on Friday restarted the large crude distillation unit (CDU) and large vacuum distillation unit (VDU) at its 238,000 barrel-per-day (bpd)…

Carbon Emissions

France, Arcelormittal Agree on $2 Bln Investment To Cut French Plant Emissions

A view shows the scrap metal area in the ArcelorMittal metals plant in Dunkirk as part of a media tour dedicated to the reduction of carbon intensity of the ind…