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Coal-Fired Power Plants

Greenlight for €2.6bn German Aid for RWE's Early Closure of Lignite Power Plants

Image: RWEThe European Commission has approved a €2.6 billion (£2.2bn) German support measure in favour of RWE’s early closure of lignite-fired…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Worker Exposed to Radiation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have ingested radioactive materials after his face was exposed to the substances, local med…

SMR

Hyundai, Kaeri Team Up for Export of Smart SMR

Hyundai Engineering and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the commercialisation and…

Offshore Substation

First Offshore Substation Soon to Be Installed at Moray West

Work on the installation of the two offshore substations (OSS) at the Moray West offshore wind farm site has started, with Boskalis’s DP installation vess…

Geothermal Power Project

Superhot Rock Geothermal Potential in the Middle East

The skyline at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (source: B.alotaby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has published a new report on the po…

Geothermal Heating Project

US DOE Study Shows Decarbonization Potential of Geothermal Heat Pumps

Configuration of a geothermal district heating and cooling system using geothermal heat pumps (source: US Department of Energy)The U.S. Department of Energy has…

Power Construction

Brazil to Resume Electricity Imports From Venezuela After Four Years

Electric power transmission tower in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo taken on 29 August 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Acquire Licensing RightsBrazil will resume electr…

LNG

BP Challenges US Energy Regulator's Oversight of Venture Global LNG Plant

Model of LNG tanker is seen in this illustration taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsBP PLC (BP.L) has challenged U.S. e…

Offshore Wind Power

Infroneer to Buy Japan Wind Development From Bain Capital for $1.37 Bln - Nikkei

Japan's Infroneer Holdings (5076.T) has planned to buy wind power company Japan Wind Development from U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital for about 200 bi…

Uranium Project

US House Passes Bill Banning Uranium Imports From Russia

Spent fuel storage is seen at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station near San Clemente, California, U.S., April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Nichola Groom/File Photo Ac…

Biofuel

Wasde Maintains Forecast for 2023-'24 Soybean Oil Use in Biofuel

The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-’24 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, r…

CCS

Cory Inks CO2 Transportation, Storage Deal With Viking CCS

The deal allows emissions from Cory's facilities to be stored by the Viking CCS project.Image by Parradee Kietsirikul via iStockAn agreement has been signed…

Renewable Energy

AfDB approves $1 billion guarantee from the United Kingdom to support SA’s Just Energy Transition

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $1 billion guarantee program in collaboration with the UK Foreign Commonwealth and D…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Thermal Coal Prices Diverge as Japan, S.korea Buy More, China, India Less: Russell

The prices of differing grades of seaborne thermal coal in Asia are diverging as strong demand for high-quality fuel coal by Japan and South Korea drives a rall…

Offshore Wind Power

Shell Eyes $6BN in Nigeria Offshore, Gas Investments

Oil giant Shell sees $6 billion in investment opportunities in Nigeria, especially in offshore, gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, the country’…