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Pumped Storage

Works progressing on Kidston Pumped Hydro

Genex Power has released an update on the construction of its 250MW/2,000MWh Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project.Genex’s Engineering, Procurement and Con…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Opens 50 DC Fast Chargers at 15 Starbucks Stores

Volvo Car USA and ChargePoint have now opened Starbucks’ first public DC fast charging network at 15 of its stores.Volvo DC fast chargers at StarbucksThe …

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…

SMR

ENEC Signs Multiple SMR MoUs

The company responsible for implementing the UAE's civil nuclear power programme has signed separate agreements with several small modular reactor (SMR) dev…

LNG

DSIC Progressing Construction of CMES' LNG Carriers

China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) is pressing on with the construction of 175,000 cubic meter LNG carriers ordered by compatriot China M…

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…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sri Lanka Greenlights Nuclear Power Amidst Global Interest

In the wake of the organisations from countries such as Russia, China, Denmark and the United States proposing to invest in nuclear energy, Sri Lanka Atomic Ene…

Natural Gas

Exclusive: Venezuela Prods BP, Chevron to Revive Gas Project Near Trinidad, Guyana

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) after voters in a referendum rejected the Internatio…

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…

COP28

New COP28 Draft Deal Stops Short of Fossil Fuel 'Phase Out'

A draft of a potential climate deal at the COP28 summit on Monday suggested a range of measures countries could take to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but omit…

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…

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’…

Nuclear Fusion

Further contracts awarded to progress UK's fusion effort

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded ten contracts worth a total GBP11.6 million (USD14.6 million) to nine organisations to develop th…

Geothermal Heating Project

The COP28 Pledge to Triple up by 2030 and Implications for Geothermal

118 countries have made the commitment to double energy efficiency and to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 during COP 28 (source: Office of the Vice Pre…

Solar Power Plant

Bluefield Secures Planning Permission for Solar Plus Storage Project

Broadway House Farm will be the company’s third solar project in Northumberland. Image: Bluefield Renewable Developments.Bluefield Renewable Developments …