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Energy Security

Ukrainian President Zelensky to Meet President Biden at White House

US President Joe Biden will meet today in the White House with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

Market Analysis

Global Offshore Wind Market to Hit $56.8bn by 2026

A new report conducted by Research and Market states that the global market for offshore wind energy will record a 12.3% growth between 2021 and 2026.

Crude Oil

Mexico’s Pemex Struggles To Restore Oil Output Lost After Fatal Fire

Mexico’s state-owned oil firm Pemex has restored part of the oil production suspended after Sunday’s fatal fire that killed seven people,

Thermal Plant

Ecuador to Spend $80 mln on Thermal Power Stations as Erosion Threatens Hydro Plant

The company is also spending $100 million in structures to prevent the Coca River - which has been violently eroding its bed since a 130-meter waterfall in the …

Oil Exploration

Chinese Oil Major Sinopec Announces Oil, Gas Discovery

China’s state-owned oil and gas major Sinopec has struck oil and gas at a field in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, Reuters reports, adding that the rese…

Energy Storage Material

New Graphene Material could Enable the Fabrication of High-Performance electrodes for sodium batteries

The results of their study show that the capacity can match today’s lithium-ion batteries.

Nuclear Fuel

Niger Government Expresses Support for Uranium Project

The company plans to bring the project into full production by the end of 2024.

Energy Security

Biden Urged to Take 'Emergency' Measures to Save Nuclear Plants

Separately, Exelon said its Illinois nuclear fleet, including Byron and Dresden, operated at full power levels during the hottest July on record.

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Progresses Apace at Oyster Creek and Pilgrim

Holtec Decommissioning International - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holtec International - has announced decommissioning progress at the Oyster Creek nuclear po…

Energy Storage Battery

Janus Graphene Opens Doors to Sustainable Sodium-ion Batteries

In the search for sustainable energy storage, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a new concept to fabricate high-performance elec…

Belgium

Belgian Think Tank Seeks Reversal of Nuclear Phase Out

Belgian think tank Horizon 238 on 21 August addressed a letter to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo asking him “to reconsider the nuclear phase-out”, which bec…

Hydrogen Project

Korea to Build Five Hydrogen Clusters with W1.2tr

South Korea will spend 1.27 trillion won to establish five hydrogen clusters across the country and roll out necessary infrastructure there, as the nation prepa…

Hydropower Plant

Bulgarians Protest to Keep Ban on Building Hydropower Plants in Protected Areas

Activists and the local population took to the streets throughout Bulgaria to express outrage over the government’s proposal to scrap the ban on the constructi…

Nuclear Reactor

Foundation Set in Place for BREST Reactor

It is part of an overall programme to close the nuclear fuel cycle.

Nuclear Power Plant

Study Confirms Nuclear Capacity Essential to Energy Security

New nuclear build enhances system-level energy security, increases the resilience of the electricity grid and helps to reduce dependency on energy imports state…