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Nuclear Power Plant

June Date Set for Mihama Restart

Kansai Electric Power Co has announced plans to restart Mihama unit 3 in June.

Nuclear Power Plant

Enusa Recontracted to Supply Fuel to Spain’s NPPs

Spain’s state-run Enusa Industrias Avanzadas said on 10 May that it has been awarded a contract extension to supply 12 reload batches of fuel and associated se…

Coal Trade

S Korea Coal Imports Drop Amid Voluntary Restrictions

South Korean thermal coal imports fell on the year in April amid a likely drop in coal-fired generation, driven in part by voluntary restrictions on the use of …

Thermal Coal

China’s Coal Futures Hit Record As Exchange Tries to Cool Rally with Fee Hike

Prices have rallied 34 per cent so far this year as miners struggle to meet robust demand from the nation’s economic rebound.

Solar Cell

Novel ‘Molecular Glue’ Boosts Reliability of Perovskite Cells

A research team from Brown University in the US has found a way to strengthen a key weak point in perovskite solar cells, dramatically increasing their function…

Hydrogen Production

Scientists Develop New Eco-Technologies for Hydrogen Production

The latest research results are published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Ukraine

Ukraine Tests Zaporozhe for ENTSO-E Synchronisation

Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom and the country's transmission system operator Ukrenergo completed tests last week at unit 1 of the Zaporozhe …

Offshore Wind Power

South Korea Takes Step Away from Fossil Fuel with Offshore Wind Farm

South Korea will build the world's largest floating offshore wind farm, calling it one of the cornerstones in developing clean energy, according to President Mo…

Market Analysis

Potential and Benefits of Blue Ammonia As a Clean Fuel of the Future

According to the latest edition of the GECF Global Gas Outlook 2050, the demand for natural gas is expected to increase by 50% from 3,950 billion cubic metres i…

Power Construction

Worst Brazil Drought in 20 Years to up Pressure on Power Grid

Brazil's worst drought in two decades will force the country to depend more heavily on costly thermal power plants to compensate for reduced hydroelectric gener…

Crude Oil

U.S. Main Fuel Pipeline Operator Aims to Restore Operation This Week After Cyber Attack

The operator of a main U.S. fuel pipeline declared on Monday its goal of restoring operational service by the end of the week after all pipeline operations temp…

Energy Investment

The OPEC Fund to Support Renewable Energy Projects in Nepal

The loan represents the OPEC Fund's first financial institution transaction in the country.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Viritech's Future Hydrogen-Powered Hypercar to Use “Graphene-Reinforced Hydrogen Pressure Vessels”

A British engineering company called Viritech is working on an ambitious hydrogen-powered hypercar.

United States

Biden Wants ‘Clean’ Electricity By 2035. A Pandemic-Driven Fall In Solar Jobs Complicates That

The U.S. solar industry will need to nearly quadruple its workforce by 2035 in order to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of a carbon-free electricity industry, …

Geothermal Power Plant

Why Oil Giants Like Chevron and BP are Investing in Geothermal Energy

Miles below the Earth’s surface, there’s a source of renewable energy that could sustain all of humanity for the foreseeable future.