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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…

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…

Electric Vehicles

BYD Breaks Ground on Its First Sodium-Ion EV Battery Plant

The world’s largest EV maker, BYD, broke ground on its first sodium-ion battery plant this week. BYD is investing $1.4 billion (RMB 10 billion) with 30 GW…

Solar Power Plant

SPNEC Starts Work on ₱200-B Solar Project

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 1) — SP New Energy Corporation (SPNEC), now backed by tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, has broken ground for Terra Solar, it…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia Says Fire Has Been Put Out on Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ship

The ship was docked in Murmansk when the fire broke out (File image)Russia said that emergency workers had put out a fire on a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo-…

Geothermal Power Plant

Pertamina Breaks Ground on Lumut Balai 2 Geothermal Power Plant Construction

Lumut Balai geothermal plant, Indonesia (source: WIKA)PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) has broken ground on the construction of the power plant and Fluid C…

Geothermal Power Plant

Pertamina Breaks Ground on Lumut Balai 2 Geothermal Power Plant Construction

Lumut Balai geothermal plant, Indonesia (source: WIKA)PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGEO) has broken ground on the construction of the power plant and Fluid C…

Solar Power Plant

Coal-State Kentucky Just Broke Ground on Its Largest Solar Farm

National Grid Renewables has broken ground on what will be the largest solar farm in Kentucky once it comes online in 2024.Kentucky’s largest solar farm i…

Oil&Gas Drilling

ADX to Test Giant Welchau Gas in Austrian Reservoir

Clearing of ADX Energy’s Welchau-1 well pad. Credit: FileADX Energy has broken ground in Austria in preparation for maiden drilling of the giant Welchau g…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Indonesia Approves Development Plan For Rokan Block

Indonesia has approved a 3.7 trillion rupiah ($238.71 million) development plan for steamflood enhanced oil recovery in the Rokan block, the country's upstr…

Green Hydrogen

Acwa Breaks Ground on 3,000T Uzbek Green Hydrogen Project

Saudi-listed Acwa Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company and leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, has b…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Well Taps 80 °C Water at Sidirokastro, Greece

Well testing at the Sidirokastro geothermal field in Serres, Greece (source: HSGME)Testing of a large-diameter geothermal research borehole Sd17PN in the Sidiro…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Wärtsilä Launches World-First 4-Stroke Ammonia Engine for Marine Applications

Technology group Wärtsilä has introduced the marine sector’s first commercially available 4-stroke engine-based solution for ammonia fuel. The a…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Broken Turbine Blades Cause Shutdown at Russian Nuclear Plant

Russia's state nuclear power corporation has reported that turbine blades broke at a plant where the company has installed two reactors of a type it is also…

Geothermal Drilling

Test Wells Drilled for Geothermal Feasibility in Brown University, Rhode Island

Brown University, Pembroke Campus, Rhode Island (source: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)Three test wells have been drilled at the premis…