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Energy Security

Video: Iran Reports Accident at Main Nuclear Facility

​Iran has reported an accident at its main nuclear facility at Natanz.

Geothermal Power Plant

First Drilling of the 150MW Tulu Moye Geothermal Project Completed

Ethiopia’s state-owned power utility, Ethiopian Electric Power, reported late last month that the drilling of the first well for the Tulu Moye Geothermal proje…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

China's Capital Envisages 10,000 Fuel Cell Vehicles by 2025

The city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road and build 74 hydrogen filling stations by 2025, as the Chinese capital maps out an a…

Nuclear Power Plant

How Bill Gates’ Company TerraPower is Building Next-Generation Nuclear Power

When Bill Gates started learning about nuclear power innovation, “I was skeptical, but also intrigued,” he wrote on his Gates Notes blog in 2019.

Hydropower Plant

Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

Crude Oil

OPEC Is Betting Big On Robust Oil Demand Recovery

Last week’s surprise decision from OPEC+ to ease the production cuts by a cumulative 2 million barrels per day by July relies on expectations of robust oil dem…

Oil & Gas Supply

U.S. Calls On Saudi Arabia To Ensure Supply Of Affordable Energy

The United States has called on Saudi Arabia to make sure there is “affordable energy” supply in the world, ahead of today’s OPEC+ meeting where the cartel w…

Carbon Neutral

Meriaura Group Working on a 100% Carbon Neutral Transport Concept

Finnish shipping outfit Meriaura Group has started the preparation and design of a transport concept that is to achieve 100 per cent carbon neutrality.

Oil&Gas Drilling

ExxonMobil Nearly Ready to Start up Guyana FPSO Compressor

Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to start up a gas compressor on SBM Offshore’s Liza Destiny FPSO, operating offshore Guyana, this week following a technical …

Electricity Transmission

Spain is Power Exporter to France for Third Quarter

Spain ended as a net power exporter to France for the third quarter in a row — something that had happened only once before in the past 20 years — in what may…

Solar Technology

German Researchers Couple PV to High-Voltage System to Extend EV Range

A group of German researchers and companies are working on a project to extend the range of a solar-powered light delivery electric vehicle by feeding the energ…

Paris Climate Agreement

Companies Net Zero Action Plans could be too Little too Late

More than half of companies are not transitioning fast enough, leaving them in danger of missing the Paris Agreement target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050…

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Makes Progress with Fast Reactor Upgrade

Zio-Podolsk has started manufacturing modules for PGN-200M steam generators as part of work to upgrade unit 3 of the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in the Sverdl…

Crude Oil

Santos Restarts Production from Offshore Field Trio

Australian energy giant Santos has restarted production from the Ningaloo Vision FPSO following scheduled maintenance in Singapore.

Oil & Gas Trade

Fourteen U.S. States Sue Biden Administration over Oil and Gas Leasing Halt

In an attempt to challenge the pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters, 14 U.S. states have filed lawsuits against President Joe Biden’s a…