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Nuclear Power Plant

Doel 2 Shut Down After Hydrogen Leak

Unit 2 at Belgium’s Doel NPP was shut down manually during the night of 14-15 July, after Engie Electrabel employees noticed a rapid increase in hydrogen consu…

Nuclear Reactor

China Adding Finishing Touches to World-First Thorium Nuclear Reactor

China is moving ahead with development of an experimental reactor that would be the first of its kind in the world, but could prove key to the pursuit of clean …

Energy Security

Chinese Cities Face Power Outages As Economic Rebound, Heat Put Grids Under Pressure

Power consumption hit an all-time high last week and 11 provinces saw peak-load surges, State Grid says

Nuclear waste

Cavendish Nuclear Wins Hinkley Point A Waste Removal Contract

Nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract to provide Magnox’s Hinkley Point A site in the UK with the capability to immobilise Int…

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Earthquake: Huge 5.7 Magnitude Quake Hits State - Sends Aftershocks as Far as Iraq

IRAN has been rocked by a massive 5.6 magnitude earthquake today, according to reports from state media sources.

Energy Security

Power Crisis Looms in Korea As Scorching Heat Continues

Nation may see the first power shortage alert issued in eight years this week

Hydrogen Technology

Hydrogen Competence Centre Launched by TÜV Rheinland

TÜV Rheinland has launched the TÜV Rheinland Hydrogen Competence Centre to bundle together its services for the safe production, storage, transportation and u…

Power Construction

ERCOT Unveils Its Plan to Tackle Improvements to State’s Power Grid.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, commonly known as ERCOT, released a statement Tuesday that it has come out with a plan to address operational improve…

Energy Security

IS Militants Bomb 2 Power Transmission Towers in Iraq

Iraq has been witnessing a chronic power shortage since the US-led invasion in 2003, as the country's electricity plants generate a total of 19,000 megawatts, f…

Nuclear Power Plant

Operating Permit Granted for Shin Hanul 1

South Korea's nuclear safety regulator has given its conditional approval for the start-up of unit 1 at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's Shin Hanul nuclear power p…

Oil Pipeline

Oil Pipeline Explosion Kills 3 In Iran

Iranian media report that an explosion that started at a pump house in the country’s southwest tore through oil and gas pipelines, killing three people and inj…

Oil Field

Mud Volcano Explosion Near Major Caspian Sea Gas Fields

An explosion near an offshore field in the Caspian Sea has had media guessing as to what happened, after several shots and videos were released online.

Energy Storage Battery

DNV and Dutch Partners Launch Test Lab for Battery Systems

Engineering firm DNV has partnered with a consortium of Dutch emergency services and municipalities responsible for public safety to establish a new test lab fo…

Oil Pipeline

Video Shows Fire in Gulf of Mexico After Gas Pipeline Rupture

Mexico's state-owned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in t…

Power Construction

Iraq Can Fix Electricity Crisis by Planning Long-Term Reforms, IEA says

International Energy Agency experts say country’s power grid has all but collapsed as it is gripped by a searing heatwave