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Energy Security

Several Thermal Power Plants Restarting in Japan After Quake Shutdowns

Several thermal power plants in northeastern Japan are being restarted after shutdowns from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake offshore Fukushima on Feb.

Energy Security

Bill Gates Reveals What Caused Deadly Power Outages in Texas

On Saturday, US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the Lone Star State allowing the government to allocate more funds to help millions of people a…

LNG

Woodside Signs new LNG Supply Deal with Germany’s RWE

Australian independent Woodside Petroleum has signed a seven-year, 840,000 t/yr sales and purchase agreement to sell LNG to the energy trading unit of German ut…

Carbon Neutral

Maersk Says it will Launch a Carbon Neutral Vessel by 2023, Seven Years Ahead of Schedule

Shipping giant Maersk said Wednesday it would launch a carbon-neutral vessel by 2023, seven years ahead of schedule, as it attempts to reduce its environmental …

Nuclear Equipment

First ITER Solenoid Module Completed

General Atomics has completed the construction and testing of the first of seven superconducting magnet modules that will make up the Central Solenoid of the IT…

Hydropower Plant

Video: Water Release at Roosevelt Dam

​A wet winter has raised water levels at Roosevelt Lake to 100% capacity.

Nuclear Power Plant

Bulgarian Cabinet Approves Plan for New Unit at Kozloduy

The Bulgarian Council of Ministers, at a meeting on 20 January, approved plans presented by the Minister of Energy to construct a seventh unit at the Kozloduy n…

Oil & Gas Trade

China Trade War on Itself Sends LNG Prices Mad

Strong consumer demand, lower-than-expected temperatures across northeast Asia and a severe shortage of prompt LNG supplies and spot tanker availability have co…

Hydropower Plant

Government Clears Eight Hydropower Projects On Indus River In Ladakh

At present, there are several small projects, with a collective capacity of 113 MW on Indus in Ladakh, and the new projects will have much more capacity than th…

Japan

Japan’s Power Prices Hit Record Highs on LNG Shortage

A severe shortage of LNG supplies among Japanese power utilities on the back of an unseasonably cold winter has driven the country's wholesale electricity price…

Nuclear Power Plant

Sweden's Ringhals 1 Closes for Last Time

Ringhals 1 today became the fourth reactor to close in Sweden in the last seven years.

Solar Power Plant

Endesa Connects First two PV Plants in Seville

Spain’s largest utility has completed the installation of its first two PV plants to be connected to the grid in the Andalusian province of Seville.

Hydropower Plant

Video: Hydropower Station Tower Constructed in Engineering Miracle

Wudongde Hydropower Station, the world's seventh largest, began transmitting water power from Southwest to South China on July 31.

Coal Mine

VGK Starts Installation of Largest Main Coal Conveyor in Russian Federation

The object under construction is a complex of main conveyors, including reloading nodes and an overpass, consisting of three sections.

Coal Trade

Global Coal Demand Peaked Seven Years Ago, Says International Energy Agency

Australia's trade relationship with China is struggling as the year winds down.