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Belgium

Belgian Think Tank Seeks Reversal of Nuclear Phase Out

Belgian think tank Horizon 238 on 21 August addressed a letter to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo asking him “to reconsider the nuclear phase-out”, which bec…

United States

Alaska Judge Dismisses Trump-era Approvals for Arctic Oil Project

A US federal judge invalidated permits approved during the Trump administration for a large oil development project on Alaska’s North Slope on Wednesday.

Solar Cell

Perovskite-Silicon Tandems could Rapidly Scale Solar

Halide perovskites combined with conventional silicon could help solar break the 26% efficiency barrier – disrupting the technology without disrupting business…

Wind Farm

Portuguese Developer to Build 50MW in Poland

GreenVolt, through V-Ridium, is to begin the construction of two wind farms in Poland with an installed capacity of 50MW.

Solar Power Plant

DEM Bolstering Slovenia’s Largest Hydropower Plant with Solar Power

Dravske elektrarne Maribor said it would start the construction of segment 5 of its 30 MW photovoltaic project next week.

Energy Technology

Carbon Capture Tech Becoming Cost-Effective As Emissions Price Soars

Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “code red” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to a technology that captures and remov…

Coal Mine

Eskom Signs Coal Supply Agreement with Employee-Owned Arnot Mine

South Africa’s power utility Eskom announced that it has entered into an agreement with Arnot OpCo Ltd for the supply of coal for the Arnot Power Station in Mp…

Energy Storage Battery

SK Innovation to Build Its First BMR Plant at an Overseas Battery Production Base

SK Innovation is planning to establish its first battery metal recycling (BMR) plant in an area where its overseas battery production base is located.

Energy Security

Oil Spill in Black Sea Much Bigger than Reported - Russian Scientists

A leak occurred as the Greek-flagged Minerva Symphony tanker took on oil at the Yuzhno-Ozereyevka sea terminal near Novorossiysk in southern Russia, the Caspian…

Solar Cell

Ligand-free Perovskite Quantum Dot Solar Cell with 9.3% Efficiency

The quantum dots used for the device are based on methylammonium lead iodide and are synthesized within a porous silica matrix.

LNG

CCCC Wins Major Contractor Gig for Kamchatka LNG

Russian federal seaports agency Rosmorport has awarded China Communications Construction Company a contract to build Novatek’s Kamchatka LNG terminal in Bechev…

Nuclear Power Plant

World's First HTGC Reactor is About to Bring Nuclear Test Operation

The world's first high-temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstration project settled in Rongcheng, Shandong has completed all the tasks in the charging preparati…

Electric Car

Tesla Aims to Sell 20 million EVs per Year by 2030

In its '2020 Impact Report', the Elon Musk-run EV maker said that its customers helped accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy by avoiding 5.0 m…

Natural Gas

China Starts Work on Gas Pipeline for Olympic Venue

Beijing will be the official host of the Games, taking place in February, but some skiing and snowboarding events will take place in Zhangjiakou, some 170 km no…

Hydrogen Project

India to Make Green Hydrogen Mandatory for User Industries

Oil refineries and fertiliser manufacturers will be asked to implement the policy immediately after the Cabinet approves the proposal, power and renewable energ…