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Power Cable

SSEN Complete Project to Replace Subsea Cable

SSEN, part of SSE PLC, has completed a project to replace the subsea electricity cable between Skye and Harris, following a cable fault in October last year.

Nuclear Power Plant

Eskom Confirms Unit 1 Reactor Trip at Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant

South African power utility Eskom confirmed that Koeberg Unit 1 Reactor tripped at 16:30 on Monday, 30 August 2021

Nuclear Equipment

Atommash in 'Rhythm' As It Ships Steam Generators to Turkey

Steam generators for the second reactor of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant have been dispatched from the Atommash plant in the Volgodonsk area of Russia.

South Korea

South Korea’s SK E&S Plans Hydrogen, LNG Expansion

South Korean energy firm SK E&S has laid out a detailed plan to expand its hydrogen, LNG and renewables operations by 2025.

Ukraine

US-Ukrainian Energy Partnership Foresees Five New Reactors

Ukraine and the USA have agreed to "deepen and intensify" their strategic cooperation in energy. Nuclear power leads a suite of agreements with a project to com…

Natural Gas

Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Seeks Approval To Export Natural Gas

State-controlled Rosneft, the largest oil producer in Russia, has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to be allowed to export natural gas with giant Gazprom …

Wind Farm

DNV Targets Earthquake Risk for Wind Farms

Recommended practice published after 18-month project that aims to reduce liabilities in seismic conditions

Wind Farm

Wesley-Ciskei Wind Farm in Eastern Cape Now Connected to the Grid

EDF Renewables says their 34.5MW Wesley-Ciskei Wind Farm near Hamburg in the Eastern Cape has reached commercial operations and is now supplying electricity to …

Solar Power Panel

Photovoltaic Sunshade Based on Perovskite Solar Cells

The phovoltaic sunshade was deployed on the facade of a factory owned by Polish aluminum system provider Aliplast. The movement of the PV blinds is regulated by…

Energy Security

Ukrainian President Zelensky to Meet President Biden at White House

US President Joe Biden will meet today in the White House with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

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.