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Nuclear Fuel

DOE Funds New Program to Recycle Used Nuclear Fuel, GE Conducting Innovative Related Research

The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week that it would provide up to $48 million for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program that could …

Coal Mine

GRI Launches New Standard to Manage the Impacts of Coal

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new standard to address sustainability challenges facing coal companies.

Solar Cell

UCLA Materials Scientists Lead Global Team in Finding Solutions to Biggest Hurdle for Solar Cell Technology

Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered the major reason why…

Crude Oil

The World Could See a Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock

IEA: market could lose around 3 million bpd of supply from Russia starting in April.

Natural Gas

Average San Diego County Gas Price Rises for 22nd Consecutive Day

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Wednesday for the 22nd consecutive day, increasing 3.3 cents to a record $…

Crude Oil

Russia Could Lose 30% of its Oil Output Within Weeks, IEA Warns

Russia could soon be forced to curtail crude oil production by 30%, subjecting the global economy to the biggest supply crisis in decades — that is, unless Sau…

Oil & Gas Supply

US Shale Oil Production Growth Revised Downward, Natural Gas Outlook Rises: EIA

The US shale oil production forecast was revised downward in March by 116,000 b/d, although it is now expected to hit the previous March projection in April, th…

Natural Gas

IOG Starts Gas Production from Another Saturn Banks Field

UK-North Sea-focused oil and gas firm IOG on Wednesday confirmed first gas production from the Elgood field, part of Phase 1 of its Saturn Banks Project.

Coal Mine

Balkan States Say Supply Security more Pressing than Ditching Coal

A surge in power costs and concerns about reliance on Russian energy have prompted Balkan utilities to reassess plans to shut down coal-fired power plants, desp…

United States

Washington Hydrogen Economy Gets a Boost from New Bipartisan Legislation

The Washington Green Hydrogen Alliance has praised the new bill for its spectrum of potential.

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus Grid Supplying Electricity to Chernobyl: Local Authorities

Belarus is supplying electricity to Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, local Belarusian authorit…

Nuclear Reactor

Newcleo, ENEA to Cooperate on Advanced Reactors

UK-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo has signed a framework agreement with ENEA - the Italian national agency for new technologies, energy and sustaina…

PV Moisture-Wicking Tech Gives New Meaning to “Solar Farm”

Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology now report a more sustainable and low-cost solution to produce enough water fr…

Coal Mine

US Coal Exports Increase 23% Between 2020 and 2021

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), in 2021, coal exports from the US increased by 23% to 85 million short t from 69 million short t in…

Canada

Canada Seeks Views on Clean Electricity Standard to Get to Net-Zero Grid by 2035

Canada on Tuesday launched a consultation to develop a Clean Electricity Standard (CES) as it aims to achieve a net-zero electricity grid by 2035 as part of eff…