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Crude Oil

China Taps Into Crude Reserves To Curb Oil Price Rally

The world’s top oil importer, China, has started to release more than 20 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic reserve in a move seen as seeking to c…

LNG

Shell Delivers First Gas from Barracuda Project

Shell Trinidad and Tobago announced that production has started on Block 5C in the East Coast Marine Area in Trinidad and Tobago.

Nuclear Policy

Greenland Plans to Reimpose Ban on Uranium Mining

The new Greenland government is preparing to outlaw uranium mining, reinstating and strengthening a ban that the national assembly had overturned in 2013, local…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome Advanced Fuel Technology Reaches Regulatory Milestone

The report is a critical step towards implementing nuclear fuel at higher enrichments and burnups, the company said.

Nuclear Power Plant

Tepco Anticipates Delay in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Restart

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata Prefecture will not be restarted until fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023) at the earliest

Solar Technology

REC Silicon Progressing Towards 2023 Moses Lake Restart as Biden Policy Agenda Adds Weight to Business Case

REC Silicon said it is continuing to work towards a restart of operations at its Moses Lake polysilicon production facility in the US, with the company buoyed b…

Substation

Godrej Electricals Wins Mumbai Substation Contract

Godrej Electricals & Electronics’ Power Infrastructure and Renewable Energy arm has secured an order for a 400kV substation in Mumbai.

Electric Vehicle Charging

India: HPCL & Tata Sign EV Partnership

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has signed an agreemnt with Tata Power, to provide end-to-end EV charging stations at HPCL’s retail outlets in multiple…

Oil Pipeline

U.S., Germany Strike a Deal to Allow Completion of Controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline

The United States and Germany reached an agreement to allow completion of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a thorny, long-standing point of contention be…

Energy Storage Battery

Novel Material for Low Cost Flow Batteries

New research on the readily available organic compound fluorenone indicates its potential for lower cost battery energy storage.

Solar Power Plant

Enel Green Power Grows US Portfolio with 450MW Solar+Storage

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy.

United States

US re-Joins World Energy Council Ahead of 2022 Summit

The World Energy Council has announced that the US has rejoined the organisation, which promotes international communication in the energy industry.

Power Construction

Saudi Arabia Seeks To Boost Electric Grid With New Funding

A Japanese bank syndicate $500mn will be used to make the Saudi electricity sector more sustainable and aligned to the national economic goals

Microgrid

US Airport goes “Off-Grid” with Solar Hybrid Microgrid

Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the world to be completely powered by an onsite natural gas and solar microgrid, serving to inc…

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Plants Mark Reliability Milestone

With the first closures scheduled to take place in September, policymakers are continuing efforts to preserve the plants.