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Nuclear Equipment

Russia's Tallest Cooling Tower Enters Next Construction Phase

Concreting of the cooling tower at the first unit of the Kursk II nuclear power plant in western Russia has started. At a height of 179 metres, the structure wi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Inside Hinkley Point B As Power Station's Life to Come to an End in 2022

The boss of the West Country’s only operating nuclear power station says his staff still have long futures in the industry, despite Hinkley Point B’s life com…

Energy Storage Battery

Using PET Waste Bottles to Make Batteries

Scientists in the U.S. claim to have successfully upcycled PET waste bottles into an electrochemical active-carbon material that functions as a double‐layer su…

Coal Mine

Australia’s Queensland Coal Exports Hit Four-Year Low

Shipments from the four largest coal export ports in Australia's Queensland state were at the lowest level in four years on an average daily basis in March, ent…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ireland’s Last Coal Mine to be a Green Energy Hub

Ireland Government’s ambition is to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Hydrogen Push Ignites Next Stage of China’s Energy Transition

The China Hydrogen Alliance predicts that by 2025, the output value of China's hydrogen energy industry will reach 1 trillion yuan and by 2030

Carbon Emissions

U.S. Power Sector is Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions

Concerns about climate change are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out power-sector carbon emissions.

Climate Policy

US Needs Strategic Energy Policy to Meet Aggressive Climate Goals: BNEF

The US has traditionally taken a scattered approach to energy policy, but the longer-term challenge of climate change will need more strategic measures.

Energy Investment

Chevron Invests in Offshore Wind Energy for First Time

Chevron Corp.’s venture capital arm and Moreld Ocean Wind agreed to invest in Ocergy Inc.’s development and commercialization of floating offshore wind turbin…

Crude Oil

U.S. Oil Production Still 2 Million Bpd Under Pre-Pandemic Levels

The EIA might be forecasting that the Permian Basin’s oil production will be rebounding soon, but overall, today’s U.S. oil production is still 2 million barr…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Texas Regulator Issues Nearly 800 Drilling Permits

The Railroad Commission of Texas reported late last week that it issued a total of 798 original drilling permits in March 2021, which amounts to 54 more permits…

Offshore Wind Power

PSEG Completes 25% Acquisition of Ocean Wind

Ørsted and PSEG have completed PSEG’s acquisition of a 25% equity interest in the Ocean Wind offshore wind farm.

Power Cable

Southwire Scores Cable Contract for Vineyard Wind 1

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, announced that Southwire, a …

Power Construction

IRENA and China State Grid Agree to Advance Transition Through Power System Enhancements

The International Renewable Energy Agency, and the State Grid Corporation of China, have today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two or…

Energy Security

U.S. Expresses Support for Japan's Release of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water

The United States on Tuesday said Japan “appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally accepted nuclear safety standards” in its decision to…