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Nuclear waste

Breaking U.S. Nuclear Waste Stalemate could be Key to Biden’s Climate Goals, Stanford Scholars Say

Stanford University experts are cautiously optimistic that the Biden administration can change the U.S. trajectory on nuclear waste, and they offer their though…

Natural Gas

Mitigating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions: Which Role for Natural Gas?

This dynamic has raised the opportunity for developing scenario-based analyses to enable a better understanding of the potential decarbonisation pathways and th…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Shuts Nuclear Reactors for Second Time Due to Influx of Marine Organisms

The Hanul-1 and –2 reactors, both with a capacity of 950 MW, were shut April 6 after an influx of marine organisms disrupted water pump operations, said an off…

Hydropower Plant

Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

Shell to Make First Oil Output Profit Since Pandemic

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it expects to make the first profit from pumping oil since the start of the pandemic.

Hydrogen Project

South Africa Partners with ENGIE to Study Hydrogen Valley

The South African Department of Science and Innovation is collaborating with energy sector companies, including ENGIE, to complete a feasibility study for the e…

Hydrogen Storage

Vattenfall JV Starts Work on Hydrogen Cave Storage

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have commenced building a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas on a pilot scale.

United States

Rice Acquisition Corp. to Combine Aria Energy and Archaea Energy into the Industry-Leading Renewable Natural Gas Platform

The combined Company will be named Archaea Energy (the “combined Company”), with an experienced executive team comprised of leaders from Archaea LLC and Aria.…

Energy Transition

Newly Forged Partnership to Boost Green Transition in Denmark and Sweden

A new partnership between Novo Holdings, Sampension and European Energy has been established with the intention to buy land for the construction of solar and wi…

Energy Investment

US Investors form Renewables Player

NuQuest Energy has built a proprietary site-selection system for development push

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome to Provide Outage Services to Dominion Fleet

Framatome recently signed a "multi-million dollar" contract with US utility Dominion Energy to support the long-term operation of its nuclear power plant fleet.…

Solar Power Plant

Phanes Group to Build Solar Power Plant in Uzbekistan

Dubai-based solar energy company Phanes Group has signed agreements with the Government of Uzbekistan to develop a solar power plant in the country.

Azerbaijan

Masdar Signs Deal to Develop $200m Solar Project in Azerbaijan

The plant is expected to start commercial operation in early 2023

Energy Taxation

Biden Tax Plan Replaces U.S. Fossil Fuel Subsidies with Clean Energy Incentives

Linked to the $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, it is part of wider plan that includes boosting the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 28%.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Green Hydrogen Demonstration Drives Zero Emission Future

A state-of-the-art green hydrogen fuel, developed in partnership between the University of Newcastle and Southern Green Gas has today been unveiled and demonstr…