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SMR

UK Selects North Wales as Site for First Mini Nuclear Power Station

Britain on Thursday announced that its first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station will be built at Wylfa on Anglesey, an island in North Wales. The…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse to Supply Fuel to Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Plant

Hungary's MVM Group and Westinghouse have finalized a $114 million contract for the supply of VVER-440 fuel to the Paks Nuclear Power Plant starting in 2028…

Metal

Prairie Lithium Begins Construction on North America’s Largest DLE Facility

Prairie Lithium (ASX: PL9) has begun construction of what it describes as the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in North America, located in Sask…

Metal

BHP, POSCO Sign Deal to Advance Hydrogen-Based Low Emissions Iron

BHP (BHP.AX), the world’s largest mining company, and South Korean steelmaker POSCO (005490.KS) announced on Thursday that they have signed an agreement t…

Electric Vehicles

Lucid to Launch Self-Driving Mid-Size EV With Nvidia Chips

Lucid Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to launch a mid-size Level 4 self-driving electric vehicle equipped with Nvidia’s computer systems, represe…

Natural Gas

Iraq Signs Agreement for Floating Natural Gas Platform With Excelerate Energy

Iraq has signed a $450 million investment agreement with U.S.-based Excelerate Energy to establish the country’s first floating storage regasification uni…

United States

IBM Says Conventional AMD Chips Can Run Quantum Computing Error Correction Algorithm

IBM announced that it has successfully run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commercially available chips made by Advanced Micro Devices (AM…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Morocco Plans Coal Power Phase-Out by 2040

Morocco intends to completely phase out coal-fired power generation by 2040 if adequate international climate financing is secured, the Powering Past Coal Allia…

Electric Vehicles

Waymo to Manually Test Autonomous Vehicles at Newark Airport

Alphabet's Waymo announced on Wednesday that it will start manual testing of its autonomous vehicles at Newark Liberty International Airport, a key transpor…

Offshore Wind Power

Canada Launches Prequalification for First Offshore Wind Farm Bidding

Canada has taken an important step toward developing its offshore wind energy sector with the launch of its first prequalification round and a Call for Informat…

Carbon Credits

Philippines DoE Unveils Framework for Carbon Credits in Energy Sector

The Philippine Department of Energy (DoE) has introduced the country’s first regulations for carbon credits in the energy sector, marking a major step tow…

Electric Vehicles

Waymo to Launch Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service in London Next Year

Alphabet-owned Waymo (GOOGL.O) announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch its fully driverless ride-hailing service in London in 2026, marking a significant…

SMR

Ukraine Developing Roadmap for New SMR Capacity

Ukraine has taken significant steps toward implementing small modular reactors (SMRs) with the presentation of a draft law and the formation of a working group …

India

$676 Million Underwater Tunnel for India

India is planning a pioneering underwater road and rail tunnel in Assam, marking a major step in the country’s advanced transport infrastructure developme…

India

$676 Million Underwater Tunnel for India

India is planning a pioneering underwater road and rail tunnel in Assam, marking a major step in the country’s advanced transport infrastructure developme…