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Zambia Looks to Brazil for Help in Biofuel Industry

Zambia’s Ambassador to Brazil, Dr. Alfreda Kansembe has held bilateral talks with Brazil’s Sugar, Ethanol and Energy companies in an effort to find partners t…

Siemens Working on Modern Power Plants in Iran

Germany’s engineering giant Siemens, in a joint project with Iran’s largest energy construction and engineering group Mapna, is working on launching power pla…

Offshore Wind Power

A New Technology to Save the Region's Coastline from Being Ruined

While renewable energy is widely supported, there are concerns the associated onshore infrastructure, including substations, could risk "industrialising" the re…

Electricity Trade

Europe Study: France Biggest Electricity Exporter, Italy Largest Importer

A new report reveals that France was Europe’s biggest exporter of power in the first 11 months of this year, while Italy imported the largest volume of electri…

Micro Reactor

SMR Design Review Enters Final Phases

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the fourth phase of its review of the design certification application for NuScale's small modular reac…

Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Market’s Big Data Show OPEC+ Cuts Fall Short

The three big oil forecasting agencies all see OPEC producers needing to comply fully with output cuts they agreed in Vienna last week if they are to avoid big …

Coal Mine

US Coal in Downward Spiral, Says EIA

The US Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Coal Report for 2018, revealing that the nation’s coal mining employment numbers have dropped …

India’s Azure Gets Green Light for 2GW ISTS Solar Project

Azure Power has lined up the latest solar contract of a string this year, securing the government’s backing for a major interstate transmission (ISTS) project.…

Rosatom

Orano to Supply Second Russian Deconversion Facility

France's Orano will supply a second depleted uranium hexafluoride defluorination plant to TVEL's JSC Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk in Russia's Krasnoyar…

Australian Committee Calls for Partial Lifting of Nuclear Moratorium

The Australian government should consider a partial lifting of the current moratorium on nuclear energy to allow the deployment of new and emerging technologies…

DNO Makes Minor Oil and Gas Discovery off Norway

Oil and gas company DNO is in the process of concluding the drilling of a wildcat well near the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea after finding a minor oil and…

Distance Rule Scrapped from German Coal Exit Law Draft

The latest draft for Germany’s coal exit legislation seen by Recharge no longer contains a damaging distance rule for onshore wind planned by the country’s go…

African Union to Roll Out Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental elect…

The Discovery of Low-Cost Fuel Cell Catalyst could Make Hydrogen Cars a Reality

UNSW scientists found a cheaper and sustainable way to create hydrogen needed to power fuel cell vehicles.

Promising Plastic Waste Research could Benefit Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

Scientists have developed a new way to convert plastic waste into a useful chemical.