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Wind Turbine

EnVentus V162-6.0 MW Prototype

​Vestas has installed the EnVentus V162-6.0 MW prototype at the Østerild National test centre in Denmark.

SMR

New IAEA Publication Looks at SMR Development

The 2020 edition of the biennial IAEA booklet, Advances in Small Modular Reactor Technology Developments provides the latest data and information on SMRs around…

Nuclear Technology

South Korea to Test Decontamination Technology at Chernobyl

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is to become a "testing ground" for South Korean technologies for the treatment of radioactively contaminated mater…

Coal Mine

ANZ Bank to Stop Funding Coal Mines & Power Plants

ANZ Bank has unveiled plans to adopt a net zero emissions test for loans, and to set a 2030 exit date for all direct investment in thermal coal mines and power …

Coal Trade

Indian Coal Imports Recover in September 2020

Mjunction’s latest data showed that India's coal import rose 11.6 per cent to 19.04 million tonnes in September 2020 as compared to 17.06 million tonnes in Sep…

Oil Field

BP Starts Gas Production from Qattameya Field, Offshore Egypt

BP has announced the start of gas production from its latest development ‎offshore Egypt – the Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta offshore concession.…

Oil Field

EGYPT: BP Starts Gas Production from Qattameya field

BP has announced the start of gas production from its latest development ‎offshore Egypt – the Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta offshore concession.…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

RATP Beginning Tests of Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen Bus in Paris

In 2019, during the UITP Global Public Transport Summit representatives of Solaris and RATP Group signed a contract for lease and tests of the Urbino 12 hydroge…

Crude Oil

Biden's Warning on Oil Tests Voter Resolve on Climate Change

The plan implied that he would wean the U.S. off oil and gas, but Biden wasn't so explicit about the industry's fate - until Thursday night.

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency – the Often ‘Forgotten’ Option in the Energy Transition

Energy efficiency measures need more investment and innovation to accelerate their implementation, DNV GL argues in its latest ‘Transition Faster’report.

Market Analysis

Green Bonds Market Passes $1 Trillion Milestone Amid Global Turmoil

The green bonds market has passed its greatest milestone by reaching more than $1 trillion in issued bonds since the mechanism emerged in 2007.

Nuclear Power Plant

US AP1000 Reactor Passes Pre-Commissioning Test

Cold functional testing of unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant near Waynesboro, Georgia, has been completed, Georgia Power announced yesterday.

Graphene

Graphene Portable Battery Pack Tested

Graphene is the new material that future batteries are going to be made of.

Nuclear Power Plant

The First Cold Test of Shidaowan Nuclear Power Plant was Successful

The first reactor cold functional test of the Huaneng Shidaowan Nuclear Power High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor Demonstration Project was successful.

Tidal Energy

Tidal Test Site off Brittany Marks Progress

Paimpol-Bréhat tidal energy test site, located off France’s northern region of Brittany, is making great strides towards proving its sustainability, with one …