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Tidal Energy

Sabella Wraps Tests on Next-gen Tidal Turbine Blades

French tidal energy company Sabella has performed ‘successful’ tests on the next generation tidal turbine blades as part of the RealTide project.

Nuclear Reactor

TVEL Ships Testing Equipment for China’s Fast Reactor

Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal manufactured 32 layouts of control and protection system assemblies for China’s CFR-600 high-power fast reacto…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Million-kW Thermal Power Unit Begins Operation in N China

The first million-kilowatt thermal power unit of China's largest thermal power project under construction went into operation on Monday, after a successful 168-…

Natural Gas

Shell to Supply Brazilian Natural Gas Plants

Shell will supply two of the natural gas thermoelectric plants that won the latest Brazilian capacity tender — the already existing Termopernambuco plant in Ba…

Hydrogen Project

Acciona Hydrogen Initiative Starts Commissioning Tests

Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca project also includes Enagas, Cemex and IDAE

Oil Refinery

Major Romanian Oil Refinery to Cut Emissions with Hydrogen

PJSC Lukoil has today Bbecome the latest oil and gas company to commit to hydrogen, having confirmed its intention to investigate the production and supply of g…

Hydrogen Project

Major Romanian Oil Refinery to Cut Emissions with Hydrogen

PJSC Lukoil has today become the latest oil and gas company to commit to hydrogen, having confirmed its intention to investigate the production and supply of gr…

Nuclear Reactor

Construction Begins at Kudankulam 6

First concrete has been poured for the latest reactor at India's Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Work is now underway there on two pairs of Russian export react…

Net Zero Emission

New Oil And Gas Projects In UK Need To Pass Net-Zero Test

The checkpoint will apply to any future oil and gas licenses to ensure they are aligned with the UK’s climate change commitments and net-zero by 2050 target, t…

Nuclear Reactor

Europe’s Biggest Nuclear Reactor Receives Permission to Start Tests

Olkiluoto 3 is set to start regular electricity production in June 2022 and will be the biggest in Europe.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Aalborg CSP Supplies Energy Storage Technology to PTXSALT Plant for Green Conversion of Coal-Fired Plant

Aalborg CSP has received the order to supply its header-coil heat exchanger for steam generation and molten salt circulation system for the Kyoto Group project …

PowerGrid Technology

US Energy Department Tests New Smart Grid Chip from Nvidia, Utilidata

The US Department of Energy is testing out a new software-defined smart grid chip in development by Nvidia and Utilidata, the companies announced Thursday.

Thermal Coal

HSBC Says It will Phase out Financing of Thermal Coal by 2040

HSBC Holdings is planning to phase out the financing of coal used for generating electricity by 2040, the latest bank to commit to ending support for the greenh…

Crude Oil

OPEC+ Undershoots Oil Production Target Again

The OPEC+ group delivered the 400,000-bpd production increase in November, but it was still more than half a million barrels per day short of its overall oil pr…

Wind Turbine

Siemens Gamesa 14MW Prototype Delivers First Power

The 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is installed at the Osterild test site in Denmark