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Joe Biden

Mexican President Endorses Key Biden Policies

Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador supports US president Joe Biden's goals of economic revitalization, immigration policy reform and controlling the …

Paris Climate Agreement

Paris Climate Accord: Biden Announces US will Rejoin Landmark Agreement

Hours after he was sworn in, President Joe Biden announced the US plans to reenter the Paris climate accord, the landmark international agreement signed in 2015…

Electricity Transmission

AVANGRID Granted Hydropower Transmission Line Permit

Inc., a sustainable energy company, has announced that it has received the Presidential Permit from the US Department of Energy for its New England Clean Energy…

Nuclear Technology

US Awards Grant to Romania’s Nuclearelectrica for SMRs

The US Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Romania’s nuclear energy authority, Societatea National Nuclearelectrica.

Offshore Wind Power

GE, Orsted Finalise 1.1GW Ocean Wind Turbine Deal

GE Renewable Energy has finalised a supply and service deal with Orsted for the 1100MW Ocean Wind offshore wind farm off the US east coast.

Energy Technology

US$47m Funding from US Department of Energy for Disruptive Tech Mostly goes to Batteries, Smart Grid

The lion’s share of new funding announced this week to help scale-up potentially disruptive technologies by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy of t…

Hydrogen Project

Saulsbury to Construct Major Hydrogen Liquefaction Facility in the US

Engineering, procurement and construction company Saulsbury will develop a 30 tonne per day hydrogen liquefaction facility for a premier speciality gas company …

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor and BP win 2.49GW Offshore Wind Contracts in US Auction

Norwegian power giant Equinor and partner BP have won two offshore wind tenders in the US, with a total capacity of 2.49GW.

Crude Oil

Global Oil Demand is Forecast to Increase by 5.9 million bpd in 2021 Amid Economic Recovery

The US supply forecast was revised up as oil prices trade higher, according to Opec

Hydropower Plant

Zimbabwe: Lake Mutirikwi 5MW Power Plant Advanced

Plans to build a 5 megawatt mini-hydro power plant at Lake Mutirikwi have gathered momentum with a local firm behind the US$14 million project now awaiting an i…

Nuclear Policy

US Order Promotes SMRs for Space Exploration and Defence

This includes directives to demonstrate the use of microreactors on military bases and also to ensure a viable US-origin supply of high-assay low-enriched urani…

Coal Trade

US 2021 Coal Production Expected to Rise 15.6% on Year: EIA

The US is estimated to produce 602.6 million st of coal in 2021, the Energy Information Administration said in a Jan. 12 report, lowering its estimate from a mo…

United States

US DoE Publishes its ‘Energy for Space’ Strategy

The US Department of Energy has released its ‘Energy for Space’ strategy.

Nuclear Power Plant

NuScale and UAMPS Agreements Progress Plans for SMR Plant

The Carbon Free Power Project will be a 720 MWe NuScale power plant, comprising 12 NuScale Power Modules, to be located at the US Department of Energy's INL sit…

Brexit

Brexit Creates Major Problem For UK Energy Companies

In the international electricity markets, countries fall into one of three categories: those that provide adequately for their needs like the US, those with exc…