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South Korea

South Korea Raises Renewable Energy Target to 25pc

South Korea's ministry of trade, industry and energy has raised the country's renewable portfolio standard policy from 10pc to 25pc.

Wind Power Project

Uzbekistan Signs Wind Alliance with Siemens

Country to work with German power giant on electricity generation development including renewables

Wind Farm

NextEra Swoops for 391MW US Wind Quartet

NextEra Energy Partners is to acquire wind farms in the US states of California and New Hampshire totalling 391MW from Brookfield Renewable for $733m.

Energy-Eficient Building

The Role of Energy Efficiency in Achieving Net Zero Targets

Reaching the net zero targets announced by countries around the world isn’t just about generating cleaner energy: it will also require significant improvements…

Energy Technology

Israel’s Energy Ministry Unveils Plan to Combat Air Pollution

Its objectives include improving in the energy-consumption-per-GDP figure; a shift towards a solar-based energy market; and investment in innovative energy tech…

Thermal Plant

Britain Plans to Build the World's First 100% Hydrogen-Fired Power Station

Blue hydrogen derived from natural gas with CCS is the preferred source for the Keadby Hydrogen facility

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: China Begins Constructing Its First Smart Energy Nuclear Power Plant

​A model of constructing the country's first nuclear power smart energy program was showcased at the 14th China International Exhibition on the Nuclear Power I…

Hydropower Plant

Energy Ministry to Start Building Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project from Next FY

The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has planned to start the construction of Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project from the next fiscal year, desp…

Energy Storage Battery

Li-Cycle to Build Its Third Battery Recycling Plant in N.America

The Canadian recycling company Li-Cycle is building another recycling plant for electric car batteries in Arizona. It is the company’s second facility in the U…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Volkswagen Starts up Second Line for MEB Batteries in Braunschweig

The Volkswagen Group Components plant in Braunschweig is significantly expanding its production of battery systems for the latest electric vehicle generation.

Nuclear Power Plant

Czech Industry Minister: Rosatom Unlikely to Take Part in Nuclear Project

The Czech Republic expelled 18 Russian embassy staff on Saturday and said it suspected Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunitions depot explo…

Nuclear Technology

China: Radioactive Waste Disposal Lab Under Construction

China is building a massive underground laboratory to research disposal technologies for high-level radioactive waste, the most dangerous byproduct of nuclear t…

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Hit by 5.9-magnitude Quake in Nuclear Plant Province

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage…

Gas power plant

U.S. Startup Plans to Build First Zero-Emission Gas Power Plants

A new kind of power plant that doesn’t add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere is being built in the U.S., potentially providing a way for utilities to keep bur…

Offshore Wind Power

Vietnam’s Largest Wind Power Plant goes into Operation

Trung Nam, Vietnam’s largest wind farm, officially came into operation in Loi Hai and Bac Phong Communes, Thuan Bac District of South-Central Ninh Thuan Provin…