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Coal Trade

US Blacklists Coal Shippers for North Korea Ties

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control designated six companies and four vessels for violating existing UN sanctions by engaging in the prohibited North Korean…

CCS

CCC’s Sixth Carbon Budget Shows BECCS Needed to Achieve Net Zero

The U.K. Climate Change Committee on Dec. 9 released its Sixth Carbon Budget, which provides guidance on the volume of greenhouse gas emissions the U.K. can emi…

Rooftop PV System

First PPA-Driven Solar Rooftop in Egypt

Solarizegypt will receive payments from Coca Cola for a 1 MW array it has installed on an industrial facility in Sadat City under the nation’s net metering reg…

Wind Farm

Prime Capital Sells Three Finnish Wind Parks

The 36.2MW portfolio was acquired by two Luxembourg funds.

Energy Transition

Danish Energy Agency to Share Green Transition Expertise

The Danish Energy Agency is to share the country's experience of green transition and financing solutions to help developing nations.

Hydrogen Project

Enel Teams up on US Green Hydrogen Project

Project with NextChem expected to be operational in 2023

Nuclear Fuel

Georgia Power Receives First Nuclear Fuel Shipment for Vogtle Unit 3, Moves Closer to in-Service Operations

Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power has received the first nuclear fuel shipment for one of the two new reactors located at the Vogtle Electric Generating…

Nuclear Technology

Macron Kicks off French Race to Build a New Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Dec. 8 that his country’s next aircraft-carrier will be nuclear-powered and should be operational by 2038 in time…

Carbon Neutral

German EWE Eyes Carbon Neutrality by 2035

German utility EWE has announced plans to be carbon neutral by 2035 and aims to close its hard coal-fired units by the mid-20s at the latest.

Coal Trade

Malaysia's CIMB Bank to Exit Coal Financing by 2040

Malaysia's CIMB plans to phase out coal from its portfolio entirely by 2040, becoming the first bank in the country and in southeast Asia to commit to a coal-ex…

Nuclear Power Plant

Steam Equipment Shipped for Rooppur Unit 1

The Rooppur plant will consist of two VVER-1200 reactors.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rolls-Royce Agrees Sale of I&C Business to Framatome

British engineering firm Rolls-Royce announced today that it has signed an agreement to sell its civil nuclear instrumentation and control business to France's …

Biofuel

ADB to Help Improve Advanced Biofuel Production in India

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $2.5 million technical assistance to support advanced biofuel development in India.

Japan

Japan: Eneos Part of New Japanese Hydrogen Association

Eneos is one of nine founding members of the new Japan Hydrogen Association set up in October.

Solar Cell

US Scientists Apply Suns-VoC Method to Outdoor PV Tests

Researchers in Arizona have used the Suns-VoC characterization method for indoor solar cell testing to monitor PV installations. The method can also be used wit…