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German Energy Leaders Seek Federal Support for Low Carbon Transition

A leading German energy association and regional energy minister both called for increased German federal support in meeting the country’s decarbonisation goal…

US budget Request includes USD150 million for Uranium Reserve

The US Administration's 2021 budget request unveiled yesterday by President Donald Trump includes USD150 million to set up a uranium reserve to address challeng…

Nuclear a Major Focus in Trump’s Latest Budget Request—and 8 Other Takeaways

Yucca Mountain, the 1987 Congressionally appointed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF), may be officially dead; transmission assets held by th…

Solar turbine overhaul

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Coal Trade

Chinese Coal Traders Hunt for Short-Term Buys Amid Virus Disruption

Chinese coal traders and small coal-fired utilities are scrambling to lock in supplies of fuel from miners, worried about the prospects of market tightness as d…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US DoE Pledges up to $64m in Clean Coal R&D Funding

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $64m in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportun…

Hyundai Motor Expands Partnership with U.S. Gov to Support HFC Technologies

Hyundai Motor Company today announced the expansion of its partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its support of the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cel…

World's Carbon Emissions Flatline as Rich Nations Ditch Coal for Wind and Solar

Wind and solar expansion helped bring an unexpected stall to the growth of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, said the International Energy Agency (…

Debate Renews Between Iran, US at IAEA Meeting

Debate renewed Monday between representatives of the United States and Iran on the 2015 nuclear deal, during a meeting for the International Atomic Energy Agenc…

Russian Oil & Gas Firms Plan to Invest $20 BILLION in Iraq’s Energy Industry

Russian oil and gas companies could triple their investments in Iraq in the near future, Yury Fyodorov, first deputy chairman of the Economic Policy Committee a…

Crude

OPEC+ Panel Calls for More Oil Cuts on Coronavirus Impact

An OPEC, non-OPEC technical panel has recommended extending a current oil supply cut pact until the end of 2020 and more output reductions due to the impact of …

LNG

Qatargas Signs LNG SPA with Kuwait

Qatargas has announced the signing of a new, long term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Shell to deliver 1 million tpy of LNG to the State of Kuwait, …

Nuclear Policy

IAEA States Adopt Nuclear Security Declaration

Ministers of 140 countries have adopted a declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.

New Research to Help Identify Safe Sites for Nuclear Waste Storage

New insights into rates of bedrock erosion by glaciers around the world will help to identify better sites for the safe storage of nuclear waste, according to r…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Frontera Announces Discovery in Colombia

Frontera Energy Corporation provided an exploration update in relation to prospects in Colombia in the Lower Magdalena Valley, including its exploration joint v…