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Nuclear Technology

Streamlining New Nuclear Projects With Digital Solutions and AI

Twenty-two countries signed onto the Net-Zero Nuclear Initiative at COP28 earlier this month, pledging to triple their nuclear energy capacity by 2050.It’…

Ammonia

CNX Resources Pulls Out of Adams Fork Ammonia Project

CNX Resources (CNX.N) said on Friday it had pulled out of the Adams Fork ammonia project and is evaluating several alternative sites in southern West Virginia f…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Appears to Be Ramping Up Cybertruck Production as Fleet Is Spotted

Tesla appears to be ramping up Cybertruck production early as a decent fleet has been spotted at Gigafactory Texas.After Tesla delivered only 10 Cybertrucks at …

Electric Vehicles

First Public EV Charging Station Funded by Nevi Opens in Ohio

The US’ first electric vehicle (EV) charging station funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program (earlier post) has…

Japan

Tokyo Gas Unit Buys US Natgas Producer Rockcliff Energy for $2.7 Billion

A natural gas pipeline, and the logos of Tokyo Gas and Rockcliff Energy are seen in this illustration taken January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Fil…

Energy Storage Project

Form Energy Receives $30M CEC Grant for Its 100-Hour Iron-Air Battery System

(The CEC approved funding to build a long-duration energy storage project today similar to the one shown above. Source: Form Energy.)The California Energy Commi…

Coal Production

Global Coal Use at All-Time High in 2023 - IEA

Excavators push coal near the largest domestic electricity production facility REK Bitola, in Bitola, North Macedonia November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovs…

Oil&Gas Drilling

US Drillers Cut Oil and Gas Rigs for First Time in Five Weeks - Baker Hughes

An oil worker drives a forklift truck towards a drill rig after placing some ground monitoring equipment in the vicinity of the underground horizontal drill in …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

California's Only Nuclear Plant Gets State Approval for 5-Year Extension

A flock of goats gather under a set of power lines above Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant at Avila Beach, California. June 22, 2005. REUTERS/Phil Klein/File Ph…

Electric Vehicles

Tesla Passes 5 Million Sales, China Passes 20 Million EV Sales

One of our readers, Madan Rajan, has noticed that Tesla must have just passed 5 million cumulative sales. Additionally, China must have just passed 20 million c…

Energy Storage Project

CEC Awards $30M to 100-Hour, Long-Duration Energy Storage Project; Iron-Air Battery System

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $30-million grant to Form Energy to build a long-duration energy storage project that will continuously discha…

Solar Power Plant

NYC Adjusts Rooftop Solar, EV Zoning to Ease Installation

(Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash )New York City Council has approved the City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality proposal, a set of citywide zoning changes aiming to …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US Awards up to $890 Million to Carbon Capture Projects at Gas, Coal Plants

Natural gas and coal plants in Texas, California and North Dakota will share up to $890 million in U.S. funding for projects to demonstrate the viability of car…

Oil Pipeline

BP Restarts Pipeline After Gasoline Spill in Washington State-Source

The logo of British multinational oil and gas company BP is displayed at their booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canad…

LNG

Freeport LNG Settles With US EPA Over Safety Failures for June 2022 Texas Blast

Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 1…