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Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. Nuclear Power Regulator Seeks Documents on NuScale's Protection Against Quakes

An official with the U.S. nuclear power regulator has ordered staff to supply documents that could lead to a review of a 2020 approval of a new type of nuclear …

Oil Refinery

American Oil Refiners Set for a Blowout Year

Soaring fuel prices have been a boon for U.S. refiners this year.

Philippines

Philippines’ ACEN to Enter US Renewable Energy Market

It has partnered with UPC Solar & Wind Investments and Pivot Power Management.

SMR

Duke Energy Could Power Purdue with Nuclear Project

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are widely considered the best technology to increase the use of nuclear power worldwide, with advocates touting their zero-emissi…

Hydrogen Project

Hydrogen Storage Project Wins Conditional Commitment From DOE

The Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project, which is expected to be one of the world’s largest industrial green hydrogen production and storage facilities, rece…

Joe Biden

Biden Blocks Sales of Inefficient Lightbulbs, Reversing Trump-Era Policy

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced new energy efficiency regulations that will phase out old-fashioned incandescent lightbulbs.

Crude Oil

EU Steps Up Purchases of U.S. Oil

EU crude oil imports from the U.S. are ramping up as the EU mulls an import ban on Russian crude.

United States

DOE Funnels $12M to Enhance US Energy Systems’ Cybersecurity

The US department of energy (DOE) has announced $12 million for six new research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects that will develop cybersecurity …

United States

Exxon Opens Biofuels Trader Role as It Expands Lower-Emission Initiatives

Exxon Mobil Corp is recruiting a biofuel and ethanol trader in North America, the company said in a social media post, as part of its efforts to develop lower e…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Biden Reverses Trump Move to Open up More Oil Drilling in Arctic

The Biden administration on Monday reversed a Trump administration plan that would have allowed the government to lease more than two-thirds of the country’s l…

Electric Car

Electric Vehicle Sales Increase Even with High Battery Prices

​This year, people around the world are lining up to buy electric vehicles even as prices increase.

PowerGrid Technology

Work Starts on Grid Storage Launchpad at U.S. National Energy Laboratory

​Work is under way on a $75 million facility that could help boost clean energy adoption and make the nation’s power grid more resilient, secure and flexible.…

SMR

US DoD Greenlights Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Pilot in Idaho

The US Department of Defense has announced that its Strategic Capabilities Office will go ahead with its plan to build and demonstrate a small nuclear reactor c…

Electric Vehicle Battery

White House Calls on Defense Production Act to Bolster EV Battery Supply

When the White House signed an executive order to get to 50% electric vehicle sales share by 2030 while relying on American manufacturing, there were some serio…

Carbon Emissions

U.S. to Grant $6.4 Billion Funding for Projects to Reduce Carbon Emissions

The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it would award $6.4 billion over five years to states to fund projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.