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Blockchain

Blockchain, Cybersecurity Focus in NAESB Digital Technology Standards

The North American Energy Standards Boards is to continue to focus on standards development to support blockchain and more generally cybersecurity.

Paris Climate Agreement

Brazil Announces Net-Zero Target; Australia and Iceland Advance Goals

The energy minister of Brazil has said the country will aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2060 or sooner – if other countries contribute $10bn per year to t…

Gas power plant

TVA Selects Emerson to Upgrade 980MW Magnolia Power Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority has selected US-based technology company Emerson to upgrade and optimise its 980MW Magnolia natural gas power plant.

Electric Vehicle Battery

TU Graz and AVL Open Lab for Solid-State Batteries

A major challenge is high resistances form at the interfaces that prevent rapid ion transport between the electrodes and thus lead to a significant loss of perf…

Nuclear waste

China Commissions First Used Fuel Transport Ship

China's first ship for the transport of used nuclear fuel has been delivered to China National Nuclear Corporation.

Nuclear Power Plant

'Serious' Incident at Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Under Control

Authorities have stated there is no danger after a "serious" incident was reported at a nuclear power station in Finland.

Nuclear Fusion

Video: Our Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production is Looking for a Home

STEP is an ambitious project to design and build a prototype fusion energy plant in the UK by the early 2040s.

Crude Oil

US Energy Agency Revises up Oil Price Forecast

Brent price expected to increase by 2.1%, according to Energy Info. Administration's Short-Term Energy Outlook for December

Oil Shale

Global Shale Industry on a Recovery Path After 8.1% Production Decline in 2020, Says GlobalData

Global shale production has taken a drastic hit in 2020, where shale oil is expected to drop by 11.7% year-on-year and shale gas production may see a 4.5% fall,…

Thermal Coal

Australian Coal Thrives Despite China Ban

Australian thermal coal prices have risen sharply in recent weeks despite an import ban from one of its traditional markets, China.

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…

Nuclear Fuel

Ukrainian Ministry Meets to Discuss Uranium Production Suspension

According to the national Ukrinform news agency, all uranium mining by state enterprise VostokGOK was suspended on 7 December.

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…

Hydrogen Project

Enel Teams up on US Green Hydrogen Project

Project with NextChem expected to be operational in 2023