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Singapore

Singapore Earmarks $49m for Hydrogen, CCUS

Singapore has earmarked $49m to fund research, development and demonstration projects in hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage over the next five…

Energy Technology

IGas and BayoTech to Develop Hydrogen Generation Systems

UK oil and gas firm IGas Energy has partnered with US on-site hydrogen generation specialist BayoTech to develop modular hydrogen generation systems for the UK …

Carbon Neutral

Japan PM Suga Sets 2050 Deadline for Carbon Neutrality

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world's third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the…

Australia

Solar Meets South Australia’s Total Energy Demand for First Time

Australia hit a renewable energy milestone early in October when solar power provided 100% of South Australia’s energy needs for a whole hour.

Hualong One

Nuclear Power Unit with China-Developed Reactor Achieves Criticality

China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, achieves criticality. It will start ope…

New Deal Between Australia and Singapore on Low-Emissions Technology

Australia and Singapore have agreed to collaborate on development of new technology to reduce emissions, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed on Mond…

Crude Oil

Putin Leaves Door Open for Opec+ Cuts Extension

Russian president Vladimir Putin says that Opec+ could maintain or even deepen its existing crude production cuts next year, the first time Russia has acknowled…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen-Powered Planes will be Commercially Viable by the 2030s, Says Airbus

Zero-emission large passenger aircraft powered by hydrogen will be technically feasible in five years, according to Airbus.

Oil Price

Global Oil Prices to Recover in 2021, Reaching $44 pb: World Bank

In its semi-annual commodity markets outlook report, which focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on such markets, the WB said that oil prices are expe…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Oil-Rich UAE Turning to Coal-Fired Power

"The use of coal in power generation is squeezed by low-carbon generation, including hydro, wind, solar and nuclear power, which have been less affected by the …

SMR

Small Nuclear Reactors Would Provide Carbon-Free Energy, but Would They Be Safe?

Regulators have approved designs for 12 small reactors to be built in Idaho, but opponents say the project is dangerous and too late to fight climate change.

Hydropower Plant

India: C'garh’s Hydropower Stations See Maximum Power Generation

The Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd’s hydropower stations have set a record for maximum power generation as compared to previous year.

Australia

Adelaide’s Pioneering Hydrogen Plant in Final Stages

Adelaide’s pioneering hydrogen production plant, Hydrogen Park South Australia, is now in the final commissioning stages, and is set to supply industry, starti…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

RATP Beginning Tests of Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen Bus in Paris

In 2019, during the UITP Global Public Transport Summit representatives of Solaris and RATP Group signed a contract for lease and tests of the Urbino 12 hydroge…

Nuclear Technology

USNC-Tech Develops Deep Space Propulsion System

The concept uses a specialised variation of USNC's proprietary fully ceramic microencapsulated, tristructural isotropic fuel, developed for use in power reactor…