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Nuclear Fuel

Canadian Firms Extend Suspension of Uranium Operations

Saskatoon-based Cameco on 23 March put Cigar Lake on care and maintenance for an initial period of four weeks.

Coal Trade

Ukraine to Hit Russian Coal With 65% Tariff in Effort to Reduce Energy Dependence

The Ukrainian government will today introduce a new duty of 65% on coal imports from Russia.

Solar Technology

NREL Scientists Make Six-Junction Solar Cell with 47.1% Efficiency

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US announced that a group of scientists has fabricated a six-junction solar cell with an efficiency of 47…

Tidal Energy

Tidal Power Operations See Minimal Disruption from Coronavirus Pandemic

Electricity is continuing to be supplied from the MeyGen project in Scotland to the grid.

Nuclear Power Plant

Fire Raging Near Ukraine's Chernobyl Poses Radiation Risk

A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a rad…

Oil & Gas Trade

Is Saudi Arabia Restarting The Oil War?

Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco has just announced the pricing for its oil for May, with deeper discounts for customers in Asia for the second month in a row, …

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COVID-19 Causes 6 Per Cent Electricity Use Drop in Peru

Peru's electricity consumption fell by 6% in March.

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Projects in Turkey Paralyzed Over COVID-19 Shutdown

Supply chain interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic brought seven projects of 100 MW in total to a halt.

Ultra-high voltage grid

State Grid Resumes Construction of 800 kV HVDC Line in China

Construction works had been suspended in the Hubei province, the epicentre of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Wind Turbine

India's Wind Installation for 2020 Likely to Fall Drastically

The coronavirus-led lockdown has blown away India’s wind energy target for 2020, as all major turbine manufacturers, including Siemens Gamesa, Vestas.

Crude Oil

China's March Crude Oil Imports Rose 4.5 Per Cent y/y on Stockpiling

China's crude oil imports in March rose 4.5 per cent from a year earlier, according to official customs data.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Japan's 2018/19 Greenhouse Emissions Fall 3.9% to Record Low

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.9 per cent to a record low in the year ended March 2019.

Nuclear Power Plant

Rosatom Facility Awarded to Design the New Russian Megascience Installation that Would be Used for Anti-virus Research

The Central Design and Technological Institute, an enterprise of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company, has signed the government awarded contract for design of the Cent…

LNG

New Arctic Projects will Proceed as Planned, Despite a Sharp Drop in LNG Exports

Amid a world economic crisis, the Russian gas company Novatek is shipping less liquefied natural gas than it was just a few months ago.