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Coal Mine

US Coal in Downward Spiral, Says EIA

The US Energy Information Administration has released its Annual Coal Report for 2018, revealing that the nation’s coal mining employment numbers have dropped …

Rosatom

Orano to Supply Second Russian Deconversion Facility

France's Orano will supply a second depleted uranium hexafluoride defluorination plant to TVEL's JSC Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk in Russia's Krasnoyar…

Australian Committee Calls for Partial Lifting of Nuclear Moratorium

The Australian government should consider a partial lifting of the current moratorium on nuclear energy to allow the deployment of new and emerging technologies…

The Discovery of Low-Cost Fuel Cell Catalyst could Make Hydrogen Cars a Reality

UNSW scientists found a cheaper and sustainable way to create hydrogen needed to power fuel cell vehicles.

Promising Plastic Waste Research could Benefit Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry

Scientists have developed a new way to convert plastic waste into a useful chemical.

New UK Government ‘Must Beef up Green Ambition’

The UK renewables industry has called on the new Conservative government to be more ambitious to support the expansion of the green energy sector.

Japan Companies Show Off Carbon-Free Tech as Tokyo Clings to Coal

While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using…

Solar Industry Leaps at Chance to Help Deliver European Green Deal

The EU’s new plan to lead the global fight for a greener and fairer economy has been warmly received by the solar industry, which has put itself forward as a k…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Australian Virtual Power Plant Propped Up Grid During Coal Outage

The 50,000-home virtual power plant (VPP) Tesla is developing in South Australia helped maintain grid stability when a coal-fired unit in Queensland tripped off…

Nuclear Power Plant

Old Scottish Power Station Caught Leaking Specs of Nuclear Dust

A nice little British nuclear catastrophe has been uncovered in Scotland, where the complex and millennia-long process of decommissioning the Dounreay facility …

100% Renewables Means 95% Less Water Consumption for Conventional Power Generation

According to a new study by Finland’s LUT University, solar PV consumes between 2% and 15% of the water that coal and nuclear power plants use to produce just …

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC+ Oil Supply Cuts Won’t Prevent Surplus in 2020

Global oil markets still face a surplus next year even if OPEC and its partners deliver newly-announced production cuts in full, the International Energy Agency…

HyFlyer Zero Emission Aviation Project Lines Up Mobile Hydrogen Fuelling Support

World-leading test flights of a hydrogen fuel cell plane are set to make use of a mobile refuelling vehicle developed by Fuel Cell Systems (FCS), after the comp…

Microgrid

Australia’s largest hybrid microgrid project completes Stage 1

juwi Renewable Energy, the Australian subsidiary of international project developer juwi, has completed the first stage of the 23 MW hybrid power station, which…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Bertrandt to Trial Hydrogen Vehicle

Industrial design services company Bertrandt is converting the powertrain of its Piaffio Ape two-stroke engine vehicle to an electric motor with hydrogen fuel c…