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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First Concrete Poured for Leningrad’s Eighth Unit

A ceremony has been held to mark first concrete being poured on Thursday for the foundation of the reactor building for unit 4 at the Leningrad II nuclear power…

Battery

Pacific Green Closes 250MW Oz Battery Sale

Pacific Green Technologies has reached financial close and completed the sale of a 250MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in South Australia.Limesto…

Metal

Lucapa Diamond Secures Majority Stake in Lulo JV in Angola

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed diamond miner Lucapa Diamond Company has announced the finalisation of its mineral investment contract (MIC) for the…

Power Construction

Southwest US Grid Operator Expanding Into the West

Energy regulators on Thursday approved the Southwest Power Pool to expand its territory and become the first regional U.S. grid to operate in both the western a…

SAF

Airbus Signs MoU to Collaborate on Pure Japan-Domestic Wood-Based SAF

Airbus, Japan Airlines, Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo Corp., and Green Earth Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the…

Hydropower Plant

EIB Supports Ebensee Hydropower Expansion in Upper Austria

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a €320 million loan for the construction of the Ebensee pumped storage power plant in Upper Austria. Energi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EBRD Representatives Inspect Chernobyl Shelter Damage

The delegation, which included members of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's nuclear safety department, came a month after Chernobyl uni…

Nuclear Reactor

Urenco to Supply Fuel for Westinghouse Microreactor

Westinghouse and Urenco have signed a long-term fuel enrichment agreement under which Urenco will provide enrichment of high-assay low-enriched uranium to Westi…

Solar project

FRV Australia and OMERS Acquire Solar and Battery Storage Project in Victoria

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia, alongside the Canadian infrastructure fund OMERS, has purchased the Axedale project, a combined solar and battery …

Crude Oil

EIA Raises USA Crude Oil Production Forecast

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) raised its U.S. crude oil production forecast for 2025 and 2026 in its latest short term energy outlook (STEO),…

Renewable Diesel

UK Initiates Anti-dumping, Countervailing Investigations Into US Renewable Diesel Imports

The U.K. Trade Remedies Authority on March 17 announced it has initiated an anti-dumping investigation and a countervailing investigation into imports of hydrot…

Metal

Russia Unveils Plans to Initiate Large-Scale Lithium Production in 2030

Russia has announced plans to commence large-scale lithium production by the end of this decade, amid efforts to reduce its dependence on imports and strengthen…

Nuclear Fuel

Fresh Stage of Tests for VVER-S and MOX Fuel

Russia's A.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering has begun tests to study the neutron-physical characteristics of the VVER-S reactor with …

Electric Vehicles

Siemens to Cut 6,000 Jobs in Automation, EV Charging Businesses

Siemens AG plans to reduce its global headcount by about 6,000 workers, with the majority of cuts planned in its factory automation business that’s suffer…

Net Zero

UK Opposition Leader Drops Support for 2050 ‘Net Zero’ Climate Target

Britain's 2050 target for cutting overall greenhouse emissions to zero "is impossible" and must be dropped, the leader of the main opposition party said on …