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Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Natural Gas

Shell to Explore for Oil and Gas in the Black Sea

Shell Exploration and Production (96) B.V, a subsidiary of Shell, will explore for oil and natural gas in Block 1-26 Khan Tervel, located in Bulgaria's excl…

Oil Exploration

ORLEN Ramps up Its Exploration Activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

A total of 6 exploration and appraisal wells were completed by ORLEN Upstream Norway in 2024, 4 more than the previous year. As a result, the company discovered…

Uranium Project

USA Selects Suppliers for Low-Enriched Uranium Contracts

The US Department of Energy has selected six companies which will be able to compete for contracts to supply low-enriched uranium. It follows June's request…

Nuclear Reactor

Firms Selected to Evaluate SMR Deployment in Halden

US-based engineering company Amentum and Norwegian consulting firm Multiconsult Norge AS have been appointed by Halden Kjernekraft AS to evaluate the potential …

Crude Oil

OPEC Says Russia Made Small Cut to Oil Output in November

Russia's crude oil output in November edged down by 7,000 barrels per day (bpd) to about 8.99 million bpd, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Count…

Nuclear Reactor

AtkinsRéalis Selected for Energy Northwest SMR Project

Energy Northwest has selected AtkinsRéalis Group Inc as the Owner's Engineer for its small modular reactor development project in Washington state.(I…

Energy Storage System

Allye Energy to Provide Portable BESS to OnBio for Sustainable TV Production

Allye’s MAX BESS is a mobile 300kWh unit that the company claims is the world’s first to use second-life EV batteries. Image: Allye Energy.Allye Ene…

Energy Storage Project

Changes to Balancing and Settlement Code Support Large Energy Storage Facilities

Storage units with a capacity of greater than 50MW are normally licensed, meaning that until now they have not been permitted to set their Production or Consump…

Hydropower Plant

San Roque Project Earns Silver Certification Under Hydropower Sustainability Standard

The San Roque Multipurpose Project in the Philippines has been awarded Silver certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard following an independen…

Floating Offshore Wind

Delmar Systems to Provide Moorings for TotalEnergies’ Floating Wind Pilot Project

Houston-headquartered Delmar Systems has been selected by Archer Wind to deliver the mooring scope for TotalEnergies’ Culzean floating offshore wind pilot…

Wind Power Project

Delaware Grants Grid Permits for US Wind’s 2 GW Offshore Project

US Wind, owned by funds managed by Apollo Global Management and Renexia S.p.A., has been authorised by Delaware regulators to install the transmission infrastru…

Dam

Advancing US Hydropower Manufacturing With 3D Printing

A new initiative by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses additive manufacturing to rapidly produce large metal turbine runners…

Liquid Hydrogen

World’s First Successful Demonstration Test of Ship-To-Shore Loading and Unloading Using a Steel Tube Loading Arm for Liquefied Hydrogen

This was the world's first successful demonstration of a loading and unloading system using a rotating arm, which is essential for building a liquefied hydr…

Wind Turbine

Vestas to Repurpose Isle of Wight Factory for Onshore Wind as Recently Launched Offshore Blade Production Line No Longer Needed

Vestas is ceasing the production of blades for the V174 offshore wind turbine at its Isle of Wight factory as the model is going out of demand. The company has …