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Nuclear Reactor

Unit 3 of Slovakia’s Mochovce Nuclear Plant Connected to the Grid

Slovakia’s power utility Slovenské elektrárne (SE) has connected to the grid the 440 MW Unit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant. The 1.9 …

Natural Gas

Russia’s Natural Gas Production Fell by More Than 13% In 2022

Russia’s natural gas production fell by more than 13% in 2022, according to preliminary data published by the Russian state statistics service Rosstat. As…

Oil & Gas Trade

Shell and Conocophillips More Than Doubled Their Earnings in 2022

The British oil and gas company Shell has released its 2022 results, posting a US$40bn profit for the year, a more than twofold increase compared to its 2021 ea…

Australia

Incentives for Off-Peak Charging of Electric Vehicles Could Ease Stress on the Australian Grid

New data from Cornwall Insight Australia's EV uptake model shows that under an extreme scenario, 22 million electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to be part …

Geothermal Power Plant

PGE Bids on Way Ratai and Nage Geothermal Sites

Labuan Bajo fishing village, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia (source: Tiket2.com / flickr, Creative Commons)Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) has announced their …

Nuclear Fuel

AEOI Chief Rejects IAEA Report Over Change in Enrichment

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami says that the IAEA Wednesday report was issued based on a false…

Nord Stream

United States Involved in Nord Stream Explosions: Russian FM

TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said the United States was directly involved in explosions that severely damage…

Solar Cell

Hanwha Will Buy All of Rec Silicon’s Polysilicon Coming Out of Moses Lake for Next 10 Years

REC Silicon just announced that 100% of its polysilicon product at its Moses Lake factory will go to Hanwha Solutions for the next 10 years.The polysilicon fact…

Hydropower Plant

Colorado River States Submit Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative to Reclamation

States sharing the Colorado River have outlined a Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative (CBMA) for the Bureau of Reclamation to evaluate and incorporate into its…

Nuclear Power Plant

Lucas Heights Redevelopment Project Gets Under Way

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has begun a project at its Lucas Heights facility near Sydney to remove general solid waste, …

EV Market

America Has Come a Long Way From an Early Electric Car Casualty

Chelsea Sexton at Fully Charged LIVE, Austin, TX, Feb ,1 2020. Credit: BenjaminNelson via YouTubeTwenty-two years ago, Chelsea Sexton was laid off from one of h…

Coal Mine

Bettercoal Launches South Africa Working Group

Bettercoal has announced the establishment of its South Africa Working Group – a member-led group focusing on coal in South Africa.The group was formed du…

Germany

German E.ON to Invest EUR 210 Million in Power Business in Romania

E.ON earmarked EUR 375 million for capital expenditure by 2023 in Romania, of which EUR 210 million is for the electric power division. It is also developing en…

Nuclear Technology

Invest Alberta Supports Deployment of Xe-100 SMR

X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) supporting the potential deployment of the Xe-100 small mod…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…