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Nuclear Power Plant

Germany Remains Firmly Anti-nuclear Despite Energy Crisis

Germany’s government has no intention of changing its policies on nuclear energy even as worry about a halt to Russian gas supplies intensifies among politicia…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s AGL Coal Plant Outage Extended to September

AGL Energy said on Friday it expects a unit down since April at one of its power stations will restart in late September.

Electricity Transmission

Australian State to Invest $850 Mln in Power Grid

Australia's New South Wales state on Friday said it would invest A$1.2 billion in new transmission lines over 10 years.

Hydrogen Production

UK Approves Second Waste Plastic to Hydrogen Plant

The 13,500 tonne West Dunbartonshire facility will use Powerhouse Energy's technology to create sustainable hydrogen from non-recyclable plastics.

Wind Turbine

Vestas Wins Wind Turbine Contracts in Italy and Germany

ERG's order for 24 V136-4.2 MW wind turbines follows a contract for 64 V235-15.0 MW wind turbines for EnBW’s 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind projectIt's been a …

Distributed Grid

Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Us Utilities

Four emerging technologies and issues are occupying regulators as utilities seek to modernise the electricity distribution system in the US.

Net Zero Emission

The UK Must Provide More Certainty to Investors as It Pushes Forward With Decarbonisation and Energy Security

New research from Cornwall Insight and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has laid out what the UK government must do to achieve an affordable, sustainable and secu…

Which Businesses Are the Worst Hit by Soaring Energy Prices?

​Aviation, shipping and chemical industries will be the first to be hit hard by the soaring energy prices.

Net Zero Emission

H&M, Lululemon Back $250 Million Fashion Climate Fund to Decarbonise Supply Chain

Lululemon Athletica Inc and H&M Group are among backers of a $250 million fund aiming to speed up efforts to cut carbon emissions in the fashion industry's supp…

South Africa

Coal Still Dominating South Africa’s Energy Mix, Says CSIR Report

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the year 2021.

Carbon Emissions

E-kerosene Could Help Europe Save 5 Mln Tonnes CO2 in 2030 - Study

Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030 and save about five million tonnes of CO2 if policymakers boosted the market by lifting targets f…

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Expands Advanced Centrifuge Work Underground, IAEA Report Shows

Iran has begun installing advanced IR-6 centrifuges in a cluster at an underground enrichment plant in line with a longstanding plan and now intends to add two …

Paris Climate Agreement

Global Investors Write to U.N. To Urge Global Plan On Farming Emissions

​Investors managing $14 trillion have urged the United Nations to create a global plan to make the agriculture sector sustainable and curb one of the biggest s…

Hydrogen Production

Biden Fudges Clean H2 Definition as $8BN in Funding for US Hydrogen Hubs Inches Closer

DOE will not inclThe US Department of Energy (DOE) will “give preference” to hydrogen hub projects with the lowest lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as…

Energy Saving

Japan Asks People and Firms to Save Electricity to Avoid Blackouts

Japan on Tuesday called on households and companies to conserve as much electricity as possible this summer, seeking to prevent blackouts as spare reserve capac…