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Wind Farm

Brazil Connects 353.5 MW of Wind Farms in March

Wind farm in Brazil. Author: Otávio Nogueira. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic.

Nuclear waste

Breaking U.S. Nuclear Waste Stalemate could be Key to Biden’s Climate Goals, Stanford Scholars Say

Stanford University experts are cautiously optimistic that the Biden administration can change the U.S. trajectory on nuclear waste, and they offer their though…

Natural Gas

Mitigating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions: Which Role for Natural Gas?

This dynamic has raised the opportunity for developing scenario-based analyses to enable a better understanding of the potential decarbonisation pathways and th…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Shuts Nuclear Reactors for Second Time Due to Influx of Marine Organisms

The Hanul-1 and –2 reactors, both with a capacity of 950 MW, were shut April 6 after an influx of marine organisms disrupted water pump operations, said an off…

Hydropower Plant

Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

Shell to Make First Oil Output Profit Since Pandemic

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it expects to make the first profit from pumping oil since the start of the pandemic.

Hydrogen Project

South Africa Partners with ENGIE to Study Hydrogen Valley

The South African Department of Science and Innovation is collaborating with energy sector companies, including ENGIE, to complete a feasibility study for the e…

Solar Power Panel

Romanian Retail Chain Dedeman Covers most of Its Stores with Solar Panels

DIY store owner Dedeman finished rooftop photovoltaic systems for self-consumption on 38 out of 54 units that it operates in Romania, with E.ON Energie România…

Battling Bovine Belching: Measuring Methane Eemissions from Cows

Taken from the April 2021 issue of Physics World.Cutting methane production from livestock is considered vital to climate change mitigation, with lots of resear…

United States

Rice Acquisition Corp. to Combine Aria Energy and Archaea Energy into the Industry-Leading Renewable Natural Gas Platform

The combined Company will be named Archaea Energy (the “combined Company”), with an experienced executive team comprised of leaders from Archaea LLC and Aria.…

Net Zero Emission

Northern Ireland Sets out Net Zero-Carbon Energy Vision

Northern Ireland is consulting on plans to address climate change by implementing a net zero carbon energy policy by 2050, through an increase in renewables, in…

Morocco

Morocco Highlights Its Green Energy Strategy at 2021 Spring Meetings

President of Morocco’s Policy Center for the New South, Karim El Aynaoui, speaking at the virtual 2021 Spring Meetings, emphasized Morocco’s long-term renewab…

Energy Storage System

Fire Guts Batteries at Energy Storage System in Solar Power Plant

A fire at a private solar power plant gutted an energy storage system that used batteries from LG Energy Solution affiliated with South Korea's LG Group, which …

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome to Provide Outage Services to Dominion Fleet

Framatome recently signed a "multi-million dollar" contract with US utility Dominion Energy to support the long-term operation of its nuclear power plant fleet.…

Nuclear Fusion

New Academic Partnership to Accelerate UK Fusion Future

A new partnership has been signed between The University of Manchester and the UK Atomic Energy Authority to help accelerate the UK’s progress toward net zero …