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Oil & Gas Trade

CPUC, Socalgas Reach $71 Million Settlement Over Aliso Canyon Gas Leak

Aliso Canyon entrance in Porter Ranch on Monday, August 7, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Compounding the financial fallout from the…

SMR

Quebec Power Utility Studies Possible Reopening of Gentilly-2 Nuclear Reactor

Quebec's hydroelectric utility says it is studying whether to reopen the province's only nuclear power generating station. A Hydro-Québec logo is…

Power Construction

Closure of 3 Southern California Power Plants Likely to Be Postponed, State Energy Officials Decide

A man pushes a stroller near the AES power plant in Redondo Beach, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, to ext…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Terawatt Infrastructure Breaks Ground on EV Charging Site for Light-Duty Fleets Near LAX

TeraWatt Infrastructure hosted a groundbreaking event in Inglewood, California for a new charging site for light-duty fleets in the LA area. The site will be ow…

SMR

NRC Authorizes Fuel Loading and Operation at Vogtle 4

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Southern Nuclear Operating Company to load fuel and begin operation of Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia. This is the…

Nuclear Equipment

Newcleo Aquires Nuclear Pump Rütschi Group

newcleo has announced an agreement to purchase the shares of nuclear pumps group Pompes Rütschi SAS and Rütschi Fluid AG. The deal, for EUR68.9mn tran…

Nuclear waste

IAEA Conducts First Mission on Disused Sources

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out the inaugural mission, in Thailand, of the Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources Technical Centre (DS…

Energy Saving

Electrochemical Process Could Boost Efficiency of Capturing Carbon Directly From Air

A team from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has invented a device that leverages electrochemistry to increase the effic…

Battery

Chloride Ions From Seawater Could Replace Lithium in Batteries of the Future

Sodium, potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium's place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers at Worcester Poly…

Offshore Wind Power

All Monopiles up at New York's First Offshore Wind Farm

Source: South Fork WindAll eleven monopile foundations have been installed at the South Fork Wind Farm site offshore New York, the state’s first offshore …

Offshore Wind Power

Norway to Award Offshore Wind Areas Next Year as Government Awaits Subsidy Scheme Approval

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has pushed back the deadline for applications in the country’s first offshore wind tender by two months as …

Offshore Wind Power

China Leads in Offshore Wind Power in Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality

China’s offshore wind power installed capacity ranked first in the world for two years in a row, and the industry is set to play an important role in achi…

Biofuel

CEPSA to Supply Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea Ferries With 2G Biofuel

Spanish multinational oil and gas company CEPSA has been contracted to supply second-generation (2G) biofuel for Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea ferries.C…

Hydropower Plant

Consumers Energy Exploring Possible Sale of 13 Hydroelectric Dams Across Michigan

(Source: Consumers Energy.)JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy wants to explore the possible sale of its 13 hydroelectric dams as the Michigan utility evalu…

Energy Storage Project

Jeff Bishop to Step Down as CEO of Battery Storage Leader Key Capture Energy

Key Capture Energy's 9.9 MW battery storage project in West Texas. (Courtesy: Key Capture Energy)Jeff Bishop has announced his intention to step down as the…