Kazakh referendum on nuclear plant constructionKazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has announced that there will be a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the country. The date of the vote has yet to be determined. Kazakhstan's Ministry of…
Global uranium supply security concernsGlobal natural uranium supply security has come back into the media spotlight following July’s coup in Niger, the world’s sixth-largest producer of uranium. According to representatives from the French company Orano,…
China LNG traders concluded more US, Qatari contractsAccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global LNG market doubled in value to $450 billion last year. Chinese companies are also competing for this product. About a dozen Chinese companies have been…
US government to invest $1.2 billion in carbon captureThe US government will spend up to $1.2 billion to help build giant machines in Texas and Louisiana that will capture carbon dioxide from the air. Each facility will be able to eliminate up to one million tons of carbon…
Wind turbine issues will cost Siemens Energy 2.2 billion eurosSiemens Energy said problems recently discovered at its wind turbine Siemens Gamesa division would cost it 2.2 billion euros. Due to the new set of problems at Siemens Gamesa, the division’s market value has dropped by…
Eleventh Japanese nuclear reactor resumes operationOn 28 July, unit 1 of the Takahama nuclear power plant was restarted after more than 12 years. Kansai Electric Power Company plans to return the 780 MWe pressurised water reactor to commercial operation at the end of…
G20 countries fail to reach agreement on cutting fossil fuelsThe Group of 20 (G20) major economies failed to reach consensus in India on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations. The G20 member countries together account for over three-quarters of…
Slovakia’s industrial emissions dropped by 20% due to high energy pricesIndustrial emissions dropped by 20% in Slovakia in 2022, which can be largely attributed to high energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to an expert from the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute,…
Fully European fuel for VVER pressurised water reactorsThe European Union is co-funding the Accelerated Program for Implementation of Secure VVER Fuel Supply (APIS project) with EUR10 million from its Euratom programme. The APIS project aim is to develop and deliver a "fully…
Indian refineries start yuan payments for Russian oilWestern sanctions over Russia's invasion to Ukraine have changed global trade flows for the Russian top export product. India has become one of the biggest importers of Russian oil. For a long time, the U.S. dollar has…
Georgia could potentially supply energy to EuropeThe German state-owned investment and development bank, the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), is one of the main players pushing the plan to import green electricity from Georgia. To enable Georgia generate more…
Russia plans to build a series of floating nuclear power plantsThe Russian state nuclear power company Rosatom plans to build a fleet of floating nuclear power plants using RITM-200M reactors derived from those installed on the latest icebreakers. Rosatom has signed a framework…
