Latest Stories

The US will assist Ukraine in stabilising the supply of nuclear fuel and other energy resources

7 January 2022

The US will assist Ukraine in stabilising the supply of nuclear fuel and other energy resources

Ukraine coal reserves increase, coal regions to be transformed this year

7 January 2022

Ukraine coal reserves increase, coal regions to be transformed this year

Ethiopia aims to begin generation at GERD in January

6 January 2022

Ethiopia expects to begin test generation from the first two 350-MW units at the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) within days, local media reported.

Mozambique seeks consultants for first floating solar farm

6 January 2022

Mozambique’s state-owned power company Electricidade de Mocambique (EDM) is seeking consultants to help develop the country’s first floating solar farm.

Morocco-UK power link gains new director

6 January 2022

Former Rolls-Royce chairman Ian Davis has been appointed to the board of UK-based Xlinks, which is promoting a 3,800-km subsea transmission cable from Morocco to the UK.

JAEA, Mitsubishi Heavy to develop new generation of US fast reactors

6 January 2022

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are to work with Bill Gates-connected TerraPower to develop a next-generation fast reactor in the US.

Indonesia slaps ban on coal exports to protect power generation at home

6 January 2022

Indonesia placed a sudden one-month ban on coal exports on January 1, sending coal prices up across Asia and potentially damaging mining companies’ earnings in 2022.

Kazakhstan upheaval impacts country’s banks, bonds, equities and uranium and oil industries

6 January 2022

Banks and stock market remain closed. Sovereign bond yields are hit. Uranium prices surge.

China builds 3.6-GW pumped storage plant to feed Olympics

6 January 2022

State Grid Corporation of China (SGC) has opened 3.6 GW of pumped storage hydro capacity that will provide electricity for the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.

BW Ideol teams up with JERA, ADEME to boost floating offshore wind

6 January 2022

Norwegian offshore floating wind technology developer BW Ideol has brought in Japan’s JERA and France’s ADEME Investissement to finance offshore wind projects that will use BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology.

TEPCO to receive emergency power supplies as temperatures plummet

6 January 2022

Japan’s TEPCO is to receive up to 1.22 GW of emergency power supplies from utilities in other regionals of the country in order to meet rising demand in the Tokyo area as temperatures fall.

KHNP named as sole bidder for procurement of El Dabaa equipment

6 January 2022

Rosatom has named Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the sole bidder for a contract to procure and build the main turbine islands for units 1-4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant.

Satellite data to play key role in finding new ways to cut urban emissions

6 January 2022

Investing in low-carbon and resilient urban development will play a key role in meeting global climate change goals and cutting city emissions, according to new research from the World Bank

China’s HHI seals jack-up vessel deal for 20-MW wind turbines

6 January 2022

China’s Huadian Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a charter agreement for a jack-up vessel that will be able to install wind turbines of up to 20 MW.

Eni spuds Mlima-1 well offshore Kenya

6 January 2022

Eni of Italy has spudded the Mlima 1 well for crude oil and natural gas in Kenya’s offshore Block L 11 A using the Saipem 12000 drill ship.

Enauta’s planned sale of Manati stake to Gas Bridge falls through

6 January 2022

Brazil’s Enauta Energia is not moving forward with its previously announced plan to sell its 45% stake in Manati, a natural gas field in the Camamu basin offshore Bahia State.

Aethon reportedly considering Haynesville asset sale

6 January 2022

Private investment firm Aethon Energy Management is reportedly exploring a sale of its assets in North Louisiana’s Haynesville shale gas play.

Ecuador hopes to see oil production levels recover next month

6 January 2022

Ecuador is on track to see oil production return to normal levels in February following the restart of the two main pipelines used to export crude, according to Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo.