Trending News: Gulf-to-China Supertanker Rates Hit $510,000 a DayRomania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear ShutdownChina’s Solar Exports Fell 21.4% in JulyUK researchers make MOF for capturing heavy metals from wastewaterUS semiconductor investment tops $820bn since 2020UK biogas plant gets green light for CO2 capture and liquefactionOutlook for electronic specialty gasesU.S.-Iran Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher as Diesel Margins Hit RecordsLibya Seeks Up to $40 Billion to Boost Oil Output to 2 Million BpdChina Boosts Fuel Exports as Domestic Stockpiles SwellBrent Tops $91 After Unidentified Projectile Hits Vessel Transiting HormuzHouthis Claim Third Attack on Saudi Aramco Refinery in Two WeeksPakistan’s Power Generation Costs Jump 38% on Record Spot LNG BuysTankers U-Turn at Hormuz as Iran Tightens Its Grip10 minutes with… Airgas and Air Liquide North America CEOsWill Oil Prices Keep Rising?UCLR completes first hot fire of cryogenic LOX engineAnalysis: The key role of LNG in the UK North Sea debateAnalysis: The key role of LNG in the UK North Sea debateIndia Daily: RRECL Launches RE Monitoring Tool, CSPDCL Seeks ₹2.98/kWh BESS Tariff, GERC Advances GNA Regulations, CleanMax Plans ₹400 Cr NCDs and More…Green Energy Stocks Face Selling Pressure As Indian Markets End Lower(18 August 2026)Linde and Monash University Malaysia partner on industrial decarbonisationEquinix Signs 50 MWp Solar PPA With Flo Energy To Boost Renewable Power In SingaporeGenesis Energy Secures Fast-Track Approval For 220 MWp Foxton Solar FarmSaudi Arabia’s PIF Surges Past $900 Billion Assets as 2025 Profit More Than DoublesUK CO2 supply resilience consultation closes this weekLibya Power Crisis Explodes as Grid Fails AgainChevron Strikes Oil and Gas Offshore Angola in Major DiscoveryRussia Receives First Gasoline Cargo From India as Fuel Shortages SpreadExxonMobil awards $1.1bn in contracts for Mozambique LNG projectWhat is the near-term feasibility of helium-3 fuel for fusion power?China Added 200,000 Bpd to Crude Reserves in July Despite Hormuz CrisisJapan’s Oil Crisis Eases, But the Import Bill Keeps ClimbingIraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Is 4 Years and $15 Billion AwayChina’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power CurtailmentsDiversifying helium: Can dedicated projects reshape global supply?Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slows to a TrickleIndia Lets Delayed Renewable Projects Pay to Keep Grid AccessIndian Oil Giant Secures U.S. License to Return to VenezuelaAsian Refiners Seek Alternative Pickup Point for Saudi CrudeIndia’s Chief Economic Adviser Calls for Return of E10 PetrolChina Oil Imports Jump 22% Even as Economic Data DisappointsHow Phoenix is capitalizing on the Southwest’s opportunityIndia Daily: SECI Seeks Inputs for RE PMU, UPERC Rejects UPRVUNL Solar Petition, Adani Acquires Vizag Transmission SPV, KERC Drafts 2026 Supply Rules, Telangana Eyes 2,545 MW Solar and More…How ReNew Is Advancing Its Net-Zero and Sustainability Roadmap: Key Takeaways From Its FY2025–26 Integrated ReportCATL Achieves Carbon Neutrality Across Core Operations, Targets Full Value Chain by 2035Why Has Oil Not Rallied to $150 or Higher?Türkiye And Saudi Arabia Expand Renewable Energy Partnership To 5,000 MWPodcast | Gas distribution done right: design, reliability, and performance from source to point-of-useBangladesh tragedy shines spotlight on LNG shipbreaking safetyShell Energy Philippines Advances 30 MW/60 MWh Hermosa Battery Storage ProjectAWG appoints Vice-President of Operations for the North RegionTencent drives carbon utilisation ‘out of the lab’US CO2 Outlook Report H1 2026U.S. West Coast Refiners Tap Malaysian SupplySouth Africa’s Top Court Blocks Shell Wild Coast ExplorationIAEA sees enhanced safety at Philippine research reactorBlue Energy, GE Vernova take gas-plus-nuclear collaboration to next stageIndia begins public consultation on SHANTI Bill rulesChevron strikes oil and gas in Angola’s Block 0, eyes tieback developmentKazakhstan Accuses Big Oil of $10.7 Billion Corruption in Kashagan Oil ProjectHormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as U.S.-Iran Standoff Drags OnVance Says Cheap Oil and Gas Is Top U.S. Priority in Iran WarMiddle East Oil Tankers Are Going Dark for LongerDrone Strike Sparks Blaze at Key Russian Oil and Fuel TerminalHormuz Crisis Pushes Asian Refiners Toward U.S. OilIndia’s Coal Demand Set to Hit 1.6 Billion Tons by 2030Holcim UAE starts cement carbon capture pilot projectQatar Ras Laffan train five ‘goes offline’Vietnam’s Bac Ninh semiconductor investment hits $2.7bnIndia Daily: India Power Capacity Tops 550 GW, CEA Sets New Cybersecurity Rules, CSPDCL Advances 500 MWh BESS, India Accelerates Smart Meters, Kerala Rejects KINESCO Licence and More…CERC Approves GNA Milestone Extensions With New Charges For Renewable Energy ProjectsSaatvik Green Energy Reports INR 511 Crore Q1 FY27 Revenue, Order Book Reaches 5.89 GWGreen Energy Stocks Deliver Mixed Performance As Sensex And Nifty End Lower (14 August 2026)CIP Closes USD 3 Billion Growth Markets Fund II to Back Large-Scale Renewable Energy ProjectsOil Shocks Could Accelerate EV Adoption, WoodMac SaysU.S. Backs X-Energy Reactor With Up to $2.15 BillionOil Prices Head for 4% Weekly Gain as U.S.-Iran Deadlock Drags OnRussia Captures Record Share of India’s Oil MarketNeogenyx to break ground on Nebraska RNG facilityUS to Soon Unveil Unprecedented Sanctions on IranArgentina LNG applies to Rigi investment scheme for $51bn LNG projectGovernment approves extended operation of Almaraz plantTerraPower expands cooperation with Korean partnersNuclea Energy to acquire Moltex Energy technology portfolioConstruction starts at Saskatchewan uranium mineDecommissioning Spending in UK North Sea Hits Record HighRomania Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor As Danube Hits 90-Year LowUkraine Strikes Gazprom’s 200,000-Bpd Salavat Refinery in the UralsGlobal Refining System Has Little Spare Room LeftChinese foundries record triple–digit quarterly growthIndia Drives a Global Surge in New Coal Mine PlansNew Zealand Approves New Oil and Gas Production as Energy Security Concerns GrowHigh Oil Prices Deliver a Windfall for China’s Coal-to-Chemicals IndustryAlaska LNG Pipeline Bill Dies in Legislature, Governor Fires BackIndia Eyes Two New Sites to Expand Strategic Oil ReservesNew opportunities for CO2 in food and beverage decarbonisationHow CO2 could help reduce water use in data centresBlack Moon Energy and TAE explore helium-3 fuel in nuclear powerAnalysis: Should industrial gas adopt auto-style supply chain safety nets?
Tue. Aug 18th, 2026
Trending News: Gulf-to-China Supertanker Rates Hit $510,000 a DayRomania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear ShutdownChina’s Solar Exports Fell 21.4% in JulyUK researchers make MOF for capturing heavy metals from wastewaterUS semiconductor investment tops $820bn since 2020UK biogas plant gets green light for CO2 capture and liquefactionOutlook for electronic specialty gasesU.S.-Iran Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher as Diesel Margins Hit RecordsLibya Seeks Up to $40 Billion to Boost Oil Output to 2 Million BpdChina Boosts Fuel Exports as Domestic Stockpiles SwellBrent Tops $91 After Unidentified Projectile Hits Vessel Transiting HormuzHouthis Claim Third Attack on Saudi Aramco Refinery in Two WeeksPakistan’s Power Generation Costs Jump 38% on Record Spot LNG BuysTankers U-Turn at Hormuz as Iran Tightens Its Grip10 minutes with… Airgas and Air Liquide North America CEOsWill Oil Prices Keep Rising?UCLR completes first hot fire of cryogenic LOX engineAnalysis: The key role of LNG in the UK North Sea debateAnalysis: The key role of LNG in the UK North Sea debateIndia Daily: RRECL Launches RE Monitoring Tool, CSPDCL Seeks ₹2.98/kWh BESS Tariff, GERC Advances GNA Regulations, CleanMax Plans ₹400 Cr NCDs and More…Green Energy Stocks Face Selling Pressure As Indian Markets End Lower(18 August 2026)Linde and Monash University Malaysia partner on industrial decarbonisationEquinix Signs 50 MWp Solar PPA With Flo Energy To Boost Renewable Power In SingaporeGenesis Energy Secures Fast-Track Approval For 220 MWp Foxton Solar FarmSaudi Arabia’s PIF Surges Past $900 Billion Assets as 2025 Profit More Than DoublesUK CO2 supply resilience consultation closes this weekLibya Power Crisis Explodes as Grid Fails AgainChevron Strikes Oil and Gas Offshore Angola in Major DiscoveryRussia Receives First Gasoline Cargo From India as Fuel Shortages SpreadExxonMobil awards $1.1bn in contracts for Mozambique LNG projectWhat is the near-term feasibility of helium-3 fuel for fusion power?China Added 200,000 Bpd to Crude Reserves in July Despite Hormuz CrisisJapan’s Oil Crisis Eases, But the Import Bill Keeps ClimbingIraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Is 4 Years and $15 Billion AwayChina’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power CurtailmentsDiversifying helium: Can dedicated projects reshape global supply?Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slows to a TrickleIndia Lets Delayed Renewable Projects Pay to Keep Grid AccessIndian Oil Giant Secures U.S. License to Return to VenezuelaAsian Refiners Seek Alternative Pickup Point for Saudi CrudeIndia’s Chief Economic Adviser Calls for Return of E10 PetrolChina Oil Imports Jump 22% Even as Economic Data DisappointsHow Phoenix is capitalizing on the Southwest’s opportunityIndia Daily: SECI Seeks Inputs for RE PMU, UPERC Rejects UPRVUNL Solar Petition, Adani Acquires Vizag Transmission SPV, KERC Drafts 2026 Supply Rules, Telangana Eyes 2,545 MW Solar and More…How ReNew Is Advancing Its Net-Zero and Sustainability Roadmap: Key Takeaways From Its FY2025–26 Integrated ReportCATL Achieves Carbon Neutrality Across Core Operations, Targets Full Value Chain by 2035Why Has Oil Not Rallied to $150 or Higher?Türkiye And Saudi Arabia Expand Renewable Energy Partnership To 5,000 MWPodcast | Gas distribution done right: design, reliability, and performance from source to point-of-useBangladesh tragedy shines spotlight on LNG shipbreaking safetyShell Energy Philippines Advances 30 MW/60 MWh Hermosa Battery Storage ProjectAWG appoints Vice-President of Operations for the North RegionTencent drives carbon utilisation ‘out of the lab’US CO2 Outlook Report H1 2026U.S. West Coast Refiners Tap Malaysian SupplySouth Africa’s Top Court Blocks Shell Wild Coast ExplorationIAEA sees enhanced safety at Philippine research reactorBlue Energy, GE Vernova take gas-plus-nuclear collaboration to next stageIndia begins public consultation on SHANTI Bill rulesChevron strikes oil and gas in Angola’s Block 0, eyes tieback developmentKazakhstan Accuses Big Oil of $10.7 Billion Corruption in Kashagan Oil ProjectHormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as U.S.-Iran Standoff Drags OnVance Says Cheap Oil and Gas Is Top U.S. Priority in Iran WarMiddle East Oil Tankers Are Going Dark for LongerDrone Strike Sparks Blaze at Key Russian Oil and Fuel TerminalHormuz Crisis Pushes Asian Refiners Toward U.S. OilIndia’s Coal Demand Set to Hit 1.6 Billion Tons by 2030Holcim UAE starts cement carbon capture pilot projectQatar Ras Laffan train five ‘goes offline’Vietnam’s Bac Ninh semiconductor investment hits $2.7bnIndia Daily: India Power Capacity Tops 550 GW, CEA Sets New Cybersecurity Rules, CSPDCL Advances 500 MWh BESS, India Accelerates Smart Meters, Kerala Rejects KINESCO Licence and More…CERC Approves GNA Milestone Extensions With New Charges For Renewable Energy ProjectsSaatvik Green Energy Reports INR 511 Crore Q1 FY27 Revenue, Order Book Reaches 5.89 GWGreen Energy Stocks Deliver Mixed Performance As Sensex And Nifty End Lower (14 August 2026)CIP Closes USD 3 Billion Growth Markets Fund II to Back Large-Scale Renewable Energy ProjectsOil Shocks Could Accelerate EV Adoption, WoodMac SaysU.S. Backs X-Energy Reactor With Up to $2.15 BillionOil Prices Head for 4% Weekly Gain as U.S.-Iran Deadlock Drags OnRussia Captures Record Share of India’s Oil MarketNeogenyx to break ground on Nebraska RNG facilityUS to Soon Unveil Unprecedented Sanctions on IranArgentina LNG applies to Rigi investment scheme for $51bn LNG projectGovernment approves extended operation of Almaraz plantTerraPower expands cooperation with Korean partnersNuclea Energy to acquire Moltex Energy technology portfolioConstruction starts at Saskatchewan uranium mineDecommissioning Spending in UK North Sea Hits Record HighRomania Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor As Danube Hits 90-Year LowUkraine Strikes Gazprom’s 200,000-Bpd Salavat Refinery in the UralsGlobal Refining System Has Little Spare Room LeftChinese foundries record triple–digit quarterly growthIndia Drives a Global Surge in New Coal Mine PlansNew Zealand Approves New Oil and Gas Production as Energy Security Concerns GrowHigh Oil Prices Deliver a Windfall for China’s Coal-to-Chemicals IndustryAlaska LNG Pipeline Bill Dies in Legislature, Governor Fires BackIndia Eyes Two New Sites to Expand Strategic Oil ReservesNew opportunities for CO2 in food and beverage decarbonisationHow CO2 could help reduce water use in data centresBlack Moon Energy and TAE explore helium-3 fuel in nuclear powerAnalysis: Should industrial gas adopt auto-style supply chain safety nets?
Tue. Aug 18th, 2026
Bohunice units decommissioning completed
Bohunice units decommissioning completed

Monday, 21 July 2025 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development says two VVER-440 pressurised water reactors have been successfully removed and dismantled at Slovakia’s Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant, marking…

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‘New generation’ gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL
‘New generation’ gas centrifuge to be piloted by TVEL

Monday, 21 July 2025 The new gas centrifuge for separating uranium isotopes, which Russia’s TVEL describes as a tenth-generation machine, is to undergo pilot industrial operation. (Image: TVEL) According to…

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Darlington SMR to feature Arabelle Solutions turbine gear
Darlington SMR to feature Arabelle Solutions turbine gear

Monday, 21 July 2025 EDF subsidiary Arabelle Solutions is to supply turbine island equipment for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor project at the Darlington site in Ontario, Canada. GE…

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Westinghouse plans ten AP1000 reactors in the USA
Westinghouse plans ten AP1000 reactors in the USA

Friday, 18 July 2025 Westinghouse plans to start construction of the first of ten new AP1000 reactors in the USA by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump…

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US seeks pilot production lines for advanced reactor fuel
US seeks pilot production lines for advanced reactor fuel

Friday, 18 July 2025 The US Department of Energy has announced the start of a new pilot programme to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear reactors and strengthen domestic supply…

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Bulgaria partners with Citi for financing of new Kozloduy units
Bulgaria partners with Citi for financing of new Kozloduy units

Friday, 18 July 2025 Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy and the US’s Citi bank have agreed on a partnership to secure funding for the construction of two new units at the…

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McClean Lake mine resumes production after 17-year hiatus
McClean Lake mine resumes production after 17-year hiatus

Friday, 18 July 2025 Uranium mining operations have started at the McClean Lake project in Saskatchewan, Canada, using the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction mining method, joint venture partners Orano…

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ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR sign Temelín early works agreement
ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR sign Temelín early works agreement

Friday, 18 July 2025 The Czech Republic’s ČEZ and UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR have signed an Early Works Agreement to start site specific work for potential small modular reactors at the…

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Containment dome of Hinkley Point C unit 2 installed
Containment dome of Hinkley Point C unit 2 installed

Thursday, 17 July 2025 The dome of the containment building has been hoisted into place at the second unit of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in…

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Framatome to supply nuclear fuel to UAE’s Barakah plant
Framatome to supply nuclear fuel to UAE’s Barakah plant

Thursday, 17 July 2025 Framatome and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have signed an agreement for the supply of nuclear fuel assemblies and engineering services for the Barakah nuclear power…

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