Electricity Demand Soars Across Middle East and North Africa As Cooling And Desalination Drive Energy Use

Representational image. Credit: Canva Electricity consumption across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has grown rapidly over the past few decades and is expected to continue rising significantly, according…

Morgan Stanley Reshapes Energy Investment Banking

Morgan Stanley is merging its Global Energy and Global Power & Utilities investment banking teams into a single worldwide unit, a move aimed at sharpening its coverage of clients across…

Kazakhstan Resumes Oil Exports via Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan After Suspension

Kazakhstan has restarted oil shipments through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline after a one-month suspension, restoring a key westward export route that bypasses Russia. State company KazMunayGas confirmed that 8,800 tonnes…

British firm to acquire ODIN microreactor design

Cambridge AtomWorks, which is led by University of Cambridge nuclear science leaders, is an advanced reactor developer that is already developing ODIN for NANO Nuclear on an outsourced consulting basis.…

Chernobyl shelter repairs: ‘Difficult choices’ lie ahead

The shelter at-a-glance Chernobyl unit 4 was destroyed in the April 1986 accident (you can read more about it in the ) with a shelter constructed in a matter of months…

Super module in place at Lufeng unit 1

With a hoisting weight of almost 990 tonnes and measuring more than 26 metres long, 29 metres wide and 23 metres high, the concrete and steel CA01 module – composed…

L&T contracted for Kudankulam work

The order, placed with Larsen & Toubro’s Heavy Civil Infrastructure (HCI) business, encompasses the mechanical package for the Kudankulam 5 and 6 project, including installation of the nuclear reactor and…

Canadian SMR project shortlisted for federal fast-track

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the launch of the Major Projects Office (MPO) in August, to fast-track “nation-building” projects by streamlining regulatory assessment and approvals and helping to structure financing,…

World Must Spend $540 Billion a Year Looking for Oil and Gas, IEA Says

By The world needs to spend some $540 billion a year looking for oil and gas to maintain current output by 2050 as the pace of declines in existing fields…

Gates-Backed Fund Joins Airlines in Push for Green Jet Fuel

By A Bill Gates-backed investment fund is teaming with British Airways parent IAG SA, American Airlines Group Inc. and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. to accelerate the production of sustainable aviation…