Japan Restarts Nuclear Power at Kashiwazaki Kariwa After 14 Years in the Dark

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has restarted Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, following a 14-year shutdown following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The 1,360 MW reactor is…

US Energy Secretary Meets Venezuela’s President as They Face Herculean Task of Oil Recovery

By and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright met Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez Visit follows Maduro’s capture, $2 billion oil supply deal US aims to reshape global energy markets and…

Trump Directs Energy Department to Issue Funds to Keep Coal Plants Online

By and WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the Defense Department to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants in his latest effort to boost the…

Siemens Energy CEO Sees Data Center Boom Lasting on Power Needs

By Siemens Energy AG’s Chief Executive Officer Christian Bruch has a message for investors worried about surging spending on data centers: Don’t fear a bubble. “So far, we see reservations…

SM Energy is Seeking Buyers for Eagle Ford Natural Gas Assets, Sources Say

SM Energy has launched the sales process for some of its natural gas-producing assets in the Eagle Ford shale basin of South Texas as it looks to trim debt following…

Study examines benefits of Pallas to future power plant construction

The study –  – examined the potential societal value of the Pallas programme for the construction of future Dutch nuclear power plants. The Pallas research reactor is being built at…

US campaign puts case for disposal, not reprocessing, of used fuel

The initiative – which is a collaboration of the Clean Air Task Force, the EFI Foundation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative – aims to “build a new nuclear energy ecosystem…

Safety review completed at South African research reactor

The five-day six-person Safety Review Mission on Ageing Management and Continued Safe Operation was at the invitation of the facility’s operator, the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and was…

Assessment of proposed Norwegian SMR plant to begin

Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to Norway’s Ministry of Energy in November 2023 for an assessment of the construction of the small modular reactor (SMR) plant. According…

Big Oil Courts Syria for Major Exploration Deals

Syria expects to award oil and gas exploration licenses to major international oil firms as it looks to tap its estimated huge reserves, the chief executive of the state-owned Syrian…