India’s Power Demand Set to Grow 6% a Year Through 2030

Power demand in India is expected to rise by about 6% every year over the next four-five years, with growth supported by renewable energy capacity additions, brokerage Centrum Institutional Research…

Fear of an Oil Glut May Be Overblown, Top Consultancy Says

Up to 75% of the previous oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to return to the market by the end of the year, but significantly lower oil…

UK’s $667 Billion Net-Zero Bill Could Make Britain Uncompetitive

The UK’s cost to meet its ambitious net-zero and clean power goals is a massive $667 billion, or £500 billion, which would be heavily front-loaded capital expenditure that will hurt…

Criticality for fourth US microreactor to meet 4 July deadline

Austin, Texas-based Aalo was named in August last year by the Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 11 advanced reactor projects initially selected for support through its Nuclear Reactor…

Control room simulator launched for lead-cooled BREST-OD-300 reactor

The simulator – see picture above – is in the Educational, Training and Information Centre of the Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk, Tomsk Oblast in Russia. The new unit The…

Skanska contracted for Swedish repository expansion work

The SFR repository is situated 60 metres below the bottom of the Baltic Sea and began operations in 1988. The facility comprises four 160-metre-long rock vaults and a chamber in…

Agreement could see prototype microreactor built at Berkeley

In September last year, a planning application was submitted for a new nuclear energy-focused facility on a brownfield site that was once part of the Berkeley nuclear power plant in…

Ampera makes 3D-printed microreactor module

Ampera is developing subcritical thorium-based microreactor systems that are energy dense and do not require refuelling. Through its proprietary tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel platform, neutron-source technology and advanced additive manufacturing,…

America’s Energy Dominance: The Fruit of Freedom Celebrating 250

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, one of the finest blessings our Founders gave our nation stands out with particular clarity: the system of free enterprise. That system did not…

Germany Weathers Energy Crisis With Growing Dependence on American LNG

The share of LNG imports of Germany’s total gas supply rose to 12% in the first half of the year, up from 10% a year earlier, despite the shock supply…