US companies come together for ‘gas-plus-nuclear’ solution

Bringing together Blue Energy’s project financing and nuclear construction techniques with GE Vernova’s reactor technology and turbines, the companies plan to design and develop a nuclear power plant using GE…

Norwegian municipalities initiate investigation work

Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to the ministry in November 2023 for an assessment of the construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in the…

Brookfield and The Nuclear Company target VC Summer project

The partnership will specialise in the development of Westinghouse nuclear reactor technology, with the ambition of establishing a world-leading nuclear project execution company, the partners said. It will offer execution…

Key AERB approval issued for Kudankulam 5 and 6

The Major Equipment Erection permission was issued on 1 May to Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) “after satisfactory completion of multi-tier safety review of design of the units against…

Blykalla and ABB enhance cooperation

In October 2024, Blykalla and ABB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which ABB would explore how its automation, electrification and digitalisation solutions could support Blykalla’s small modular reactor (SMR)…

China Orders Refiners to Ignore U.S. Sanctions on Key Iranian Oil Buyers

In a major escalation of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has formally invoked its 2021 Blocking Rules for the first time to counteract U.S.…

Equinor Signs $1.8 Billion in Drilling Deals to Keep Oil and Gas Output High

Equinor has extended $1.8 billion worth of drilling and well services supplier contracts as the Norwegian energy major looks to keep high oil and gas production offshore Norway and deliver…

US Oil Sanctions Push Beijing to Test Washington’s Limits

Beijing has told its companies to ignore American sanctions on a major oil refiner, complicating the leaders’ summit next week. By Oil storage tanks at a petrochemical production base on…

Why Markets Think the US Is Winning the Blockade

By The USS Abraham Lincoln conducting blockade operations. Source: U.S. Navy/Getty Get the Latest US Focused Energy News Delivered to You! It’s FREE: The Strait of Hormuz remains blockaded —…

Forget 3% US Inflation. It’s Heading for 4%: McGeever

By Jamie McGeever U.S. inflation has been above the Federal Reserve’s target for so long that many observers believe policymakers have implicitly accepted a higher level. The worry now is…