Department of Energy Opens 3.3 GW Offshore Wind GEA-5 Auction in the Philippines

Department of Energy (DOE) will officially commence activities for the Fifth Auction Round of the Green Energy Auction Program (GEA-5) on 2 March 2026, beginning with the registration of Qualified…

Trump Says US to Provide Insurance to All Maritime Trade in Gulf

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation to provide insurance and guarantees for the financial security of all maritime trade,…

Investors, US Crude Producers Scramble to Lock in Oil Price Spike 

Investors rushed to lock in a spike in oil prices this week, resulting in a record volume of energy futures and options contracts changing hands on Monday, the first trading…

Oil Prices Leap Higher as Iraq Shuts Down Production At Giant Oil Fields

Iraq has begun curtailing oil production at key southern fields, including Rumaila, while West Qurna 2 is also shutting in roughly 460,000 barrels per day, according to Iraqi oil officials.…

Standard design approval sought for i-SMR

The Innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR) – being developed by a consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) – is…

African Energy Chamber signs oil and gas cooperation deal with Venezuela

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela’s Ministry of People’s Power for Hydrocarbons and state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), establishing a…

The mouse-sized robot developed to inspect the Large Hadron Collider

The issue CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, is located near Geneva in Switzerland. Its underground Large Hadron Collider (LHC) consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets in which subatomic…

South Korea to cooperate with the Philippines on nuclear power projects

The MoU was signed on Wednesday in Manila during a state visit by South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung to the Philippines. It was signed by Export-Import Bank of Korea…

Aalo secures fuel and turbine for experimental reactor

Through the fuel supply contract, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) plans to deliver fabricated fuel rods to Aalo in early 2026. These fuel rods will power Aalo-X, Aalo’s first experimental extra…

Potential for CANDU units in Turkey to be explored

The Canadian company is part of AtkinsRéalis Group, which said the agreement provided a framework “for the exchange and sharing of relevant technical data, information, experience, know‑how and expertise” and the…