South Africa Selects 890 MW Of New Solar Projects Under Renewable Energy Programme

Representational image. Credit: Canva South Africa Awards 890 MW of Solar Projects Under Renewable Power Scheme, South Africa’s Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, said on Monday, Dec. 15,…

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  • December 17, 2025
BPC Instruments and SixRing partner on biomethane evaluation

Global technology firm BPC Instruments has entered a collaboration with SixRing, the Canadian company behind the feedstock additive Stimulose, to support biomethane producers in the EU and UK. Across the…

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  • December 17, 2025
CCUS deployment in coal shows limited progress

Global carbon dioxide capture capacity at coal-using facilities stands at approximately 10 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), representing just 0.06% of total coal-related emissions, according to a new International Energy Agency…

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  • December 17, 2025
Uniper secures long-term helium supply from QatarEnergy

German utility company Uniper has signed a deal to buy around two million cubic meters of high-purity helium over a 15-year period from QatarEnergy. Supply began in September under a…

PDVSA Faces Pricing Pressure as Tanker Seizure Disrupts Crude Flows

Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA is facing wider crude discounts, stuck cargoes, and growing pressure from buyers to rewrite trading terms after the United States seized a tanker carrying Venezuelan…

Saudi Firm Midad Emerges as Leading Bidder for Lukoil’s Global Assets

Saudi Arabia’s Midad Energy has emerged as one of the leading contenders to buy Russian oil major Lukoil’s international assets, a deal that could reshape ownership of roughly $22 billion…

EU to Scrap Combustion Engine Ban

The European Union is set to propose softening emissions rules for new cars, scrapping an effective ban on combustion engines following months of pressure from the automotive industry. The proposal…

Permit issued for final Brunsbüttel dismantling work

Vattenfall received the first permit for the decommissioning and dismantling of the Brunsbüttel plant in December 2018. At that time, the plant transitioned from its post-operational phase to decommissioning and…

Holtec signs MoU for SMRs in Hungary

US-based Holtec posted on social media channels that “building on the US-Hungary Nuclear Energy MoU signed in Washington on 7 November 2025, this agreement creates a pathway to deployment of…

Three Illinois reactors receive licence extensions

In the USA, commercial nuclear power plants are initially licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to operate for up to 40 years. A first licence renewal covers an additional…