By [Energy Central] Dan Yurman NL’s Marvel Micro Reactor Prepares for Testing Posted on June 2, 2023 by djysrv INL’s Marvel Micro Reactor Prepares for Testing Nuclear Startup Wants to Build a Commercial Version of Marvel China Halts Its Floating Nuclear Power Plan DOE Announces $50 Million for a Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program Key Collaborations…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan A couple of years ago I was invited to examine the situation around the Gulf state of Oman regarding the energy transition, and particularly looking at opportunities around renewable energy and the newcomer of hydrogen, especially the green and renewable variety. Oman is a mature energy exporter, with a long…
By [Energy Central] Mark Silverstone It may be worthwhile to listen to this approximately 12 minute podcast of the NPR interview by Brian Lehrer with Andy Read. Dr. Read is a professor of marine biology and the director of the Duke University Marine Laboratory. He talks about why so many beached whales are turning up…
By [Energy Central] German Toro Ghio In February 2016, National Geographic published an article discussing the occurrence of Hawaii’s largest waves in years attributed to changing weather patterns. This phenomenon is a consequence of the significant storms generated in the Pacific Ocean due to the El Niño phenomenon. BY GERMÁN & C0, KARLSTAD, SWEDEN, JUNE…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Green Hydrogen | Oman Yesterday’s Hydrom Announcements. Duqm features in some of our training modules. The port is one of a number well placed to be a front runner in the Hydrogen and Ammonia sectors. Oman aims to increase green hydrogen production from 32,500 to 3.75 million tonnes per year…
By [Energy Central] Mitchell Beer There’s growing speculation that the decision to “postpone” work on the giant Bay du Nord oil and gas project off the Newfoundland and Labrador coast is actually a cancellation moving in slow motion. Norwegian state fossil Equinor announced Wednesday that it was suspending plans to develop the C$16-billion Bay du…
By [Energy Central] Rafael Herzberg Boundary conditions One of the most important challenges – when trying to find solutions in the energy area for a specific case – is to map out the constraints that need to be respected. And, as a rule, there is a (long) list of them. They involve financial, legal, technical,…
By Jillian Ambrose Move expected to help reduce waits of up to 15 years to connect solar power installationsBritain’s electricity system operator will tell energy developers to get on with their projects or get out of the queue for a grid connection as it struggles to manage the growing backlog of delayed green energy projects.The…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Oman has big industrial and structural ambitions and we here are the first public signs of significant progress, involving, as is so often the case areas around the ports and exploiting links with Europe and Rotterdam Oman Hydrogen – Hydrom Signs 3 Deals to Develop Green Hydrogen Projects with Investments…
By [Energy Central] Tariq Siddiqui Key Take Aways Emission Challenge: Industrial emissions account 30% of total US emissions. Chemical, Refining, Iron & Steel, Cement and Food & Beverages are top 5 industries with most industrial hard-to reduce emissions. CCS Pathway:The Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only feasible technology that can deliver deep emission…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Ra Germany-based DAI Infrastruktur is one of a number of organisations that signed MoUs with the Suez Canal Economic Zone for development of green maritime fuels projects (this list also includes China Energy and Ocior). Dubbed “Project Ra”, 1.6 million tonnes per year of ammonia would be produced near Port…
By [Energy Central] John Benson I just started a paper with the following words: “Many of my papers start with a chemists identifying a material that performs a particular function much more effectively than the incumbent material.” I completed the first draft of the above mentioned paper, and started reading my latest issue of Science…
By [Energy Central] German Toro Ghio Intelligence reports suggest enemy forces are advancing ahead of a planned Ukrainian counteroffensive. Media Editing By Germán & Co, June 1, 2023 According to reports, the Ilyinsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region was minimally impacted by a possible drone attack. A fire incident occurred at the Afipsky refinery,…
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By [Energy Central] Rafael Herzberg Electric stove One opportunity for Brazil to reduce its emissions “footprint” is to replace the traditional gas stove with an electric one. This electric stove can be powered by our electric supply chain (generation, transmission and distribution). Our matrix is predominantly renewable (water, sun, wind) and if its off-peak use…