The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden earlier this month and will go into effect on 11 August. The ban runs until the end of 2040, but the DOE may waive the ban, under certain conditions, to allow the import of limited amounts of material up until 1 January 2028.

Australia stands on the precipice of an impending power shortage crisis, set to hit households and businesses along its eastern coastline by 2027.

According to a 2021 McKinsey report, we’ll need more than 1.5 TW of long-duration storage by 2040 to maintain grid reliability.

WEST’s latest campaign, which started in mid-January set a new plasma duration record of 6 minutes and 4 seconds, with an injected energy of 1.15 GJ, along with a steady-state central electron temperature of 4 keV (50m degrees Celsius), and an electron density twice that of discharges obtained in the tokamak’s previous configuration, Tore Supra.

Already in mid-April, August power prices for Dallas soared to $168.70 a megawatt-hour, which was the highest level in five years for this time of the year,

Brent were down 60 cents, or 0.7%, to $82.28 a barrel, WTI slipped 64 cents, or 0.8%, to $78.02.

Gazprom, which holds about 16% of global gas reserves and employs 492,200 people, was once one of Russia's most powerful corporate empires - so powerful it was known as "a state within the state".

There is a growing political focus on the need to develop renewables, with countries agreeing at the COP28 climate summit in December to work towards tripling capacity to 11,000GW by 2030. 

The company noted that estimates of future energy demand in Norway vary from 50 TWh to 233 TWh.

Consumer involvement in distribution network operations will be beneficial for both consumers and Distribution Companies (DISCOMs).