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2020, March, 27, 13:40:00
GLOBAL WIND ENERGY UP BY 19%
According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), a total of 60.4 GW of wind capacity was installed worldwide in 2019 (19% more than in 2018), raising the global wind capacity by 10% to more than 650 GW.
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2020, March, 27, 13:35:00
U.S. SOLAR POWER UP
There are 10.4 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar capacity currently under construction across the United States
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2020, March, 27, 13:25:00
BIFACIAL SOLAR POWER
Chinese panel maker Trina Solar, has launched two new PERC monocrystalline bifacial solar modules, each with a reported power output of 500 W.
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2020, March, 25, 13:20:00
RUSSIA'S HYDROGEN FOR JAPAN
State-owned oil and gas major Gazprom announced on February 20 it is looking to produce hydrogen from natural gas.
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2020, March, 23, 13:30:00
РОСНЕФТЬ: 1 МЛН. ДЕРЕВЬЕВ
Демонстрируя приверженность к достижению Целей устойчивого развития ООН «Роснефть» реализует комплексную программу мер, направленных на сохранение и восстановление лесов. Дочерними обществами Компании в 2019 году было высажено около 1 миллиона саженцев.
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2020, March, 23, 13:25:00
TURKEY, BRITAIN SMALL NUCLEAR
Rolls-Royce and its consortium partners have designed the UK SMR, a small pressurised water reactor that they say will be able to operate for 60 years and provide 400–450 MWe.
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2020, March, 20, 12:25:00
U.S. RENEWABLES NEED HELP
The U.S. Senate on March 18 passed a multibillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill
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2020, March, 19, 12:00:00
RUSSIA,BANGLADESH NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Alexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. During the meeting, the Parties discussed issues of bilateral cooperation while development and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
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2020, March, 18, 11:50:00
21 REACTORS FOR INDIA
The rapid growth of nuclear in India is illustrated by the construction of 21 nuclear reactors to increase the power generation to 15,7 GW by 2031 in Mahi Banswara, Gorakhpur, Kudankulam, Rawatbhata, Kakrapar, Chutka-Madhya, and Kalpakkam (Fast Breeder).
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2020, March, 17, 13:10:00
GERMANY'S RENEWABLE INVESTMENT €5 BLN
The German energy group RWE plans to invest €5bn to expand its renewable capacity by 2022, including €1bn in Germany.
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2020, March, 16, 10:10:00
CHINA, FRANCE WIND INVESTMENT $1 BLN
The joint-venture project, with a total investment of 7.9 billion yuan (about 1.13 billion U.S. dollars), was the first of its kind in offshore wind power with both domestic and foreign investment, China Energy said.
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2020, March, 13, 12:00:00
GREEN HYDROGEN COST
Researchers have stated that hydrogen is likely to be cost-competitive by 2035. But other technologies, such as battery storage, which have had a head start over hydrogen are more economical in the short term.
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2020, March, 11, 11:45:00
BRITAIN NEED 50% RENEWABLE
The UK should be running on 50% renewable energy by 2030 to set it on a cost-effective path to the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, according to a report by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).
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2020, March, 11, 11:40:00
U.S. MICRO NUCLEAR
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded contracts to BWX Technologies Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy LLC to each begin design work on a mobile nuclear reactor prototype. The engineering design phase of the project will last up to two years, after which one of the three teams may be selected to build and demonstrate a prototype reactor.
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2020, March, 9, 14:40:00
CANADA, UK NUCLEAR COLLABORATION
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory have agreed an action plan to boost collaboration in energy, medical isotopes, waste management and decommissioning, while the Canadian Nuclear Association and the UK's Nuclear Industry Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in promoting nuclear technologies. Canada's 19 nuclear power reactors produce 15% of the country's electricity. The UK's 15 nuclear power reactors, operating across eight sites, account for 21% of that country's generation.