2021

HALEU fuel is enriched to between 5% and 20% uranium-235 and will be required by many advanced reactor designs that are currently under development, but is not yet commercially available in the USA.

The Norwegian solar company confirmed its previous target of having 4.5 GW of photovoltaic (PV) capacity at end-2021.

Brent dropped by $2.20, or 3.4%, to $62.42 a barrel. WTI fell by $2.10, or %3.4, to $59.46 a barrel.

The list of "green" activities includes nuclear power, the production of which does not produce direct CO2 emissions, which puts it on a par with renewable sources of generation.

The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge has extended the operating licence for the 1,064 MW Cofrentes nuclear power plant in the province of Valencia until 30 November 2030.

Qatar Petroleum has entered into 10-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Sinopec to supply 2 Mt/year of LNG to China.

GS Energy said it will build a 3 gigawatt LNG-fired power plant in southern Vietnam in a deal estimated at 3.5 trillion won (US$3 billion).

Nigeria has a total refining capacity of about 450 kb/d (22.5 Mt), but most of it is not operational.

These parties have made proposals involving solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power, as well as liquefied natural gas and battery storage.

The wind farm complex will be located some 35km to 60km (21.7 miles to 37.3 miles) off the coast of Changhua County.