China recently unveiled what it says is the largest and most powerful floating offshore wind turbine in the world. The reason this is being viewed as a substantial claim is that the country is now announcing record breaking floating wind turbine technology in the one major area of renewable energy …

The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex has said that it moved a “pebble-like” piece of melted fuel just outside a reactor container as part of its attempt to retrieve the radioactive debris for the first time since the plant was damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. …

Turkey wants to discuss with Russia the special price of natural gas being imported from Russia, announced the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Alparslan Bayraktar. “In 2023, we signed a [natural] gas contract with Russia at very special prices. We have such a program for 2024 and …

Gas transmission through Iran’s natural gas network reached 133 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), Iranian Gas Transmission Company (IGTC)’s Managing Director Peyman Khazraei announced. Khazraei said 74 percent of the overhaul plans and development goals of the …

China aims to see the annual direct economic output value of its nuclear technology application industry hit 400 billion yuan (about 56 billion U.S. dollars) by 2026. The target was set in an action plan, recently jointly released by China Atomic Energy Authority, the National Development and Reform Commission and …

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may cut prices for most of the crude grades it sells to Asia in December, tracking weakness in Middle East benchmark Dubai, trade sources said. Price cuts for Saudi oil would signal weak demand and provide more evidence for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting …

Earth-warming emissions by European Union economies fell by an aggregate 8.3 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, helped by growth in renewable power production, the European Commission reported Thursday. Last year marks the second-biggest annual drop in EU greenhouse gas emissions in decades, after 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic drove …

Oil traders can’t seem to agree on where OPEC+ will steer production next, and it’s anyone’s guess if the cartel’s December hike is still on the table. OPEC+ has touted plans for a boost, but the group’s go-to mantra—adjusting output based on market ‘realities’—is giving traders pause. According to a …

Vietnam’s electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast Auto is expected to receive at least $1 billion in overseas funding led by Emirates Driving Company (EDC), Abu Dhabi’s leading driver training and road safety institute, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, quoting a source with knowledge of the agreement. VinFast and its parent company, Vingroup, …

Following months of stalled negotiations, the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process is moving again. Despite the newfound optimism that a deal is close, both sides have given no indication of how they intend to settle major differences. Following a brief meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city …