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Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors

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Nuclear power plants are still being dismantled, and the business of decommissioning remains strong, but the need for more baseload power and emissions-free generation has some companies ready to restart idled The post Tear It Down or Start It Back Up? Plant Owners Weigh Options Around Retired Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Can China Maintain Its Clean Energy Dominance?

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Despite being the worlds biggest polluter, China is also a renewable energy superpower. Following decades of investment, China is the worlds biggest green energy producer, and its renewable energy capacity keeps on growing. The Asian giant is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, despite continuing to be heavily reliant on oil, gas and coal.

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Nigeria Boosts Oil Production Above Its OPEC+ Quota

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Higher exports and increased demand from the huge new African refinery, Dangote, pushed Nigerias oil production in February 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) above its OPEC+ quota of 1.5 million bpd, a Reuters survey showed. Last month, Nigerian production exceeded its quota in the OPEC+ agreement by the most among all participants.

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How AI is fuelling the climate crisis, not solving it

Energy Transition

‘Artificial intelligence will make it easier to combat climate change.’ ’ That’s the bold claim made by billionaire and self-proclaimed climate problem–solver Bill Gates. But Gates – a well-known advocate of geoengineering – is not alone in promoting the idea that technology can be our saviour.

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Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Buys Its First Dubai Crude via Platts Pricing Process

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Abu Dhabis national oil company ADNOC has made its first trades via the S&P Global Platts pricing process for Dubai crude oil, in a rare move for a Middle Eastern producer, traders told Reuters on Thursday.

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EPRI: Industry Has Marked Significant Progress on its Advanced Nuclear Reactor Roadmap 

POWER Magazine

A year after EPRI and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) unveiled the first phase of their Advanced Reactor Roadmap, the nuclear industry and its stakeholders have rallied to make significant […] The post EPRI: Industry Has Marked Significant Progress on its Advanced Nuclear Reactor Roadmap appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Blue Bird Delivers Its 2,000th Electric School Bus

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Blue Bird Corporation, manufacturer of electric and low-emission school buses, has delivered its 2,000th electric, zero-emission school bus. Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada received Blue Bird’s 2,000th electric vehicle to help the nation’s fifth-largest school district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation.

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