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Europe
Netherlands to Extend Borssele and Plans Nuclear Advancement
The Dutch government has announced plans to keep the Borssele nuclear power plant operational beyond 2033 and has submitted an amendment to the Nuclear Energy Act to the House of Representatives. Minister of Climate and Green Growth, Hermans, confirmed...
Europe
UK to Expand Clean Energy Workforce for Energy Sector Growth
The UK government has unveiled plans to expand its clean energy sector, a move that includes creating 400,000 additional roles by 2030, bringing the total workforce in this field to 860,000. The initiative, announced on 19 October, is part...
Africa
Egypt Government Unveils $5.7bn Oil and Gas Exploration Plan
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawy, has announced a new five-year oil and gas exploration strategy that calls for the drilling of about 480 exploration wells, backed by total investments surpassing $5.7bn.
Under the programme, 101 wells...
Companies
Equinor Launches Production at Brazil’s Bacalhau Oil Field
Equinor, together with partners ExxonMobil Brasil, Petrogal Brasil, and Pré-sal Petróleo SA, has started production at the Bacalhau oil field in Brazil. With recoverable reserves exceeding 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), Bacalhau is the largest international offshore...
Asia
EWEC Awards Khazna Solar PV Project to ENGIE and Masdar
EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company), a key player in the integrated planning, procurement, supply, and system dispatch of water and electricity across the UAE, has confirmed the award of its 1.5-gigawatt (GW) (AC) Khazna Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Independent...
Asia
Gazprom, Kazakhstan Sign MOU for New Cross-Border Pipeline
Russia’s energy major Gazprom has signed a memorandum with the government of Kazakhstan to build a new cross-border gas pipeline linking the two countries.
The deal was reached during a meeting between Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar and...
Europe
Ukraine Prepares Draft Law and Roadmap for SMR Deployment
A new draft law has been introduced, and a working group has convened to prepare an action plan for bringing small modular reactors (SMRs) to Ukraine.
First Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Artem Nekrasov underscored the importance of nuclear...
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