Scientists from 43 Countries Nominated for the 2022 Global Energy Prize

Georgy Tikhomirov: closed nuclear fuel cycle opens up access to 99% percent of uranium’s energy

Global Energy to announce the 2022 prize shortlist in Ufa

Scientists from 43 Countries Nominated for the 2022 Global Energy Prize

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Georgy Tikhomirov: closed nuclear fuel cycle opens up access to 99% percent of uranium’s energy

In 2021, in the Tomsk Region, located in Eastern Siberia, State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom began construction of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled reactor. Why can this project demonstrate the benefits of a closed nuclear fuel cycle? When will this technology be commercialised? And what is the future of thorium reactors? Georgy Tikhomirov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Technology of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, one of the authors of the report “10 Breakthrough Ideas in Energy for the Next 10 Years”, answered these questions in an interview for the Global Energy Association.

Global Energy to announce the 2022 prize shortlist in Ufa

The shortlist of the 2022 Global Energy Prize will be announced on May 24 at a strategic session themed “Russia’s Oil and Gas Complex: Development Trends, Challenges and Outlooks,” which will take place in the capital of Bashkortostan as part of the 30th international exhibition and forum “Gas. Oil. Technologies.”

Scientists from 43 Countries Nominated for the 2022 Global Energy Prize

On 20 March 2022, the Global Energy Association finished accepting applications for the award of the same name. This year the Association surpassed its own records of the last nomination cycle.

10 days left before the end of the Global Energy Prize nomination cycle

Submissions for the Global Energy Prize will close in exactly ten days, on 20th March 2022.

The Global Energy Association presents honorary diploma to physicist Igor Grekhov

Global Energy Association opens a new nomination cycle

Global Energy to announce the 2022 prize shortlist in Ufa

Scientists from 43 Countries Nominated for the 2022 Global Energy Prize

10 days left before the end of the Global Energy Prize nomination cycle

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Delhi will meet half of its energy demand from solar panels by 2030

The government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi plans to provide half of electricity demand from solar power by 2030, according to the India Today, an Indian edition. To do it, the authorities of the Territory are going to make mandatory installation of photovoltaic panels on the roofs of government buildings.

Denmark to install the world’s largest wind turbines on the Baltic shelf

Danish companies European Energy and Vestas plan to put into operation three of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines V236-15.0 MW. The power of each is 15 MW, and a rotor blade length is 236 metres. The project will be implemented four kilometres away from Frederikshavn, a Baltic Sea coast city, by 2024.

UAE prepares feasibility study for two green hydrogen projects

The Abu Dhabi National Power Company (TAQA) is working on a feasibility study for two ‘new power industry’ projects, the Emirati news agency WAM cites Farid Al-Awlaki, TAQA’s director for power industry. It’s about production of green hydrogen to be used for environmentally friendly steel production and creation of the green ammonia export facilities.

Russian scientists have found an environmentally friendly way for processing oil waste

The scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have developed an environmentally friendly way for processing oil waste to produce bitumen and liquid hydrocarbons. The research results were published by the Applied Sciences, an international peer-reviewed journal specialising in engineering sciences as well as applied chemistry, physics and biology.

China completes concrete pouring at world’s first land-based small nuclear power plant

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed pouring concrete into the floor slab of the ACP100 Demo Small Modular Reactor at the Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Hainan Province in southern China. The 125 megawatt (MW) reactor will be commissioned in 2026 and will be able to generate 1 billion kilowatt hours (KWh) of electricity annually, enough to power 526,000 households.

3D-printed hydroelectric dam

China is going to build the Yangqu hydroelectric dam on the Tibetan Plateau using 3D printing. The 180-metre high dam will be built layer by layer using a special-purpose 3D printer, which will be employed in conjunction with trucks, bulldozers, excavators, pavers and rollers controlled by artificial intelligence.

China completes concrete pouring at world’s first land-based small nuclear power plant

India is going to redouble solar capacity

India is going to commission 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind turbines and 50 GW of solar panels, industry magazine Reve reported citing a statement by Raj Kumar Singh, India’s Minister for New and Renewable Energy. The implementation of these plans will allow the country to double its capacity in solar energy, also making it the second largest producer of offshore wind energy in Asia.

Aviation fuel from ammonia

The Australian company Aviation H2 is going to make a test flight with an ammonia-powered aircraft by mid-2023, reports New Atlas, a popular science portal. The substance resulting from synthesis of hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen can be an alternative to fuel cells whose introduction entails abandonment of turbofan engines and costly replacement of aviation kerosene storage systems.

Republic of South Africa (RSA) unveils the world’s largest hydrogen truck

Mining Company Anglo American has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen truck to operate at a platinum mine in northern RSA. The dump truck equipped with 2 MW fuel cells and capable of hauling up to 290 tons of ore will be the first among the trucks the company plans to replace diesel vehicles with.

Georgy Tikhomirov: closed nuclear fuel cycle opens up access to 99% percent of uranium’s energy

Atom at its best

The Rosatom plans to launch a preclinical cyclotron-radiopharmacological complex and a multi-purpose irradiation centre in Bolivia in the near future, which are under implementation as part of a large-scale project of creation of the Centre for Nuclear Research and Technology. In addition to the radiopharmaceutical production facility and a multipurpose irradiation center, the Centre for Nuclear Research includes a reactor facility and a laboratory of radiobiology and radioecology, which are expected to be launched in 2024.