Monthly Archives: September 2022

On September 14, the State Council of China approved the construction of four new nuclear power units. Two of them will be launched within the initial construction phase of the Lianjiang NPP in South China’s Guangdong province, and the remaining two will be part of the second phase of construction of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in Fujian province in the southeast of the country.

Startup Lightyear raised 81 mln Euros for development of electric vehicle Lightyear 2, which will be energised by solar panels. The project will be an upgraded version of the electric car Lightyear 0, mass production of which ought to begin this autumn.

Startup T-Omega has created a prototype of wind turbine, which can generate electric power not only in a coastal zone but also in high seas. The experimental unit, two metres high, with power rating of 10 megawatts (MW) and scale factor of 1:60 in relation to the future commercial analogue, has underwent successfully stability testing in a wave reservoir.

“Hydrogen will become an effective energy source only if water and extremely cheap energy rather than fossil hydrocarbons are used as raw materials for its production,” says Valery Bessel, the executive vice president of NewTech Services, Professor of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas at the International Gas Forum, St. Petersburg.

The scientists of the University of Melbourne and the University of Manchester have created a prototype electrolysis plant able to use air moisture for hydrogen production. Commercialisation of the development will make it possible to obtain green hydrogen in the arid regions favourable for solar generation but experiencing water scarcity.