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...Experts said the route that would allow a more gradual transition would be to use natural gas or hydrogen instead of coke — to make so-called direct reduced iron....
...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...and public health by reducing diesel and greenhouse gas emissions,” the company said....
...Mr Farrell said Scana was a natural fit for Dominion, which already has gas pipelines in the region and operations in neighbouring North Carolina, but added that he was not banking on significant synergies...
...That is the aim of companies developing a concept known as small modular reactors (SMRs) — mini power stations which draw on modular manufacturing techniques to simplify and accelerate construction....
...Nuclear power is battling to remain competitive against renewable energy and cheap natural gas while at the same time facing rising costs because of increased safety demands following the meltdown at Japan...
...Santee Cooper and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company said on Monday that they had ordered a halt to construction of their jointly-owned project, known as the VC Summer plant, in Jenkinsville with immediate...
...But in 2015 and 2016, the value of US energy exports to Mexico including natural gas exceeded the value of imports from Mexico, according to the US Energy Information Administration....
...New nuclear construction in the country was then stopped just about completely by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, meaning that the US has a large fleet of ageing reactors....
...And with low prices for coal and natural gas, few nations are buying nuclear plants....
...The “America First Energy Plan” aims to deliver energy independence by burning through domestic reserves of shale oil, coal and natural gas. Renewables don’t get a mention....
...But critics say nuclear is too expensive and believe a mix of renewables and natural gas could keep the lights on at a lower cost while still reducing carbon emissions....
...Solar-panel makers have been pressured as crude and natural gas prices have tumbled and as competition within the industry has grown....
...Nuclear power has come under severe economic pressure as a result of competition from plants burning cheap gas unlocked by the shale revolution, and US generators have generally been delaying or abandoning...
...The company is also short-listed for the concession for a major natural gas network project to be awarded next month....
...Rosatom may also have gained an advantage by offering to finance all or part of the Temelin construction costs....
...Under the new plan, China will require new plants to be built with “third generation” technology, which refers to the latest technologies pioneered by companies such as Westinghouse, owned by Japan’s Toshiba...
...So far, the only companies with firm nuclear plans in the UK are EDF Energy and Centrica, owner of British Gas, which are to decide by the end of the year whether to build two reactors at Hinkley Point in...
...Ophir Energy, an oil and gas exploration company in which Mr Kulczyk’s investment vehicle holds a 10 per cent stake, has discovered gas off the coast of Tanzania....
...Toshiba, Hitachi and MHI make many of the technologies that are to replace nuclear power in Japan, from natural-gas turbines to solar panels and wind turbines, which under Japan’s policy shift would receive...
...Philip Asherman, chief executive of CB&I, said the acquisition would make his company “fully diversified across the entire energy sector, from power generation to [liquefied natural gas], from refining to...
...Last month, it teamed up with RRJ again to invest $468m in Houston-based liquefied natural gas company Cheniere Energy, which is set to become a large exporter of LNG from the US....
...Qatar is home to Shell’s flagship $18bn Pearl project, which converts natural gas into clean-burning liquid transport fuels, and one of the company’s vast liquefied natural gas plants....
...With natural gas prices at decade lows, many energy companies are looking to sell their gas assets to fund exploration for higher value shale oil deposits, creating buying opportunities for MLPs....
...Blackstone has agreed to provide $2bn of financing to Cheniere Energy Partners to fund the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant....
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