Phase 1 of Egypt’s ‘Megaproject’ has been officially inaugurated. The connection of 4.8 GW to the grid in record time is a significant milestone in the construction of three massive combined cycle plants that support the country’s plans for sustainable development with a stable energy infrastructure.
Construction of the pipelines making up the Southern Gas Corridor is at various stages, but if Eni and Gazprom succeed in routing Russian gas across northern Greece and the Adriatic Sea to southern Italy, it will add another dimension to the idea of transporting European gas supplies through southern Europe.
The European Union's policies to meet its energy and climate goals are in constant flux. A recent meeting of EU research consortium, Insight_E, highlighted the difficulties facing policymakers and revealed some of the research that could affect policies impacting energy companies and users.
Moves are being made on both sides of the Atlantic to speed up the development of small modular reactors, partly to address the issues facing large nuclear projects.
An Alaskan utility is demonstrating an innovative solution to help it cope with grid stability issues.
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