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Women Are an Important Piece of UAE Nuclear Power Program

March 10, 2022 admin barakah, full coverage, International, International Women's Day, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power podcasts, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Women, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:38:23 +0000

Tuesday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The idea of an International Women’s Day (IWD) was first proposed in 1910 by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, during a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The […]

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UAE’s First Reactor Gets Go-Ahead

February 19, 2020 admin barakah, bushehr, Business, enec, International, Iran, Iraq, kepco, news, Nuclear, opec, Technology, UAE

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:16:52 +0000

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to begin commercial operation of the Middle East’s first nuclear power plant, after the country’s regulatory agency on Feb. 17 gave its approval for the start-up of the first reactor at the Barakah site. The plant can now begin loading fuel, and Unit 1 is expected to come […]

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POWER Notebook: A Week of Trials and Triumphs for Nuclear

February 6, 2020 admin apr1400, atrium 11, barakah, browns ferry, Business, bwrx-300, Čez, Czech Republic, enec, eskom, framatome, geh, International, Markets, nawah, news, Nuclear, pbmr, pebble bed, Research and Development, Safety, Technology, TVA, UAE, wano

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:31:27 +0000

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The past week saw interesting developments worldwide for nuclear new builds, small modular reactors (SMRs), and advanced nuclear fuel. Highlighted here: A third U.S. utility will use Framatome’s ATRIUM 11 fuel design; Barakah 1 in the United Arab Emirates is on the cusp of startup; South Africa’s Eskom said it wants to dispose of PBMR […]

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Report: Investment in Renewables Hit Record High in 2019

January 16, 2020 admin Argentina, biomass, bloombergnef, bnef, Brazil, Business, chile, China, geothermal, global, Hydro, India, International, investment, Japan, Mexico, netherlands, news, offshore wind, Renewables, Solar, u.s., UAE, uk, Ukraine, waste to energy, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:33:18 +0000

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Financial support for installations of offshore wind projects helped investment in renewable energy capacity hit a record high in 2019, according to data from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF) released Jan. 16. The group said worldwide investment in renewables was $282.2 billion last year, up 1% from $280.2 billion in 2018. Financing of offshore wind projects, […]

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How The Zayed Sustainable Prize Makes A Difference — 4 Interviews

January 12, 2020 admin Abu Dhabi, abu dhabi sustainability week, africa, batteries, bboxx, bboxx cook, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, ecosoftt, Energy Storage, felix brooks-church, FOOD, grid, HEALTH, INTERVIEWS, liberia, light every birth, lithium-ion batteries, mansoor hamayun, masdar, Off The Grid, rooftop solar, rwanda, sanku, Sierra Leone, Solar energy, solar panels, solar suitcases, tanzania, UAE, Uganda, Water, Water Management, we care solar, zayed sustainability award, Zimbabwe

Credit to Author: Jacek Fior| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:57:39 +0000

I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations

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For Police Departments, The Tesla Cybertruck Is A Must-Have Vehicle

January 8, 2020 admin clean transport, cuidad valles, Dubai, dubai police force, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Kansas, kansas highway patrol, mass transit / public transit, Mexico, policy & politics, san luis potosí, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla police cars, tesla police vehicles, tesla trucks, UAE

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:57:31 +0000

What would a Tesla Cybertruck look like if owned by your local police department

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UAE Set to Start First Nuclear Plant; Sweden, Germany Shut Units

December 31, 2019 admin barakah, Business, closure, Coal, energiewende, Gas, GERMANY, International, news, Nuclear, philippsburg, Renewables, ringhals, shutdown, Sweden, UAE, vattenfall

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:24:25 +0000

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The first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly will come online in early 2020. The report comes one day after Sweden on Dec. 30 shut down one of four reactors at the nation’s largest nuclear plant, closing Unit 2 at the Ringhals facility after more than 40 years of operation. Germany […]

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Solar Projects Show Rapid Growth in Middle East

November 1, 2019 admin acwa power, benban solar complex, Business, International, middle east, news, noor abu dhabi, Oman, Renewables, Saudi Arabia, Solar, solarplaza international, UAE

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:57 +0000

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Solar power continues to make inroads in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and other parts of the Persian Gulf region. The Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA) in late September said it

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Global Shipping Is Making False Impressions About Circumventing Pollution — Billions Spent On “Cheat Devices”

October 5, 2019 admin air quality, Belgium, British, carbon dioxide emissions, chemical scrubbers, China, climate change, co2 emissions, coastal shipping, container shipping, Europe, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, greta thunberg, HEALTH, icct, international council on clean transportation (icct), Ireland, North Sea, ocean shipping, Oil, pahs, policy & politics, port of fujairah, research, SCIENCE, scrubbers, UAE, uk, US, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:00:25 +0000

Water goes everywhere. It reaches places and distances that other things can’t with such flexibility and ingenuity. To attach pollutants to that ingenious reach is counter to intelligence and consciousness

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Senate bows to Trump vetoes, allows Saudi weapons sales

July 29, 2019 admin arms sale, firearms, Latest News Stories, Saudi Arabia, Trump, UAE, US news, us senate, World, World News

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:05:54 +0000

WASHINGTON – The Senate has failed in a bid to override a series of vetoes issued by President Donald Trump, allowing the administration to move forward with plans to sell billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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