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The United States will build a small modular nuclear reactor on the territory of Ukraine, the decision has already been made, Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Oksana Markarova said.

Wired: "unidentified dark vessels" were found near the leak sites on the Sevpotoks

Two large ships with disabled sensors appeared near the leak sites on the Nord Streams a few days before the damage to the gas pipelines, Wired writes. These vessels tried to hide information about their location.

A company from Scotland, AWS Energy, has announced the successful completion of the first stage of testing an existing prototype of an offshore power plant that uses wave energy. The installation was named "Waveswing" and worked for six months at the landfill of the European Marine Energy Center in the Atlantic Ocean near the Orkney Islands. At the same time, the average performance of the system turned out to be 20% better than the calculated ones.

Ilya Lobov, economic adviser to the Russian Embassy in Baghdad, in an interview with RIA Novosti special correspondent Anton Bystrov, told how Moscow plans to develop relations with the new Iraqi authorities and in what areas, why trade turnover has increased, as well as what prospects are opening up in nuclear cooperation with Baghdad.

The ceiling of prices for Russian oil will still be introduced, the decision was made by the G7 countries and Australia, which joined them. The agreement will enter into force in November, and will be finalized in early December of this year. This is reported by Reuters with reference to sources.

As the hype around green hydrogen increases in the West, several energy companies and energy ministers of some countries are exploring the potential of converting existing natural gas infrastructure for use in hydrogen transportation as Europe gradually tries to abandon fossil fuels.

Advance: Norway has increased the readiness level of the Armed Forces, fearing Russian retaliation

Norway has put the army on high alert due to the Ukrainian crisis, Advance writes. What is she afraid of? Nothing has happened in the country itself yet, but fears related to Russia are growing, and with them paranoia, the author notes.

Money.pl : the Poles "snapped the French on the nose." Paris will not build their nuclear power plant

Warsaw rejected the third proposal made by France for the construction of a nuclear power plant, writes Money.pl . South Korean or American companies will build nuclear power plants in Poland. For Paris, this is an image failure, for the EU – a political one. But Warsaw will also feel the losses.

This also applies to thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, said that about 40% of the country's energy infrastructure, including thermal power plants, thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, was damaged.

Ankara's oil and gas deal with Libya increases the risk of a Greek-Turkish armed conflict. This agreement, which provides for joint exploration by Turkish and Libyan specialists of oil and gas fields in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, was signed on October 3.

In total, we are talking about 954 units of power equipment, said the head of the department Dmitry Kuleba

Governments and companies from 12 countries have agreed to supply Ukraine with energy equipment, including generators and heat guns. This was announced on Monday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba.

China is going to modernize its submarine fleet by transferring part of conventional submarines to lithium-ion batteries. This is reported by the South China Morning Post. According to the author of the publication, the Chinese submarine fleet will soon be able to be powered by lithium-ion batteries, relying on the advantages of technological developments in the field of electric vehicles.

According to experts, this is especially important during a special military operation, when oil depots and refineries in border zones may be attacked from the air

The Government of the Russian Federation has instructed the Ministry of Energy to work out the issue of restricting drone flights over the most significant objects of the fuel and energy complex (fuel and energy complex) by November 1, according to a letter dated October 14, which State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Energy Anastasia Bondarenko sent to energy companies. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this on Monday with reference to the letter.

Recently, the United States has lost its leading position in the global nuclear reactor market. Now the championship has passed to the Russian Federation, which cannot be perceived otherwise as a challenge for the United States. This was announced by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi.

TISI: It was advantageous for Washington to deprive Europe of Russian gas

The United States jointly with NATO carried out the undermining of the Nord Stream–2 gas pipeline, former Virginia Senator Richard Black said in an interview with The International Schiller Institute. Washington had the means, the opportunity, and the motive to destroy vital infrastructure.

Iran surprised with an unexpected statement about signing a contract with Russia for the supply of 40 gas turbines. And in this case we are not talking about turbines for Russian gas pipelines, but about turbines for thermal power plants. Gas turbines are far from a mass commodity, and a contract for such a large number of turbines can claim to be the deal of the century. However, does Russia need so many Iranian turbines?

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After the sabotage of the Nord Stream -1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Europe began to think about how important the underwater infrastructure is and how difficult it is to protect it, writes The Economist. The ability to recover is the best defense.

We are talking about four generator sets with a capacity of 400 kilowatts and one generator set with a capacity of 150 kilowatts

The Spanish Government will send generator sets to Ukraine in response to a request for appropriate assistance. This was announced on Wednesday by the Ministry of Defense of the kingdom.

Ukraine is trying to regain control of the nuclear power plant, regardless of losses

Among the targets hit by Russian precision weapons on October 19 are Ladyzhinskaya and Burshtyn thermal power plants, as well as a number of other military and energy facilities of Ukraine. On the same day, enemy attacks were successfully repelled in several strategic directions, including Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog. The units guarding the Zaporozhye NPP destroyed a Ukrainian detachment trying to land at the station by boats. Experts note that Ukraine is trying to regain control of the facility, regardless of losses, and the destruction of the landing is a great success.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an attempt to capture the Zaporozhye NPP

The Russian military destroyed the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which attempted to seize the territory near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP). This was announced on Wednesday, October 19, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.