Energy news

Prague is striving to expand the use of nuclear energy. Tenders are being held in the Czech Republic in connection with the commissioning of a new research reactor in the country, developed as a textbook for nuclear students. The BP-2 research reactor was built in about a year and launched less than ten years after the project was launched in 2014 by the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

Researchers from Melbourne's Royal University of Technology have reported a new success in the development of proton batteries. They managed to triple the energy density of the device, now it reaches 245 Wh/kg. For comparison, commercial lithium-ion batteries have this parameter of about 260 Wh/kg, while the new technology has a number of advantages over them.

The anti-Russian policy of the West contributes to the rapprochement of Moscow and Beijing in the Arctic, writes SCMP. The Kremlin is increasing ties with China in the development of the region, for example, the development of the Northern Sea Route. The Arctic has become a front for Moscow and Beijing's rivalry with the United States, the author notes.

Fervo has completed the first series of tests of a demonstrator of its technology – a universal horizontal geothermal power plant. It is located in Nevada, covers an area of approximately 1 km, has a capacity of 63 liters per second. The injected liquid enters the outside in the form of steam with a temperature of 191 ° C, which allows the power plant to generate 3.4 megawatts of energy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Center for the Construction of Large-Tonnage Offshore Structures (CSCMS) in the Murmansk Region, where NOVATEK is building technological lines for the future liquefied natural gas plant for the Arctic LNG 2 project, and took part in the ceremony of sending the first LNG line. The Head of State expressed confidence that the project will be implemented on time and with the right quality.

Preparations for the construction of an experimental energy storage facility under the Form Energy project have begun at the Sherburn County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota. This is a $760 million technology demonstrator that will have a record capacity of 10 megawatts/1 gigawatt-hour. It is planned that it will work in conjunction with Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar, the largest solar power plant in the United States with a capacity of 710 MW, which is being built next door.

Gazprom (MOEX: GAZP) is preparing to start production on its own of an improved version of the popular model of the Soviet marine engine. Also, the concern has prepared a plan for its further improvement: with an increase in efficiency and power.

Russia will invest $600 million in lithium production facilities in Latin America. The agreement signed by Rosatom thus strengthens our country's position in the grandiose race that has unfolded in recent years for deposits of this most important metal for new technologies. The United States and even China managed to get ahead in this race.

The EU has adopted the eleventh package of sanctions against Russia. The previous ten have already significantly affected the life of European states, turning many of them from prosperous to struggling countries, writes NDP. Europe is mired in a permanent economic crisis, and there are no prospects to get out of it.

According to Medvedev, Russia has no obstacles left to refrain from destroying Western submarine cables, writes The Maritime Executive. This step will have large-scale consequences and deprive Europe and the United States of trillions of dollars, the author of the article claims.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has opened a new Center for Design Development and Scientific Research in Samara. Over 1.5 billion rubles have been invested in the construction of a complex with an area of more than 10 thousand square meters. Equipped with advanced technology and modern IT infrastructure, the Design Bureau will develop promising power plants for aviation, space and energy.

"The Russian economy should become an economy of high wages," says President Putin, and Finance Minister Siluanov is looking for ways to increase Russia's share in the "global economic pie." How can these ambitious goals be realized, what exactly did Siluanov mean and which five industries should become the driving force of future achievements of the Russian economy?

Rostec State Corporation plans to increase the volume of serial production of high-capacity gas turbines GTD-110M. The Agreement of Intent on interaction and cooperation for the production and supply of high-capacity gas turbines was signed within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Gazprom.

The President said that four marine drones participated in the attack, they were destroyed

Ukraine recently attacked a Russian ship guarding the Turkish Stream gas pipeline with the help of naval drones. At the same time, apparently, the American device corrected the attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with military officers.

The Ministry of Defense showed a video with the destruction of Ukrainian boats during the attack on the ship "Azov Sea"

The APU again tried to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea", which ensures the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea.

While analysts are working with the facts to determine the culprit of the incident, propagandists committed to the principles of McCarthyism have already hung labels, writes the Czech portal Parlamentní list. They have not read international security treaties, but they know exactly who is responsible for all the troubles of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine's attempt to attack the Russian ship "Azov Sea" with naval drones, which monitored the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the Black Sea, was stopped.

WSJ: investigators have restored the path of a yacht carrying explosives for the Northern Streams

German investigators have restored the two-week journey of the yacht, which could carry explosives for the "Northern Streams", reports The Wall Street Journal. Now they have to find out whether Poland could serve as a springboard for an attack on the Russian gas pipeline.

In Russia, work is actively underway to create small Shelf-M type nuclear power plants — according to the chief designer of the project, Denis Kulikov, mass production of these stations will start in 2032.

The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam is a terrible tragedy, "Huanqiu Shibao" reports. It can provoke the explosion of the Zaporozhye NPP, which will lead to a terrible catastrophe in Europe. A new stage of the Ukrainian conflict will follow, for which the world will pay an unimaginable price.