Energy news

After the refusal of the United States to purchase Russian oil, there is more and more speculation that the West may refuse to supply another type of fuel from Russia – nuclear. We are talking about uranium and special fuel assemblies for nuclear power plants. Ukraine has already announced its rejection of them. But what will happen if these plans are implemented? Nothing good for the West.

The Russian authorities have decided to provide additional funding for research in the field of nuclear energy applications. The Russian government allocates 5 billion rubles for developments in the field of thermonuclear energy and plasma technologies.

People's Daily (China): the situation in Ukraine has not yet been resolved, and Europe is already suffering damage

The United States imposed sanctions against Russia, but they hurt Europe, writes People's Daily. Now the European Union will have to pay a high price for the shortage of energy resources.

Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus, together with CFM International, will test a hydrogen internal combustion engine on the A380— the world's largest production airliner. Four liquid hydrogen tanks, a modified GE Passport turbofan unit and a liquid hydrogen distribution system will be installed on the aircraft. Flight tests of the demonstrator will begin within five years.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation will carry out work on the design of the infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas transshipment complex in the port of Murmansk. One of the key facilities will be an automated radio engineering post of the vessel traffic control system, which will ensure the safety of navigation in the waters of the port in the Bay of Ur.

Russia will decide for itself how and in what ways to ensure its security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Last week, the US Army presented its own strategy for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. It is worth clarifying that it is not only about eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, but also about adapting "infrastructure and the natural environment to the risks of climate change."

This is not a sample of computer modeling, but a real video recording, and made during the installation of a 25-year record! The British laboratory Joint European Torus (JET) was able to achieve energy generation of 59 megajoules on its experimental thermonuclear reactor. The process lasted 5 seconds, which the camera captured.

The meeting of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was canceled due to the refusal of the German side to provide military assistance to Kiev, CNN reported, citing an informed source.

In accordance with the plan to provide troops with new military and special equipment, at the end of last year, modern military equipment of the rear service, in particular the ADCPT-10 tankers, was received by the troops of the Air Defense Forces.

Specialists have started designing the power supply system of the National Space Center on the territory of the Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Biryukov told reporters on Monday.

Today, the innovative electric steelmaking complex Interpipe Steel is 10 years old. It was on January 17, 2012 that the first melting of metal was made at the plant.

The latest mobile engineering power plant ED-30 AI has entered service with a separate engineer-sapper regiment of the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

Chubais: ferrous metallurgy faces deep restructuring due to energy transition

The ferrous metallurgy is facing a deep restructuring related to the energy transition: the abandonment of coal, the restoration of iron with the help of methane and hydrogen, Anatoly Chubais, special representative of the President for relations with international organizations, said at the Gaidar Forum on Thursday.

On Friday, January 14, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the pipeline troops on their professional holiday.

He noted that the servicemen honorably perform their official duty and contribute to strengthening the country's defense potential. "The personnel of the troops have repeatedly proved their professionalism and readiness to act in the most difficult conditions," the Defense Minister stressed.

Formations and military units of the Central Military District (CVO) received about 50 modern tankers in 2021.

The ex-head of Rusnano compared the energy transition with the information revolution of the XX century. A country that does not complete this process will look like it would look now without the Internet, he believes

Specialists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of Roscosmos) have completed work on the project of a promising solar space power plant (SCES), which will provide electricity to hard-to-reach areas of the Earth, the RKS press service reported.

Afghanistan will receive 3.5 billion kWh of electricity from neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in 2022, Inamullah Samangani, deputy official representative of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), said on Sunday.