article thumbnail

WNA: global nuclear generation nears record high in 2019

Green Car Congress

Source: World Nuclear Association and IAEA Power Reactor Information Service (PRIS). Other key findings from the report: Six reactors started up in 2019, four large PWRs commenced operation, one in South Korea, one in Russia and two in China. Six reactors, with a combined capacity of 5.2

2019 468
article thumbnail

Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

Green Car Congress

and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain. which will benefit the overall global supply chain of tungsten for production and manufacturing.

Supplies 380
article thumbnail

ACWA Power signs MoU with POSCO to explore production of green hydrogen and green ammonia

Green Car Congress

ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has signed a memorandum of understanding with POSCO Holdings, the holding company of South Korea’s POSCO Group.

article thumbnail

EIA: US coal exports increased 23% between 2020 and 2021

Green Car Congress

Power plants use steam coal (thermal coal), for electricity generation; homes and businesses also use steam coal for direct heat. Global demand for US metallurgical coal typically is more consistent than for thermal coal because the United States is one of the few suppliers of metallurgical coal. MMst, or 77%, was steam coal).

Coal 434
article thumbnail

Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

Green Car Congress

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society.

Power 321
article thumbnail

ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

Green Car Congress

The ICCT study finds that the United States’ share of cumulative global EV production decreased from 20% to 18% since 2010 and only 15% of the approximately $345 billion in global automaker EV investments are flowing to the US. Similarly, European manufacturing accounted for 25% of global EVs through 2020, up from 23% in 2017.

Global 397
article thumbnail

Qorvo and SK Siltron CSS enter long-term silicon carbide (SiC) supply agreement

Green Car Congress

Qorvo, a global provider of connectivity and power solutions, and SK Siltron CSS, a semiconductor wafer manufacturer, finalized a multi-year supply agreement for silicon carbide (SiC) bare and epitaxial wafers. SiC devices are more efficient at handling high powers and conducting heat than traditional silicon.

Supplies 199