Highlights Power burns down 260 MMcf/d spring 2022 vs. 2021 8.1 GW of renewable capacity installed over past year Commerce tariff investigation could slow solar growth Recent growth in renewable generating capacity across the Western US is putting downward pressure on gas-fired power burns this

Highlights Latest nuclear unit to close before end of licensed period in US Marks exit of Entergy from merchant nuclear plant business Entergy’s 845-MW Palisades plant in Covert, Michigan, shut permanently May 20, more than a week earlier than scheduled due to a maintenance issue,

Highlights Hydrogen production of 1 mil mt/year by 2030 Artificial island planned on Dogger Bank Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is planning to build an artificial island for renewable hydrogen production in the North Sea, backed by 10 GW of offshore wind, the company said May 20.

Highlights JERA’s Hekinan plant maintains runs at half of operable capacity Nakayama Nagoya Joint Power Generation runs at half of operable capacity Japan’s Aichi prefecture partially resumed supplying industrial water to JERA’s 4.1 GW Hekinan coal-fired power plant and other coal-fired power plants in the

Highlights Strategic supply partnerships may need to be struck Product substitutions under study The major push towards renewable energy, including wind power, as envisaged by the European Commission’s REPowerEU scheme may be challenging in terms of accessing the necessary supplies of rare earths, an EC