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Hitachi Energy to Invest Additional $4.5 Billion by 2027 to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition

Hitachi Energy to Invest Additional $4.5 Billion by 2027 to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition

Order backlog more than tripled to over $30 billion since 2020 — More than double new investments in manufacturing, engineering, digital, R&D and partnerships across all major markets from 2024 to 2027 — Around $330 million in capacity expansion, modernization, and new build in Sweden, across all product portfolios with additional 2,000 employees — Global [...]

Valeura Wins Upstream Company of the Year and Executive of the Year Awards

Valeura Wins Upstream Company of the Year and Executive of the Year Awards

SINGAPORE, June 06, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Valeura Energy Inc. (TSX:VLE, OTCQX:VLERF) (“Valeura” or the “Company“), is pleased to announce that the Energy Council has awarded Valeura the Upstream Company of the Year award, and has selected Dr. Sean Guest, President and CEO, as Executive of the Year. The awards were announced on June 5, 2024 at the [...]

Wood Mackenzie Appoints Xizhou Zhou as New Head of Power and Renewables Business

Wood Mackenzie Appoints Xizhou Zhou as New Head of Power and Renewables Business

Industry leader brings wealth of experience and expertise LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, 4 June 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Wood Mackenzie, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, has appointed Xizhou Zhou EVP and Head of Power and Renewables, effective 3 June. Zhou joins Wood Mackenzie from S&P Global, where he has led the Global Power and Renewables division of its Commodity [...]

Bedford Metals Applies for Exploration Permit for Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project

Bedford Metals Applies for Exploration Permit for Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 04, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Bedford Metals Corp. (TSX-V: BFM) (the “Company” or “Bedford”) announce that it has applied for the exploration permit for its upcoming summer exploration program at the Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project, located in the prolific Athabasca region of Canada – renowned for hosting some of the highest-grade uranium mines [...]

The Metals Company Welcomes Prominent Sustainability Strategist Brendan May to its Board of Directors

The Metals Company Welcomes Prominent Sustainability Strategist Brendan May to its Board of Directors

Mr. May is chairman and founder of Robertsbridge, a leading global sustainability consultancy he formed in 2010. He has spent more than 25 years in the sustainability space, initially working on oceans sustainability as CEO of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and more recently on deforestation as European Chairman of the Rainforest Alliance He joins [...]

Vicor Patents Asserted Against Infringing NBMs Withstand Validity Challenges

Vicor Patents Asserted Against Infringing NBMs Withstand Validity Challenges

ANDOVER, Mass., May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has denied institution of Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of all patents asserted by Vicor against Delta Electronics (“Delta”) and downstream customers at the International Trade Commission (“ITC”).  [...]

Bedford Metals Announces Multi-Phase Work Program for Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project

Bedford Metals Announces Multi-Phase Work Program for Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 28, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Bedford Metals Corp. (TSX-V: BFM) (the “Company” or “Bedford”) is pleased to announce its proposed multi-phase work program for its Ubiquity Lake Uranium Project, situated on the lip of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan. Phase 1 of the program calls for an airborne VTEM (Time Domain Electromagnetic) survey of [...]

TMC Commends U.S. House of Representatives for Allocating Defense Funding to Assess the Feasibility of Domestic Nodule Refining Capacity

TMC Commends U.S. House of Representatives for Allocating Defense Funding to Assess the Feasibility of Domestic Nodule Refining Capacity

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the House version of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) calls for $2 million allocated to the Defense Department’s Industrial Base Policy Office to study the feasibility of developing domestic capacity to refine polymetallic nodule-derived intermediates to high-purity nickel, copper and cobalt products. The legislation also [...]

Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Technology to Power Marinus Link, a Key Step Toward Australia’s Net Zero ambitions

Hitachi Energy’s HVDC Technology to Power Marinus Link, a Key Step Toward Australia’s Net Zero ambitions

An Australia-first using advanced HVDC technology to stabilize an increasingly renewable grid — A transmission project of national significance to play a key role in Australia’s energy transition to power 1.5 million homes — Hitachi Energy’s two-way power transmission technology will unlock Tasmania’s world-class wind and hydro storage resources to deliver affordable and reliable clean [...]