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The
Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant
was the world's first civilian
nuclear power plant
while
Sellafield
(pictured) was the world's first commercial nuclear power station?
The Chinese energy company
Fushun Mining Group
operates the largest oil shale plant in the world consisting 220
Fushun-type retorts
?
Three of the four
largest power stations in the world
are in South America?
Adriatic LNG
is the world's first offshore gravity-based structure LNG regasification terminal?
The
Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center
is the world's largest
wind farm
at 735.5
megawatt
?
Scotland
has 85% of the United Kingdom's hydro-electric energy resource?
The day when
Exxon
canceled its
Colony Shale Oil Project
in
Colorado
is known by locals as "Black Sunday"?
The Australian energy company
Linc Energy
is the first company in the world to produce
synthetic fuel
by combining
underground coal gasification
and
gas-to-liquid
technologies?
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